Started my day off not long after daybreak, making my way into town to execute my civic duty. Our early voting precincts opened Saturday, and I was among the first wave of voters there to cast my ballot in the 2012 Presidential Election.
DONE! Now, stop clogging up my timeline with political stuff… (Early voting @ Niceville Municipal Complex instagr.am/p/RSSWLoj2Hr/—
Tara R. (@Tara_R) October 27, 2012
Afterwards, I kept close to home, looking for places to photograph that I may have neglected lately.
I found a new dog park nearby, which also had a lovely trail wending around a small lake. I need to take my Dog-Child, Hershey, back soon to see if she likes it too.
It was a bit overcast and nippy Saturday morning, and I was grateful to find the beach deserted. Unlike my last few weekends where promises of snakes and gators were dashed, when I walked up the trail to the Gulf, I could see dolphins playing offshore. I know… I know… if there are no photos, then it didn’t happen. But, I was so enthralled with watching them, I simply ‘forgot’ to capture the moment. (Actually, I’m selfish, and didn’t want to share.)
Still, the empty beach was lovely, and the quiet and solitude was a welcome respite.
(Photos shot with a Nikon D60, using an 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 20mm f/2.8 wide-angle, 50mm f/1.8 prime lens, Nikon CoolPix S205 and/or iPhone4)
For more photos, please visit my Flickr photostream.
Submitted to Unknown Mami’s Sundays in My City
I don’t think of it as selfish. I think of it as living in the moment. Sometimes we spend so much time behind the camera, trying to capture the perfect shot, that we seem to miss out on a piece of the experience!
The second to last photo looks like a watercolor. I need to start voting early or by mail.
Those photos are amazing!!!
Oh I just got a mini vacation looking at these beautiful shots.
Gorgeous. I’m jealous – as always, not just of your talent, but of the weather, too. How special to get to watch dolphins cavorting. You live in such a special place and take the time and effort to appreciate it, too.
And the voting? Oh I’m so done with it. Oh wait… that was last week’s post. I’m not looking forward to all the wasted mail etc I’ll still be getting!
Oh, love the look at Florida (we’ll be back in December yay!)….the beach scenes are beautiful. I try to remember before I had a digital camera how happy I was just to SEE a new bird (or certainly a dolphin, although I wasn’t so lucky that long ago)…but anyway, now I know what you mean about not getting a picture. Pretend you’re as old as me and remember the old days and just be glad you saw them!!! It was a wonderful day for you.
You capture your area so well. The shots are so beautiful that I just want to pack my bags and move there.
:-)
Traci
If the beach in Málaga was as beautiful as this Málaga would be (almost) perfect place to stay forever….
Have a good week ahead!
Dolphins playing – That would be fun to watch even if they were just eating. Do you ever worry about sand in the camera?
I am concerned about the sand, but it’s not usually as windy as it was Saturday. I’ve found a good camera shop that does cleaning for a reasonable price, and I do a quick clean myself fairly regularly. It’s not a huge problem, but it’s always there.
Beautiful, beautiful, especially the trees in the bayou/inlet. I am envious of early voting. We do not have that here.
I would absolutely love to the live or even just visit your part of the world.
Mollyxxx
Beautiful photos!
We went to the beach yesterday to watch the waves. It was warm (in the 70′s ~ we must be farther south in Florida than you) but the wind was fierce and the sand stung our bare egs. The Gulf, normally placid, looked positively angry as it churned away. We didn’t stay long.
The beach was much less populated than usual . . . but there were pockets of people braving the wind and stinging sands. Not many in swimming though . . . with TWO RED FLAGS at the lifeguard stand.
That deserted beach is gorgeous. I’m wondering what temperature you are calling “nippy” – - – we’re at 25 F this morning and I’m loving it!
Of course I’m not out WALKING in it either.
25F is downright frigid. Here it was in the mid-50s, but that’s considered cold in Florida.
I am tired of the rancor and righteous attitudes that I am encountering this election cycle. Is no one else’s opinion viable? Far better, isn’t it to contemplate dolphins and a deserted beach.
I agree… the vitriol of this campaign, from both sides, was stunning. I’ll be glad when it’s behind us. I’ll take dolphins and beaches any day too.
Oh dolphins! We saw them off the shore in Charleston as well. It was the first time in all of the years we have been visiting. We didn’t get any pictures either.
Beautiful! I love the two shots with the path (creek) in the middle. I so want to travel down that path and see where it leads!
Every time I think I’ve seen my favorite post of yours, you blow me away yet again.
How AWESOME that you got to keep the dolphins all to yourself. And oh yeah, they can quit clogging my timeline with the political shit, too. I AMEN that status.
I don’t blame you for not wanting to share the dolphins. It is such a special treat whenever we’re able to catch a quick glance of their frolicking here on the Jersey shore.