Friday, June 4, 2010

The wee hours of the morning's sunrise was tarnished by its arrival...

Unfortunately, our city of Pensacola to our north, in our panhandle has become another victim in the oil glop disaster. They became a part of the nasty sticky goopy tar balls and occasionally in just droplets of oily substances by five A.M. this morning when they washed ashore onto their pristine sugar colored sand.

We are now a part of environmental history and how the failure of a few men to take care and think before doing affects the masses!

The majority of the beaches are still open to the public and the people feel the need to help, but caution to be safe must be of the utmost concern.
And NOAA has just opened the waterways near the Dry Tortugas for commercial fishing where there is no oil present. That area is off the shores of the Florida Keys, more specifically Key West.

Where have we all been in recent years to not realize what we had when we had it?
These gorgeous beaches are a part of my home state's appeal to the world. It’s been years, about five since we were up where the tar balls have touched down.
The landings up and down our inland waterways have always been something to share and brag about to the world!
Best shelling, fishing, sunning, and swimming, water skiing, watching those postcard sunsets, yep you name it, it’s here in Florida!

All of this, as most of us do, we took for granted that it would be here for us to visit at our leisure whenever. Sadly we now know that will not be the case.

Folks all I can say to you here, you out of stators, other country dwellers, please don’t lose the chance to see what we have to offer before it’s all gone.

Enough all ready you’re all saying, well I suppose my fears are the cause for my foreboding warnings being expressed here.

We all appreciate the fact that we are a tourist, snow-bird dependent state, and we do need you to remember all the joy you have had on your visits here.
Whether relaxing or being involved in sports and sightseeing, rushing from one amusement to another; we do love the fact that you come and do that!

Earlier today, we here, five hundred and fifty miles south of the spoiling soils’ drifting we saw some drizzle on this our fine morning, the first in days. We needed that, and do you know what?
It created a very pleasant beginning to our day here. The sound and sight of a gentle rain is actually delightful if you really think about it?
Not many have the time to, but I do.
And as my abilities seem to diminish I am trying hard to take advantage of those sights and sounds that many pass over others in their very busy days.
Life can be what you make of it and sometimes we need to make more of less, do you know what I mean? I bet you all do. Enough is not more than you need, as simple as that; it's just right!
On that thoughtful concept I will wish each of you a very good night and count those blessings and we will too!

PS Jamie, keep up the good work in this nasty situation!

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