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In Apalachicola, behind the Seafood Festival, there is an old pier. The "Old Guys Playing Old Music" were close to the beginning of the pier but the rest of it was empty.

Old Guys on a boat jamming old rock n roll, with a harmonica guy on the pier

Sometimes with dancing.

Across the way, behind another pier, were the Seafood Festival carnival rides.

Portions of the dock across the way have seen better days.

Pier is in better shape here, with the bridge going east out of Apalachicola in the background.

End of the pier across the way with more of the big bridge.

Looking across the water.

Some of the boats docked on the pier have seen better days.

Lady Grace is not going gracefully into the night.

She is, in fact, for sale.

View from the end of the pier... mainly a lot of water... done as a Detailed Painting.

Apalachicola, FL.
(see all my Apalachicola images at https://billterry1.smugmug.com/Places/Apalachicola/)

November, 2021

Apalachicola, Florida:
"Apalach"

Go to my Apalachicola Gallery, with images going back to 2015, here: https://billterry1.smugmug.com/Places/Apalachicola

Happy Cat Palm

This vessel does not have insurance. Board and work at own risk

Miss Martha: rode hard

Four pelicans plus one

Retail/ No Retails

"Licensed" sign

Self-portrait (look carefully)

Not so open

When you need it, make it yourself

Headin' out

Apalachicola Bay Seafood; oysters- shrimp. See it?

M8121

Fishin' a bush

Best seat in the place.

The William Henry

Christmas Leftovers

The back of the Gibson Inn (where we stayed)

January 1, 2022

The evening of December 31, 2021 was warm, humid and foggy...

But a good time was had by all.

Inside...

And out.

As fitting for the year 2021 was, we have "inexpensive" dinner wine in real wine glasses, a really good Charbono later in plastic cups. Oh, the irony... not, that's not irony, it's... never mind...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!

Gibson Inn
Apalachicola, FL. 

Break on through to the other side- The Doors (1967)

Literally on the road... in the car:

See the raindrops on the windshield?

Clouds almost obscuring the mountains

Off the interstate, on a side road:

At a Rest Stop:

I always wonder about these signs: pet in area in the back WHERE THE SNAKES ARE. The Darwin principle at work?

December 29, 2021

Main Street Apalachicola, FL on a slow Sunday afternoon

How to open a door!

It is a very straight street

There is no Rainbow Motel

The unofficial bird of Florida

Opinions and Blue Bird Ice Cream

And a few off Main Street

Bullet hole?

"Road hard and put up wet"

The Owl

Everyone needs a glittory skeleton

November, 2021

The Prisoner Wine Company

Outstanding labels

Tres Sabores

Julie's winery is one of our favorites

Inglenook

Francis Ford's little chateau

December 19, 2021

Honig Vineyard

Honig's bee symbol

James Cole Winery

One of two things every winemaker stores with his wine...

The other, of course, is a classic Rolling Stones pinball machine!

December 18, 2021

On our way through California, we saw increasing clouds as we headed towards Barstow. Stopping at a rest area, they started looking more ominous, obscuring the upcoming mountains...

As it turns out, on down the road at the Tehachapi Pass, we ran into serious snow conditions almost to Barstow. Fun driving in the snow!!

December 14, 2021

Bonus Image:
2nd image rendered as a Pencil Drawing:


 

Memories of a Friend

and

Thoughts from 2009
(click on the words at the bottom of the image)

'Miss you, my friend.

December 12, 2021

On the road to California...

Biloxi

West Texas

Pecos

December 8-11, 2021

After a dreary and rainy Friday. Saturday, November 6 arrived as a glorious but windy, chilly morning. 'Perfect day for the annual Florida Seafood Festival Parade in Apalachicola, FL. It was the definition of a smalltown parade, bringing out almost everyone in town.

Lining up to watch the parade

Waiting.

First came lots of fire trucks, including those from all the neighboring communities. Shined up and most carrying a platoon of kids.





The local power company put in an appearance, with a bucket o' kids.

There were BIG floats and...

not so big floats...

A King and Queen

and an only-slightly older Ms. Apalach (1954).

Poodle skirts, with the obligatory poodle and..

the Swivel Sisters with big hats.

A Wizard even rode by.

There was a bike-riding exhibition, which included greeting parade watchers.



Strange characters appeared occasionally...


much to the delight of viewers.

It all ended with a horse-borne contingent stopping frequently to meet and greet.

A great time was had by all.

November 6, 2021

44th Wedding Anniversary

A sunset sail on a small boat out of John's Pass, Florida

A sunset progression...

No motors... real sailing

Treasure Island, going out

Boat in the distance

Sunset prequel

Annual Sand Sculpture Festival, just at sunset (the party was loud even from where we were)

An alligator chasing a flying duck into the sun

Rope catching setting sunlight

Sunset Progression

Motorized vehicle disturbing the calm

John's Pass, heading back in

November 19, 2021

November 13, 2021

At a produce stand on Hwy 19, Chiefland, FL

November 8, 2021

Two from our hotel room in Savannah...

Rainy Balcony

Trolley tracks in the style of oil painting

September 20, 2021

Everyone who has been to Savannah, GA with a camera or even a cell phone has done a picture of the river bridge at sunset. This is my contribution to the mass.

So, a little different take on the traditional:

The bridge long after sunset, about a one-minute HDR exposure

Bridge in the round, with observers.

It was a dark and cloudy night with lots of rain late one evening.

Straying a bit further off the traditional path, 

Raindrops on our hotel screen window that dark and rainy night. 

Reimagined as an impressionist painting.

September 20, 23 & 24, 2021

This post is in fond and loving memory of my cousin Tim Blackburn, who we visited in North Carolina just after the rainy images and just before the others. He left us, comfortably in his sleep, the night after we got back to Tampa. Goodbye, cous.

A few weeks ago a new guy moved into the neighborhood, right next door to us. Mostly he just sits on the concrete pond square watching the world go by. Occasionally he goes for an underwater hunting swim, with his head popping up around the pond. He has occasionally been mistaken for an aquatic snake, much to the chagrin of those seeing him.

New neighbor airing it all out.

The longtime resident quackery shares space, mostly ignoring him.

Off to find a snack

Is that a stick... no, it moved... IS IT A SNAKE??? Nah, it's just the new guy.

September 14-15, 2021

Three more images from the Westgate River Ranch Resort south of Orlando last month...

Three Birds

View from the front of an airboat

Pink flower from a moving airboat

August 2021

St. Petersburg night

St. Pete, harbor left

September 4, 2021