A Little Sunday Relaxation...

People who chose not to live in Florida most often comment that there are no changing of the seasons. Oh contrair mon amie! We Floridians enjoy all four seasons...baseball, football, basketball, and hockey! Tongue in cheek aside, this is the time of year when we Floridians who live in close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico enjoy the most. The summer's oppressive humidity has noticeably waned and the day time temperatures drop into the mid to upper 80s. For us...this is heaven.

Judi and I decided that a Sunday afternoon at the beach yesterday was just what our souls longed for. Off to Pass A Grille Beach we trekked, which is the southernmost beach in our county and a short twenty minute ride from our home. The photograph above is looking southwestward along this stretch of powdery sand. Thousands of tourist flock to our beaches every summer. We thank you. The money you spend allows our state to flourish without a state income tax. We also are most appreciative when you pack up and return to your colder climes, as this leaves our pristine beaches uncrowded and more accessible for we "locals" who, for the preceding summer months, have been sequestered in our air conditioned abodes. We come out of hibernation in the fall and thoroughly enjoy the spoils of our long wait.

Arriving gulf side at around 3 p.m., we had our choice of waterside spots, choosing to unfolded our blanket in close proximity to a young couple who were both sleeping sounding on their beach chairs. The woman, wearing a bikini swimsuit, was about as pregnant as a female could possibly be and not be in the throes of giving birth at that very moment. Judi and I kept a wary eye on her throughout the afternoon just in case the latter event came to fruition right before our very eyes. Later we observed the husband taking photographs of his lovely wife with his cell phone, making sure that he captured her bountiful and most feminine profile in the lens against the surf as a backdrop, backing up a number of steps to make sure, I suppose, that some view of the Gulf of Mexico could be detected in the final composition. They laughed and admired the images recorded on their camera phone. I smiled too, hoping that her delivery (probably happened today!) was successful and that one day this new mother would share these special photos with her son or daughter. "See sweetie? This is what Mommy looked like just before God gave you to me!" That would be cool.

The world may be ceaselessly wagging woe upon itself, but for one Sunday afternoon at the beach, God was truly in His Heaven and all was right with the world." We are blessed to live where we do. Here in our neck of the woods the season for soaking in the fall sun at the beach is upon us. "Pass the sunscreen please. "