A Concert!

What a great weekend! Go, go, go yesterday. Then today we chilled out! Wonderful. So here is how it went.

First, I took some early morning pictures of the city from the parking garage at work. Best part of the day...it went quickly downhill after that.

City at Dawn

Under the Bridge

Then work was over and the weekend began. Saturday had all sorts of action. It began with breakfast on the way to a destination. This dining establishment was new to us, but not new by any stretch of the imagination. When we passed by it, I shouted, "Let's eat there!" It was a block from the ocean. So, it had the beachy casual feel. To a fault. It was crusty. It had all the windows open. All doors open. No screens. A dog was laying on the cab of a truck parked in front of the cafe, looking in the cafe at his owner. It was 9:30 AM, and this was a conversation heard behind us. "Would you like a beer with that?" "Sure, why not." D is not one to frequent such dives. I, on the other hand, have a cast iron stomach, so I'm fool-hearty. (Nikki and I have eaten tacos in Tijuana, Mexico from a Guatemalan that brought said tacos out of an alley. Obviously we don't give much thought to our intestinal well being.) I told D it would give him character. I'm sorry to say, the food was not good. (Unlike the alley tacos...some of the best I ever had.) But, you have to take chances.

Waiting at the Pomars

ummmm....charming?

Ice Cold BEER

Snow Cones...Cold Drinks

After we dined, and I use the term loosely, we headed on down the road (A1A) until we got to Fort Matanzas National Monument.

Entrance

Live oaks at the park

There is a ferry that takes people over to Rattlesnake Island where the fort is. But, when we were there, it was on a some sort of delay, so we didn't make it to the fort. But, we did see it from the dock.

Fort Matanzas, built 1740-1742

By the ferry

No ferry to the fort, so we took a nice nature walk. Beautiful.

Beginning of the walk

The Pass

Massacre by Menendez

"The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!Feels at each thread, and lives along the line."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Alexander Pope ~ An Essay on Man

"Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ William Allingham

Gray Clouds

Going surfin'

Biking and fishing

Stern

"Your done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Kelly Slater ~ Step into Liquid

After enjoying the morning at the park, we went home. And we got ready for The Steve Miller Band concert! It was at the amphitheater in St. Augustine. What a great crowd and lovely night for a concert.

Bridge work on the way to concert

Steve Miller Band

Rockin'

The Crowd

Feelin' it!

Laid back Sunday

A little ride into St. Augustine for breakfast. Have I ever shared that I dislike cooking breakfast on most days? Too many dirty dishes too early in the morning. Occasionally I will do pancakes or waffles on a Sunday morning. Occasionally. This Sunday was not that occasion.

"He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Josephine Baker

At the foot of Bridge of Lions

Castillo de San Marcos

"Another tired afternoon, another dusty motel room"
¸.•*´¨`♥ When the Day turns into Night - Busted

"The elf's eyes suddenly open, and Frodo falls face forward into the marshes"
¸.•*´¨`♥ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Black & White

>It's all about pink

Pumpkin & Friends

Corn, pumpkin & mums

White center

"Someday, I will be a beautiful butterfly, and then everything will be better."
¸.•*´¨`♥ A Bug's Life

Pumpkins in a row

Here is our dog. He must not like the publicity, because he will never look at me when I have my camera. This is about the best I can do...short of dangling a steak over my head.

Stinky Pete...the dark side

The day started with coffee. Ended with wine. (This particular glass of wine is
Orlinda Gold Wine from Sumner Crest Winery Portland, TN) All in all, a very good day!

"Good wine is a necessity of life for me."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Thomas Jefferson

Veggie Shopping

After work today I went to the Farmers Market in Jacksonville to pick up some veggies. This market is all about business. Nothing crafty going on here. Don't even think about it. So, I suppose it is a good thing I was in the market for a few veggies. My haul? Potatoes, 2 bunches of asparagus, several cloves of garlic, a bag of onions, and 2 bunches of bananas.

This first picture pretty much sums up the neighborhood I have to go through to get to the market. You have to be a die-hard farmer's market shopper to go to this one.

Divorce...a bargain

"The night wet and windy, two children dressed as pumpkins waddling across the square, and the shop windows covered in paper spiders, all the tawdry Muggle trappings of a world in which they did not believe."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

>Lowe's Produce

Red Bin

"—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Douglas William Jerrold


Jasheed "100 strangers" #12

You guessed it....St. Augustine

Have I expressed my growing love for St. Auggie? Yes? Well, I won't bore you to tears with how each little street, every doorway, fence, bridge and home makes me smile. No. I won't. But, I will show you some more pictures.

There is work being done on the Bridge of Lions. The wall that was built in the river/sound amazes me.

Hole in the water

Bridge work


Flags by the water

These are from the sweetest little farmers market on the east coast. Quite possibly, the sweetest this side of the Mississippi. I'll stop now.

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
¸.•*´¨`♥ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
¸.•*´¨`♥ George Eliot

Squash in a bowl

Wire Smoke

Limes & Swirls

"Her colors are pink and pink"
¸.•*´¨`♥ M'Lynn ...Steel Magnolia

Purple Jug

Purple Berry

"The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible..."
¸.•*´¨`♥ James Joyce

Aqua Swirls

"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."
¸.•*´¨`♥ Samuel Butler

From there we went for a drive through Anastasia State Park. It was stunningly beautiful. The seashore, trees, marshlands and seaoats. Oh. The seaoats. D wanted pictures of seaoats for a while...so here they are. And one more over at Sharondipity Photography.

The Dune

Purple Grasses

Over the marsh

Seaoats

Dune Fence

Against the wind

Beach hats...his & hers

Lighthouse on horizon

Seaoats & blue skies

"here's to the hearts an' the hands of the men, that come with the dust and are gone with the wind"
¸.•*´¨`♥ Bob Dylan

"Every time you pick up a grain of sand you hold a universe in the palm of your hand."
¸.•*´¨`♥ 7 Faces of Dr. Lao