03 Sunday Aug 2025
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amazing nature, Brazil, Chile, El Colorado, family, gratitude, Life, nature, photographer, photography, skiing in August
I start my walk on the beach about 30 minutes before the sunrise.
I don’t always take pictures, but I always take some time to admire the beauty and be grateful for the new day.
From hot and humid to cold and snow – I am on the way to Chile tonight and then on to Brazil. I am really looking forward to skiing in August.
A wonderful August to all! Blessings!
02 Saturday Aug 2025
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amazing nature, baby turtles, beach, beach find, family, gratitude, Indialantic, Life, nature, photography, turtle, turtle tracks
Turtle traffic? Some days the turtle tracks are very confusing.
Mama Turtle
Mama turtle in action
Baby turtle
2 baby turtles in action – it took probably about 20 minutes, as the tide kept returning the to the sand, but eventually they both made it to the ocean.
01 Friday Aug 2025
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amazing nature, beach, beach find, family, fishing, gratitude, Indialantic, kayaking, Life, nature, photographer, photography, surfing
A Surfer
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A kayaker
A fisherman
A photographer
Wishing everyone a blessed weekend! May August be full of love, adventure and discoveries!
30 Wednesday Jul 2025
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amazing nature, baby turtle, beach, beach find, blog, family, gold coins, gratitude, Indialantic, Life, nature, photography, pirates
This morning, besides a turtle laying their eggs, and some baby turtles getting to the ocean, I saw the pirate again.
I am not sure if I have mentioned here before or not, I see a pirate walking on the beach every morning.
Yes, a pirate! and I can prove it! I took a photo, and he even gave me a gold coin 🙂
His words: “I started walking on the beach dressed as a pirate this summer to get some exercise as well as share my love for history and most importantly to bring some smiles and magic to the beach.”
And he does bring a lot of smiles. 🙂
25 Friday Jul 2025
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amazing nature, baby turtle, beach, beach find, blog, family, gratitude, Indialantic, Life, nature, photography, travel, writing
This morning I saw another baby turtle making its way to the ocean.
It is really amazing that they are able to make it against all odds.
My video making actions is still a struggle, but it is very hard to record those little guys. They move faster than they look, plus I am trying not to get too close to them, and had just taken a fall.
It was 6am, still dark and all of a sudden I spot this little guy going towards the sand bar the tides created. I realized he would fall, which he did and landed on his back. I fell as I stepped on the sand bank to go down to him. By the time I got up he had turned himself over and was on his way.
All is well that ends well!
24 Thursday Jul 2025
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amazing nature, beach, beach find, blog, family, gratitude, Indialantic, Life, Melbourne Beach Pier, nature, photography, Pier park, Rickman Park, travel, writing
I love my sunset bike rides. Before returning home I normally sit at a bench by the river and spend some time doing some or all of the following:
Here is heaven:
27 Monday Jan 2025
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beach life, construction, dust and chaos, Florida, renovating and renewing, renovation, water views
Hi everyone,
I hope your 2025 is going well. Whatever plans you have, start NOW! Great advice, right? Yet, I continue to be waiting on things to be finished so I can accomplish other things, so I can live my life.
I continue hoping for calm and order, but I will have to wait longer for that. The construction/renovation on our condo will continue for a few, or several, more months. I am trying to keep positive and focus on the fact that things are progressing, but it has been a struggle.
I like results and to have things completed and orderly, and my life at the moment is the total opposite of that. There is dust everywhere. It is a daily ritual of vacuuming and mopping. Still, the dust persists.
We have been living out of the second bedroom. Everything we have is either there or in NY, waiting to be brought to Florida. We will not be buying any furniture until all is finished.
Every day there seems to be little progresses here and there, so it seems there is light at the end of this tunnel. At this moment some apartments are already having their exterior painted. I think ours will be painted in the next couple of weeks.
To renovate the exterior and correct all the damage in the balcony and exterior, they had to come into the apartment several feet. In doing that, there was damage to the floors, ceilings, walls and electrical work.
We decided to take advantage of the fact that all is a mess and go ahead and remove the fireplace. In doing that we got more floor space and a little more view.
Everything is slow going as one crew depends on the other to finish their parts, and they all depend on the inspectors to come and approve the work. Nevertheless, I see progress and that provides me comfort.
