Sunset on Sanibel

A perfect closing to a perfect day
Sunset on Sanibel

The Green Flash

A restaurant on Captiva Island...where we had lunch by San Carlos bay

Beach on Captiva

What a scene of sea and sand...so pretty

Sand piled up on the beach...

Here I am sitting beside a huge sand wall which I believe the last hurricane threw up right along the beach from where we are staying

A Porch Breakfast

Eating on our little porch is so lovely, friendly and enjoyable to say the least

Brant on a Beach Saunter

Brant enjoying the low tide...warm and inviting gulf waters

House Replacing my Mum's

This is the mansion being built where my mother's sweet shore home on Sanibel used to stand

Shore Birds

Our beach companions..the shore birds...so unafraid and friendly

Chapel by the Sea

The quaint setting where Robin and Peter were married a few years ago this Feb.

Brant Loves to read on the Beach

Much enjoyment for Brant thinking and writing by the sea
Brant enjoying the beach...he loves it

The Pool

And here is my lovely "swimming hole"...no-one was in it but me...delicious

Almost there

Now I have arrived and parked my "no gears" bike!!!!!!

On My Way to Swim

Here I am first thing in the morning, off on my bike to swim...in a lovely pool 10 minutes along the gulf shore

Linda at the Beach...not hard to take!!

Here I am getting ready to swim with the sharks

The pathway we take to the beach

Here we are at the Blue Dolphin cottages on Sanibel Island. It is on a lovely curving private stretch of beach framed by sweeping palms and tropical foliage

Brant and I out for Dinner

We went to Gramma Dot's for a lovely supper...very busy and enjoyable

Walk to the beach from our cottage

The days are now very warm and I take long walks on the beach with my story or music in my ipod...sometimes stop and sit under a palm watching the dolphins hunting for fish dinner by the edge of the sand

Bedroom from living room

I re-arranged the living room and bedroom the first day, and we like it a lot better

Here is our bedroom

Twin beds, Bowser, and lovely views of foliage out the windows

Living room and Kitchenette

This is the T.V. sofa and the little unit where I make our meals...cosy!!...actually pretty tight quarters but it works

Linda and her niece Jean in Tallahassee

Jean and I in her lovely home, so beautifully decorated, so warm and so welcoming!

John and Jean with Brant

What wonderful hosts Jean and John were...delectable food, a great scrabble game, a lovely walk and I went in their hot tub...lovely