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:
22 Tuesday Jul 2025
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amazing nature, beach, beach find, beach walk, blog, family, Indialantic, Life, sand, seashells, shells, travel, writing
I have a shoe problem. In the beginning I was walking on the beach barefoot, but I had all sorts of pain in my knees and my hips. I looked into some water shoes, but haven’t found any that provided the support I want and need. Water sandals didn’t work either, they let the sand in and it becomes uncomfortable, also my foot slides in them, so there is no support. I also need high tops so that sand doesn’t get in them.
For the moment I have been walking in sketchers tennis shoes. They are good, but I don’t want to get them wet, so I have been walking mostly on the dry soft sand, instead of closer to the water. I am still in search of the perfect beach walking shoes.
Today I found myself walking much closer to the water because of some sand banks the tide has created. It is interesting to see how the ocean and tides behave during the different seasons. Michael is a surfer so I am hearing more than I care to know about how the waves are behaving on a daily basis.
I feel bad for the turtles. In some areas they cannot go over the sand wall that has been created. Look at the tracks in the picture below. They were headed to the sand to lay their eggs, but had to abort the mission and return to the ocean.
All I found today were items returned by the ocean. They all looked like they had spent a night in the ocean and returned in the morning. I am guessing the ocean is tired of eyewear.
I saw another baby turtle, but unfortunately it was dead. I think a crab had tried to grab its legs. I am amazed that some of them are able to make it to the water, with all the obstacles and predators.
A blessed week to all!
I wrote the above yesterday, but didn’t have the chance to edit and post it. I don’t have time to do it today either, but decided to post it anyway or it will never be done.
I have a financial audit, and also the final answer letter to the NFA findings both due on Thursday, July 24th. I am giving myself Friday off, if those are finished and there is no follow up questions.
Briefly, today I saw 2 turtles going back to the ocean. I didn’t take pictures. The first one it was still dark out and I didn’t want do anything to disturb it. The second one, there were already too many people watching it.
I found goggles again, a couple of shovels and a t-shirt, plus assorted bottle caps and straws.
Sorry about typos. I hope everyone has a blessed day! May you see all the blessings in your life!
16 Wednesday Jul 2025
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aging parents, amazing nature, beach, beach find, beach walk, blog, Chile, family, Indialantic, Life, sand, seashells, shells, skiing, travel, writing
I am still here, just the usual busyness.
I went to NY for a couple of weeks to pack some more of my stuff. At the moment, I only have some of my mom’s paintings and mosaic materials left there.
I thought I would be going back to NY more often, but that is not the case. I rather try to develop a routine here.
Another 2 weeks of routine here, and we are off to ski in Chile. I am so excited about that!! From there we will be spending a couple of months in Brazil to help out with my aging parents.
The audit my company is going through it is coming to an end. It has taken 6 months. I just need to write a couple of pages of answers to their findings, and a couple of late requests, but I am so relieved that this is final. Hopefully it will be more than a couple of years until they return again.
I am still walking on the beach in the mornings and bicycle riding along the river in the afternoons.
I am not sure why, but I haven’t really been finding a lot on the beach, not even garbage. Perhaps:
I still continue to see turtles laying their eggs. I just look from a distance. I want to give them their space. It is a long nesting season for the 3 types of turtles we have here: green turtle, leatherback and the loggerhead.
I have only seen 1 baby so far. By the prints on the sand, it looked like he was just late leaving the nest.
Clearly by the video I could never be a videographer 😊. In my defense, I was far away so it was not that simple.
I hope you are having an amazing summer (or winter depending in what hemisphere you are).
Blessings!
21 Wednesday May 2025
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Amazon gift card, beach, beach finds, beach toys, karma, Life, lost phone, love, nature
Today has been a great day. Well, every day is a great day, but today I have a story to tell.
As you know, as I walk I pick whatever I see on the sand that doesn’t belong there, mostly trash.
This morning I thought I was picking up a piece of an old phone case, but it turns out it was a new iPhone. I was shocked to see it, I picked up and looked around to see if perhaps there was a person in the water, which I didn’t believe it would be the case. At the time I walk, there is nobody in the ocean, plus the phone was almost completely covered in sand, so it seemed it had been there awhile.
I tried unlocking it to see if I could call someone. There were a bunch of voice mails and text on the screen, but I was not able to unlock it. Then, a message flashed on the screen something like: “This phone has been lost please call ….)
I hit call and got a voice mail. I left a message. Then I called again from my own phone to make sure the person had my number.
I continued walking, a bit faster to get home and search the internet for information on the number. That is when I see a young lady walking very fast and seeming a bit lost. Immediately I knew she was the phone owner.
As she got a bit closer she started saying: “I know you are picking up trash, have you…” I didn’t even let her finish and showed her the phone.
She immediately grabbed the phone and gave me the biggest hug. She was so relieved, and I was so happy to reunite the lost phone with the owner.
She was very grateful and asked if she could do anything for me, buy me coffee or something like that. I said: “Absolutely not, I am happy to do it, and I believe in karma. I hope if I ever lose my phone somebody finds it and returns it.”
After getting home, I received a text from her thanking me again. I was shocked to see attached a gift card:
I now need to find a way to use this gift for a good cause.
20 Tuesday May 2025
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art, beach, beach toys, Life, love, memories, nature, pails and shovels, photography
Here are some of the findings from yesterday, Monday:
I also found some socks, t-shirts, a towel and a bunch of garbage. I actually washed the towels and t-shirts and will use them as cleaning rags around the house.
Today, I found nothing, just a couple of candy wrappers.
The reason for that, is that today I walked to the right of my building which is more secluded, so there are much less people.
To the left of my building there some shops and bathrooms, so there are more people.
Also, it is expected that after the weekend there will be a lot more stuff to be found.
I have so much beach toys now. I was able to give a few away. It feels good to recycle and reuse.
09 Friday May 2025
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art, beach, bird watching, ducks, Life, love, memories, nature, park, photography, sandpipers, seagulls, swans, travel
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 