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Noreen Christiansen
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Naturally optimistic. Nature, wildlife, books and music are my sanctuaries. Drawn to water, a true Pisces. Originally from the northeast but it’s been “Sweet Home Alabama” now for 4 years.
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“We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
― Bob Ross
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Good morning friends! Happy Thursday! Here’s today’s #SunriseMagic on the #CTShoreline with #clouds Have a great day and if you can, go outside and just breathe! #landscape #photography #reflections
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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How wonderful to be able to enjoy the beauty of the Mediterranean Sea on the Costa Brava. Catalonia.🫠🌊
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"For one that has been up all night, the sunrise is a welcome sight.” 
Henry David Thoreau

Good morning – I hope you are well rested and have a wonderful day!

#ColorADay
#sunrise #sky
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Sunset after the rain.

#sunsets #boreal #lakeofthewoods #canada
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.”
- Leonardo da Vinci.

#photography
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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"They ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and I keep on remembering mine."
Lucille Clifton
December 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
My last sunrise on Sarasota Bay until next year.
#SarasotaBay
#WindowsOnWednesday
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I have an osprey who comes to visit every day for lunch. He catches his own fish, of course. Today I got lucky with a few dolphins playing in the background. I apologize for the sound of the washing machine. 
#SarasotaBay
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It wasn't the sunrise that took my breath away. It was the privilege of knowing that forces a billion times my own strength had silently merged in the first light of a new day to show me that I am part of something much bigger than all of the combined challenges of any day.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.
—Tahereh Mafi

#ImageAndVerse
#MesmerizingMoon
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Construction across the pond.
#ColorADay #Yellow
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
We talk of communing with Nature, but 'tis with ourselves we commune... Nature furnishes the conditions - the solitude - and the soul furnishes the entertainment.
—John Burroughs
#ImageAndVerse
#PathwayToSarasotaBay
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The view from my front porch when I lived in New Paltz, New York. Those are the Shawangunk Mountains in the distance.
#ColorADay #RedWed
#NostalgicMemories
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Looking out over Sarasota Bay.
#WindowsOnWednesday
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You will love the ocean. It makes you feel small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you're part of something bigger.
~~Lauren Myracle
#GulfOfMexico
#ImageAndVerse
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My neighbors cat, Bob, expecting her to know his every wish…..
#Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
With head in the clouds
I can rise above it all
For peace reigns above
August 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New sounds will be heard
With the setting of the sun
Nighttime has begun
August 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It can be fun being the passenger…..

#MulipleAngelsMonday
August 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens…… every day can end beautifully.

~~Kristen Butler

#Fisherman’sCove
#SiestaKey
#GulfOfMexico
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Here’s Bob, my neighbor’s cat, all nestled underneath an Indian headdress. He is camouflaged pretty well. You never know where you might find him.

#Caturday
#Where’sBob
August 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Waking up to this is to transition from dreaming at night to continuing on with a daydream…..the double joy of clouds in the sky and clouds mirrored on water.
August 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM