Hobie Beach Trees

 
This beach is on the south side of the Rickenbacher Causeway on the way to Key Biscayne.  It's called Hobie Beach. It used to have a bunch of pine trees...alot of shade to sit under and people would bring their dogs to the beach...really a cool place to park at night and just listen to the waves lap along the shore.  About a year ago, the city started a project to improve the beach.  The trees are all gone, except for these two...which stand in the water most of the time.  Not sure this is an improvement...I'm sure the contractors think so.

Angel Wing - Skywatch Friday

Last weekend on Key Biscayne...the clouds formed this beautiful angel's wing...totally loved it!  To see more skies from around the world...click on the title of this post to visit Skywatch Friday - enjoy!

Show Off Seagull - Skywatch Friday

Today was Veteran's Day...a day to celebrate and appreciate those that have fought for our country and have thankfully returned. After lunch with my best friend and her husband, I spent the day on Key Biscayne...walking the bridge and playing with my new camera.  I need to go to a class to be able to use the features besides "auto"...but I still got some interesting photos today.  There were A LOT of seagulls around today...a lot of people fishing so they were hanging around for a little snack.  Between our recent trip and today...I finally have some new stuff to post :o)  Be well everyone...and to see sky photos from around the world...click on "Skywatch" in the title of this post to visit Skywatch Friday.

Blanket of Clouds - Skywatch Friday

One night trying to catch the sun...but this huge black cloud just hung over the horizon and the rain filtered the sun to a blazing ball in the sky. For more photos of the skies around the world, click on the title and visit Skywatch Friday.

Fan of Clouds

Here's one I took a few months ago while watching the sunset on the Sanibel causeway.  The sky was amazing that night and changed dramatically over and over...I think I took over 150 photos that night.

Cluster of Palms

Went to the movies over our "girls weekend" and when we came out I spotted this cluster of palm trees and the sky behind...just had to stop and take a few pics.  Lucky my "girls" understand my compulsion so they just patiently waited for me to return to the car. It's a beautiful thing when the people in your life support your habits and love you anyway :o)

Indecisive Sky

This morning as the sun came up, seems the sky couldn't figure out if it wanted to be black or white, stormy or clear.  I like the drama of it all.

Angry Clouds

I saw this patch of clouds back in December after a rain and zoomed in to capture the part that appealed the most.  I like the drama!  Of course I added a little more by increasing the contrast a bit :o)

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Cloudy Sunset

Tonight I was out shopping and noticed the clouds in the sky...so I headed home to drop some things and get my camera.  I headed to a parking garage in my neighborhood to take a few photos.

Wispy Clouds Over South Miami

This was taken the night of the full moon (see post called "fly me to the moon") but from the other side of the building facing southwest.

Over the Florida Sky

These were taken from the plane a couple months ago while we were flying back to Miami from New York. I found it interesting how the clouds formed over the land and it was so clear over the ocean (top photo). Then as we got closer to South Florida we were actually able to see boats traveling on the ocean...the streak in the center is the wake they left behind. Dig the shadow of the clouds on the waters surface...cool :o)

Anyway...to the Skywatch folks...here's another set of pics of the sky from above it...enjoy :o)

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Cotton Balls - Skywatch Friday # 47

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Northern Sky During Thursday's Sunset

These show how the N, NE and NW sky looked during Thursday's sunset. We've had a nasty low hanging over the Gulf of Mexico for the last week so we've been getting some bands of thunderstorms and heavy cloud cover this week...so the sky's been very interesting.

Today's Everglades Sky

The sky was blue with cottony billowing clouds...then I started to notice the clouds getting heavy and dark (top photo) then as I neared the end on the West side of the state their was another brush fire with a huge smudge of smoke across the sky. I apologize for the poor quality and composition...but I took these with my cell phone driving 70 miles an hour...better to watch the road than worry about how my pics were going to turn out :o)

Everglades Clouds

Sunset Gathering

I'd heard that people in Key West gather every evening for the sunset, but clearly they do it on Sanibel Island as well. We went over to get some photos of the sunset and met a bunch of folks gathered to walk the beach or just sit on a blanket and watch the passing of the day. It was cool...I really enjoyed being there and I liked that there were some many people there for the same purpose :o)