Exercise

While taking a walk in the neighborhood, I decided to do 

a depth-of-field photographic exercise.  I focused sharply on plants
and  gave the backgrounds pleasing bokehs.

How did I do?

A Day at the Beach

Naples Beach with Naples Pier on the horizon.

Even small waves are pretty fearsome at this age.

Laura is a Canadian who spends the winter in Naples.  She was a

Shakespearean scholar until she found she liked working on government policy better

than academia.  Her apartment is an easy walk to the beach.

When have you not seen a sea gull at the beach?

I always try to help my human subjects look their best on this blog.

But, I could not pass up this anonymous -- and very red -- sleeping man.  (I'm sorry.)

Lost.  And not yet found.

Winnie

Winnie was a college soccer and basketball player.

She has taught photography in high school.  These days she is a barista.

Last Friday Winnie dressed up to interview for a new job.  (She got it!)

What a great smile and cute dimples!

Babs

Babs was a social worker for many years before she retired.  

Her clients were often disabled, either mentally or physically, or both.

Babs loves quilting and turquoise jewelry.

Cormorants

Cormorants are fishers.  Like their straight-billed relatives the anhingas,
they don't have oil to waterproof their feathers, so they air out after a dive.

Red Dress Dash

Cheryl (above) is one of the members of the Red Dress Dashers (bottom).  I didn't get the name of the redhead at the left.

The Red Dress Dash was held in Olde Naples on Friday evening.  (It was getting dark, so I left before the race was run.)

The event is a fundraiser for the American Heart Association.  But, beyond fundraising, the goal is to inform the public that more women die from heart disease than all cancers combined.

Greek Festival

The annual Greek Festival is being held this weekend at

St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples.

Father Philemon Patitsas, priest of the church.

Panayotis and his father, Fotis, modeling some of the headwear they were selling.

Lots of good food!

Greeks seem to like bright colors!

Pantelis, "The Greek Artist."  

His artwork recalled beautiful places I visited last June in Greece.