Thursday, May 28, 2009

Friday Shoot Out



WATER
Was this weeks water challenge
came from Hensley in Hawaii.
We are surrounded by water
Here on the east coast of
southern Georgia.
Anything in green is a link
for more information. Anyone who wants to join in on our Friday shoot outs can go to our info site and find out how to join up with our "gang" of shooters.

This is the view from our property
up in the country.
It's for sale, interested?


You really have to watch for gators
here in these parts of the south.
They are really everywhere.

And they are always hungry.

Silver Springs, Florida

Home of the famous glass bottom boats.

This isn't here but not to far

from us in Ocala, Florida.

The water is crystal clear.


They even have baby boats for the kids.


Under the Darien Bridge

And if you look the other
way this is what you see.

A little pond up in front of the Dollar Store. We buy a loaf of dollar bread to feed the birds and that sometimes turns out disastrous. You can read about it here.


These next three pictures were taken at the Jacksonville Zoo. We bought a season pass and we will be experts on the animals before the summer is over. I'm not sure what the animal is but I was impressed with the green algae water it was standing in.

The flamingo's pink colouring is caused by the Beta carotene in their diet. They feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae.

This little water area is at the back of the zoo. Gives the kids a chance to cool off.


(Low tide.)
My favorite beach!
I grew up going to this beach.
It is about 26 miles from
my home town, Palatka, FL.

GRAND~girls on Cresent Beach.

World Golf Village
St. Augustine, Fl.

Good thing their heads won't fit thru that fence.
St. Simons Island, Pier
is the heart of the Island.
This is about 12 miles
from my house.
From the Pier looking on the
mainland at the lighthouse.
Most everytime we go
we see dolphins.

They have a very nice playground that
over looks the pier and the ocean.

Easter Sunday
An Old Georgia Pond
Odum, GA.
Jekyll Island, GA. has a very nice water park.
Summer waves. They just opened for the season a few weeks ago. This is about 18 miles away. We have season passes and the Grand~girls really enjoy the water.
These were taken last summer.

They have grown so much in a year.


Driftwood beach is on Jekyll Island.

This is overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.


This was just and odd color.

This is what the marsh looks
like up close. Sort of yucky.


This is on the back side of St. Simon's Island, overlooking the Frederica River or sound.

And even prettier view of the
marsh and Frederica River.

The water fountain across from Lovely Lane Chapel at Epworth By The Sea.
In the back ground is the Frederica River.
This is just a little further over to the right. This also is over looking the Frederica River. This was taken on my Photography field trip.

This is with out the model.
This got so long I just had to quit. There are so many more places I could spotlight. This is a beautiful place to live and like I said in the begining we are surrounded by water. Great subject for me.

28 comments:

Kristina P. said...

This theme is definitely for you! Love the pics!

Did you take that picture of the alligators?

Mikki said...

Well, aside from the gators, I'm totally jealous. Looks like paradise.
Kind of scared of those alligators though. Yikes!

Barry said...

I was interested in your property until I saw your gators!

YIPES!

Great shots though. The kids at the water park sure looked like they were having fun.

Midlife, menopause, mistakes and random stuff... said...

FANTASTIC gigi!!!! I so love how you show those beautiful grandkiddo's peeking through the pier like that. And the little one in the pink bathing suit is precious!
I love Silver Springs and those snapshots brought back so many memories. My dad used to take us there :)
Hope your weekend is filled with love, joy and laughter my friend and..........

Steady On
Reggie Girl

Gordon said...

The word verification is "rednec".
That is appropriate for many people in our area. Funny!
Great shots, Gigi. I think you miss Florida.

Connie said...

You live in a beautiful place! Love all the pictures. I never see that much water since I live in the desert!
The gator picture was fascinating and scary! No thanks!
Enjoy your beautiful part of the world.

Jama said...

I don't think I want to live near the gators, it's a scary thought. I usually see the gators in the zoo, not in open space like that. Nevertheless it does look like a very beautiful place to live.

The Griffis 4 said...

dang that was alot of pictures!~:)

Welcome to the Garden of Egan said...

