O daring joy, but safe! are they not all the seas of God? My capture of one day when, looking back on it, I could experience what those words truly mean. Lo, "Full Sail".

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The sort of evenings that make a person like me wish they'd been raised on the ocean, rocked to sleep by the gentle flutter of a sail...but somehow knowing that a romance as heavy and torrid as the Caribbean air itself would make it all better, for "The Night is Ours".

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I feel today what the great Walt Whitman wrote:
"Sail forth—steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go"
Photo is the closest I've yet gotten to that vibe, but someday...

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There's something truly special about looking toward the low golden sun when you're out on the water...especially when your view is intercepted by not just one but two ships' worth of people doing the same thing. 😀

My capture from Florida, "Ships in the Day".

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Oh I know I keep posting pictures of that same cruise, but evenings just hit different when you're in the full embrace of the ocean, especially in a place like the Florida Strait. My simply titled capture of that special day, "Sailing into the Sunset".

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I call this one "The Night is Ours". Those last red rays reflecting off the boom, the ripples in the water, even the receding silhouettes of the other sailboats just ooze a date night vibe where you're going to be under the stars, caressed by both beloved and sea air...

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That feeling when the cardinal direction "south" is tantamount to an uncontrollable urge, the heart and the soul bent on finding the nearest sailboat and letting those warm caresses of the sea take you where they will...

My evocation, "Full Sail".

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I call this one "Full Sail", because the wind was so strong, the waters so vivid, and the sunset so low and bright on this February day in the Florida Strait. One of the most fun evenings I ever spent. 😍

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