To top the chaos, I have a physical audit scheduled, besides the regular audits – the auditors just love our little firm. I also have dental surgery scheduled – more gum graft and laser surgery in my future. Will expand upon those on the next post.
And then there is good, the ever lasting feeling of being blessed and the certainty that all that is happening now is for the best.
Love, light and blessings to all!
07 Thursday Nov 2024
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adventure and chaos, being in the moment, enjoying the journey, from New York to Florida, ins and outs, lover of routine, not a simple life, packing and moving
I feel my life right now is just like this tree I encountered the other day – all twisted – so different and gorgeous.
It has been over a month since my last post. I keep waiting for normalcy to start writing more frequently, but I will probably have to wait longer for that.
I look forward to routine, but instead, I should learn to enjoy the adventure of chaos. I continue my struggle with not being able to stay in the moment and enjoying it for what it is, instead of dreaming with a perfect future.
After spending hurricane Helene in Florida, I decided not to chance it and went back to NY to wait for Milton. I am happy to say that Milton came and went, and thankfully my apartment is still standing. I still have plywood instead of doors and windows, but hopefully it will not be too long until I get my long-awaited view.
After the boss decided to relocate the business from New York to Florida, thanks to me, I spent some time searching for office spaces and legal firms.
After seeing some horrible office spaces, I found the perfect space in the historic part of Melbourne, FL. Well, not that perfect, because I don’t have my own bathroom and kitchen, but I figure I will have to settle. I got a fridge, coffeemaker, toaster and a portable sink. I will get used to that. I don’t plan on being in the office every day. The bathroom is a shared one in the hall. Not that the end of the world.
The legal firm we hired worked on the paperwork and we are now officially a Florida company. That part, after so much concern, was actually painless. Fingers crossed that there will not be any unforeseen issues.
The time I spent in NY escaping Milton, was used to digitize all my files. It has taken some getting used, but getting rid of paper is freeing.
I also packed some more of my stuff from my apartment. I decided to have most of my belongings in Florida, and make that my official home.
Finally, the closing for the sale of my NY condo will happen next week. I will not be there for it, the attorney will handle that. But I will get there a few days later to continue to pack some more of my belonging and to continue the closing of the NY office. I have to set up my assistant to work from home, among other stuff.
And just when I think that things are quieting down, JPMorgan Chase has just informed my company that they are terminating their relationship with us. I have never heard of that before. Why would they do that? I am supposed to get a letter about it. I am really angry about it, but powerless.
Now I have to scramble to get another bank account and get our customers and vendor to start using this other account.
Peace is a state of mind. I repeat that to my myself, now more often than ever. Peace is how I handle all the issues that I have to deal with and not the absence of any issue.
Michael has been the constant in my life, my routine and rock.
I hope everyone is enjoying a blessed beginning of November. Be back soon.
Always blessed!
“It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.” ―
04 Friday Oct 2024
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I have started riding my bike in the mornings again. It has been fun exploring my new town.
It feels great to start getting back to a routine. Everything else feels in limbo, unfinished. Will write about it on the next post.
Wishing you all a blessed weekend!
23 Monday Sep 2024
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cooking, dessert, drinks, food, Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, passionfruit, recipes, restaurantes, sightseeing, Tiradentes, travel
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ―
Posada Casa da Tuta
In Tiradentes we stayed at Pousada Casa da Tuta. Cozy room, delicious breakfast. I would go back there for the chocolate cake alone.
a store in Tiradentes
In Tiradentes we had a delicious dinner in a restaurant that I cannot remember the name. It had a back patio with a jazz group playing great Brazilian jazz. I remember most the black rice risotto that I had, with fish and vegetables.
Pousada do Arcanjo
In Ouro Preto we stayed at Pousada do Arcanjo – a historical themed bed and breakfast. Great breakfast, comfortable rooms, but I would have prefered a more central location.
Pousada do Arcanjo
We ate at Tropea Cantina Armazen https://www.opassopizzajazz.com.br/tropea and Bene Flauta http://www.benedaflauta.com.br/. Both great restaurants, but I don’t recall exactly what we had. In one Michael had pizza and I had the chicken fried steak with pasta. In the other I had cod fish cakes and salad, and I cannot remember what Michael had.
Bene da Flauta Restaurant
Everywhere I went I would choose a drink of passion fruit and cachaça, but at Tropea I tried a drink with gin, passion fruit and ginger foam. It was delicious.
Tropea Restaurant
Downtown Ouro Preto
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 