What Do We Do At The Beach?

I had a great session with the Burke family at a wonderful beach in Captiva Florida and answered the age old question: "What Do We Do At The Beach?

The Burke children new the first rule of beach goers everywhere ~ You must be rested and relaxed ~ lounge around preferably in a hammock before going on to the beach.
If you have to pose for a picture ~ relax and do it like this ~ you all did great!
Look for shells ~ and if you find one be proud and show it off to your family and friends like this:
Did you realize that if you push hard enough on the sand you can make the beach tilt ~ depending on how strong you are . . . Most af all have fun with the people you are with ~ we surely did!

When the Cold Wind Blows in Captiva ~ brrrrrrrrrrr!

It has been a while since I added to the blog ~ I have been busy working towards meeting my publishers deadline (which is swiftly approaching) for the book of my Sanibel and Captiva's images due out in January. You can view and purchase prints of most of the images that will be in my book, on the Fine Arts section of my site.

Here is an image from the book. It is of the beach in Captiva during one of those very windy days around hurricane Charlie.
Yes every so often (but not very) the wind on the beach blows a bit more and the chill bites us a little more than we would like here in SW Florida.
The Millers and family's six wonderful children did great even while the wind blew sand in their eyes and cold in their bones.
One truth I have adopted as a goal is that wonderful grandparents make wonderful families.

Though you may not know it by the image we almost did not get the beach walk ~ but the children stuck in their for one last cold windy walk down the beach.