Ian, Absolutely! I do live in paradise!
For the last 21 years...Panama City Beach, Destin, San Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach and Navarre (Navarre - just in between Fort Walton and Pensacola) -(before that I moved around a lot when I was in the Coast Guard) - but I grew up in Tallahassee and now I travel to the Tallahassee area once a week - actually close to the coast there too - St. Marks, Shell Point, Apalachicola, Panacea, Carrabelle area) but I'm in P'cola/Navarre/Gulf Breeze/FWB the rest of the time. After living many places: Arizona, Alaska, California (Bay Area and Fresno), Illinois, New York City and visiting many other spots - there is one thing I know about myself - the Gulf Coast is what I truly call "home" - when I travel (which is fairly often) - I always start to relax whenever I hit I-10, whether it's New Orleans or Jacksonville). So you were here on vacation? Do you come down here often? (I'm assuming 'down' - not sure where your home base is)? mm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > ian glendinning > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] another glimpse of Lila > > > Ha, Escambia. > We love the gulf coast around there > - Gulf Breeze, Gulf Shores etc. > I this the white / aqua / turqoise you're talking about > Margaret ? > http://www.ianglen.net/gallery/Gulf_Coast_Thanksgiving_2006/im age32.html > > Ian > > On 2/21/08, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi SA, > > yes - everything you said is correc; about the trees: > > we have very tall pine trees mostly - > > fairly close to the water and all over the place actually, > inland too > > - they grow to over 100 ft. with just a bushy 'tree' part > on the very > > top - they are called longleaf pines and we also have > something called > > scrub oaks (short scrubby looking little oak trees) > > and palmetto bushes and of course other trees too - these > > are just the most predominant. Just a little farther inland we have > > big fat live oak trees and there is spanish moss hanging > > on just about all of the trees except the tall pines. > > We have Osprey and Eagles and Hawks - the Osprey make > > these really neat nests very high up in the tall pines > > and then fish out in the bay. We also have lots of > > Pelicans as well as the Herons. > > > > Our land happens to contain > > a patch of 'wetlands' which is where these tall reedy > > plants grow up - so it's a marsh down to the water, > > but right around the water > > line we actually have a little sand beach. > > We also have a little creek that dumps into the bay > there...the water > > is brackish at that point - part salt/part fresh. But 2 days ago > > though we watched two porpoises come all the way in from out in the > > wide bay part (that hooks up to Escambia Bay and eventually > the Gulf, > > the Sound and the intracoastal waterway) past our dock > and continue > > on down to where the bay turns into a river. > > > > We are about 6 miles north of the actual > > Gulf of Mexico coast - which has the typical > > white sand beaches and aqua/turquoise water. > > > > mm > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Heather > > > Perella > > > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:16 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [MD] another glimpse of Lila > > > > > > > > > > > > Margaret: > > > > BTW to you and SA: dock is almost finished with a > > > > 400 sq. ft platform over the boat house > > > > which gives a stunning panoramic view > > > > of the bay. Every evening just after > > > > the sun sets - 3 sometimes 4 great blue herons > > > > fly low across the bay to go to their > > > > night time sleeping spots. A wonderful > > > > pattern... > > > > > > > > > SA: Lovely, simply stunning! > > > I wanted to ask you something about where you > > > live in Flordia. Ok, I'm trying to draw a more comprehensive > > > picture. You said you live where there is a bay, a very > large bay, > > > correct? Also, grasses grow in this bay near your shoreline, and > > > didn't you say you walked out into this bay, close to shore, due > > > to the shallowness of the water? Also, you mentioned > > > how you hear thunderstorms move across this bay, > > > correct? Any trees growing into this bay near the > > > shore? > > > > > > > > > SA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > ______________________ > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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