The Essential Beachcomber

A honey hole (or honeyhole ) is slang for a location that yields a valued commodity or resource. A local landmark or road near a honey hole may have "Honey Hole" in its name .    In fishing , a honey hole could be a particular spot in a body of water (or used as a general term for the entire body of water) where conditions are ideal for catching fish. In popular culture , American Pickers , a documentary reality television series where the stars often refer to some "picks" as honey holes because of the amount of amazing objects they contain.                        ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) I love daylight savings time!  The long dark early evenings of winter are over (well the Florida winter never really started but the dark is gone here in SWFL)  The sun now sets at 7:45pm instead of the earlier 6pm of the "fall back" pre-daylight savings time .  I am a "spring ahead...

What do you see?  A skull?  A ladle?  A river of green? Have you every taken an ink blot test?  Take an ambiguous ink blot and show it to 10 different people and you will get 10 different responses.  Our interpretation of the ink blot is supposed to be a peek into our personalities.  Well adjusted people give answers like it's an ant, a cloud, or Justin B ie ber.  People with "issues" say something like "it's an ink blot".   I think our responses could bounce either way depending on what kind of day we are having or the amount of stress that we are under.  Bottom line, we all see the world through our own particular set of internal glasses.  The optimist sees the glass half full.  The pessimist sees the glass half empty.  The opportunist drank the glass of water while the other two were deciding.  I think one of life's biggest challenges is to co-exist with people who see things differently t...

(Credit:  Pandadumpster @ Flickr) This picture looks exactly like the sky we were viewing.   It's the most wonderful time of the year - for viewing the Geminid meteor showers .  In years past the showers have coincided with a bright full moon.  This December the annual event peaks on the new moon insuring a dark background of a sky for optimum observing with the naked eye.  After a few shout-outs on social media I had myself a little Geminid party heading for the beach - the darkest place in our area to observe the cosmic fireworks show.   I suggested any stargazers bundle up because our Florida temperature had taken a serious dip in the mercury. Shortly after sundown we arrived on the beach armed with blankets, pillows, & thermoses of hot chocolate.  We settled in on the cold damp sand with our eyes scoping out the darkening horizon for meteors.  With the help of our smart phones and various sky watching apps, we were able...