Blogs from Jacksonville, Florida, United States, North America - page 3

The morning was again cloudy but the “accurate” weatherman assured us all that it would be a beautiful day. He was right! I had a very relaxing morning, coffee outside and Oscar laying in the grass. John drove up with all the necessary equipment to give Penelope a bath, boy did she need it. He had special stuff to get the bugs off the front and I washed with a big long brush while he hosed it down. In no time we were done, only getting a little wet, and we sat and admired our handy work. We had a nice chat then John went back home and I took Oscar for his walk. He seems to be dragging, maybe he’s hot. I spent the afternoon on the beach here at the campground reading my book ... read more

Blog 2-29 Sadie Hawkins Day It was set the alarm so I wake up early day. My hair has become an issue for me as the color has faded and the roots are long, time to fix it. I found a salon in Marianna, FL that uses the products my hair is used to so I made an appointment for 9:30. It is an hour and half drive so I have to leave by 7:45. I am heading to Jacksonville tonight so Marianna is on the way. It was sad saying good-bye to St Andrews in the sun, it is just a beautiful stretch of beach, I felt like I was in the islands. I headed north with the address in the gps on a 4 lane road that was 55 to 65 mph speed. It ... read more

Thursday, January 12, 2012—Little Talbot State Park, Jacksonville, FL Woke up to blue skies and 57 degrees when we left at 9:30. Drove south along A1A back toward the way we had come from Jacksonville. We stopped at a boat ramp/park area that we had spotted on the way up. It was a bonanza of birds. The pictures of birds included with this entry are just some of the ones we saw. There were lots and lots of fishermen out along the coast fishing from old overpasses and old bridges left over waterways when the new roads were built. It was a pretty drive. We headed further south to a large National Park: The Timucuan Ecological Historical Preserve (http://www.nps.gov/timu/index.htm), which is 46,000 acres and displays evidence of over 6000 years of culture. The area was first ... read more

Thought i would re-create the crocodile scene from romancing the stone, and go hang out with the crocodiles and alligators at the St Augustine gator farm. The park had 23 different kinds of gators, and great big enclosures all lying around being lazy. So when it was time to re-create my scene (swapping the romantic stone with pellets they are suposed to like) the gators didn't really move much and weren't hugely responsive to the food.. thus my hand stays on for the time being. Even when i threw it at one, it didn't budge. We wandered around the park, saw some hideous looking vultures and other crocodiles.. then waited for a feeding frenzy in the main enclosure. These ones were really big, the biggest 16-17feet long. They were fighting over the food and would were ... read more

Halli hallo, ich weiß, ich hinke schrecklich hinterher damit, euch alle auf dem Laufenden zu halten. Leider hat sich herausgestellt, dass man weniger Zeit hat, wenn man arbeitet im Vergleich zu so einem lapidaren Studium in England. Deswegen möchte ich mich auch vorweg entschuldigen, wenn die Texte, die meine Bilder begleiten nicht so ausführlich und geschliffen sind, wie gewohnt. Aber ich nehme an, das Bilder doch viel interessanter sind. Ich bin auf jeden Fall gut hier in Florida angekommen und auch gleich herzlich in Empfang genommen worden. Meine Kollegen waren so nett, mich gleich mit allem Nötigen zu versorgen, sodass ich nach nicht mal 24 Stunden mit neuem, internetfähigem Handy, Arbeitslaptop und viel zu großem Auto in meiner neuen Wohnung saß (nun gut, das Auto stand vor der Tür). Mein Apartment ist Teil einer sogenannten Gated ... read more