Alligators.........scary! The pictures are so pretty and your grandgirls are darling. I'm lovin' their attitude!
If you ever decide to come to Utah, I'll make the trek! I would love to meet you.

Anonymous said...

love these pictures! spencer is in here looking at these... and about fell off the bed when he saw the gators! {he has a phobia about them suckers} lol... i personally think it is funny ;)

anyway...

i love the pictures and Florida looks beautiful.... even with the Alligators. ♥

Jessica said...

Beautiful! Though I admit, the gators photos totally gave me chills. Great job capturing them. :)

Unknown said...

the alligators were scary! flamingos are so unique and pretty color. the pics of the two little gals were so precious. awesome job!!

will you take a check?

Anonymous said...

What a great shootout you have posted, WOW!!! I really enjoyed the pictures. The ones of Crescent Beach, FL were wonderful. Mom, Anna and I were there late yesterday and it was beautiful, low tide and hardly anyone on the beach. Anna(granddaugter)and I went swimming in the waves and made sandcastles and hunted shells.

Now folks, those gators are for real. The way we look at it is, 'DON'T BOTHER THEM AND THEY WON'T BOTHER YOU',(generally)Sometimes one will stray into a pond, lake, or canal near a home and will be a nuisance and have to be removed. I believe the pictures Gigi posted were by taken by her.
Brave girl,
Love you,
papa

Devri said...

I want to come for a visit. you live in a beautiful place, us not so much, but love it none the less~

hugs.

Midlife, menopause, mistakes and random stuff... said...

Darlin gigi.........please check out Jama who joined us from Singapore this week. She has some awesome shots over at her place.

http://mummyjam.blogspot.com/2009/05/friday-shoot-out-water.html

Everytime I see that gator it scares me......he looks like he wants me to be his lunch, lol.
You're awesome girl :)

Steady On
Reggie Girl

Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...

I loved all of the pictures Gigi!

Have a great weekend!

The Pink Birdhouse said...

This week shoot out was definitely written with you in mind there in FL. WOW!! I am speechless, you have so many FABULOUS photos, that I could not possibly choose a favorite. The gatĂłrs are scarey but fascinating, the beach pictures wonderful, I love the bridges over the water. If I had to narrow it down, they would be at the top of the list!! They are SO Florida!! Well, just from the pictures, I can tell how gorgous it is where you live, and now I know that I should have looked a bit longer and found a guy from FL and not one from Europe! I moved from sunny warm NJ to cold frosty and too-often-rainy Germany. It has its good points too though. :-) Anyway, your post was thoroughly entertaining, right from picture one down to the last. I loved it. Debby

The Pink Birdhouse said...

p.s. Gigi, I am a bit of a dult, I just realized that you are not in FL but in Georgia, but many of the pics were from FL. Sorry about being so confused there for a minute. Doesn't change my mind on how fantastic your pics are tho. :-)

Anonymous said...

Those are the cutestpictures of the little girls. The beaches and St. Simons and the glass bottom boats brings memories when Grandma Beadie went with us to those spots. Betsy

Anonymous said...

Oh these were pretty!

I was totally interested in your property for sale until I saw all those gators! Yikes! My squirrel would be a tasty snack for them. LOL!

Missy said...

Stunning photos! I like the sunset so much. Pretty scary to see the alligators :-) Thanks for sharing your photos. Great job.

aurbie said...

Oh, gosh. I need a pencil to write down my favorite. All of your photos are wonderful. I love the one where you framed the ship. The ocean photos are all great, as are the sunset photos.

My favorite is those two kids in the pink dresses. That should be on a post card.

Great work, and lot of it!

Thank you for all the super photos.

Anonymous said...

Really pretty pictures this week and so many of the places you feature bring back memories from my childhood. Hope you have a great weekend.
Your granddaughters are precious.

Zaroga said...

I loved all the pictures... My favorite is of the girls in their red... or maybe pink?... dresses on the beach.

Dawn in D.C. said...

I love all your water pictures. And the story about the way cute flip flop was hilarious.

I've been to the Golf place on a road trip from years ago.

A Scattering said...

Take the gators out of the equation and I'm there!

Neil and Kimberly said...

I loved the pictures...reminds me of home!

J9 said...

That last shot is beautiful!