Jacksonville Beach

Nikki is here for a visit, so we went out for brunch today. The place we picked was a little beach cafe that serves a great 'greasy spoon' type breakfast. But in the process, we started to talk about Beachside, another cafe nearby. They have awesome fish. The fish won out.

Before dining, we took a side trip to the beach to check out the red tide situation. It seems that it was subsided in that area. I took a few pictures (of course) and played with a new program I have, Photoshop. Here are the results of both.

Mast


The stand


Beach


Seaoats


Beach again

Is it too much? Or just right? Please say just right. It was a PIMA to figure out. And I had to work in Picasa2 for final touches because when I uploaded the Photoshop images to Blogger, as beautiful as they looked on my computer, became dark. I need to figure out why. It should just be done in Photoshop. Don't ya think?

What my Friday Morning was like

This morning was all about relaxing. First I did a little yoga from a cute book I recently bought... A Morning Cup of Yoga. It was a great morning stretch. Then I enjoyed my morning Frappé. I was introduced to the wonderfully refreshing drink by my daughter who was working at a Greek restaurant at the time. (Agean Breeze. Owned by Stavros...a loveable chef.) About the time I was finishing up my icy drink, D woke up. He had a rough night. It stormed and apparently raised cain and Petey (our dog) gets very nervous during storms. D took pity on him (and me) and sat with him in the living room so I could sleep. Which I did...like a rock. Anyway, when he got up he said I should just go to the beach by myself today. He didn't feel like it. So, I did.

The beach was wild today. The ocean was churning from the storm that passed through. Huge waves. Water going in, out and sideways at the same time. Wild.

These are happy toes!

Look how wild the ocean is.

Even the sky had a wildness.

Here is a video with sounds of the ocean. I'm trying to get this to load in my sidebar. Right now it is there, but it has a drawing of a camera until you click to play it. I hope that is an over site on YouTube's part, and they will correct it as soon as they realize the error :-) Look how deserted it was today! The waves were crashing, and the waves were going in, out and sideways. Bizarre.



After I came home and showered, we went to Olive Garden for lunch. I LOVE their Pasta e Fagioli. Of course, I ate too much. Which, coupled with a couple hours of walking the beach earlier, I got very sleepy. When we got home I napped. Love the afternoon naps!