Once upon a Time!

Clock tower of the deconsecrated Church in Gourdon, France framed by beautiful plane tree leaves.

Tick tock, tick tock, the clock just keeps ticking ... how quickly time flies.

It seems we are always wishing our life away ... 

waiting & hoping for tomorrow, next week, next month, next year ...

We have to learn to enjoy the present moments!

Please note I am using "we" in general terms ... there is the young 10 year old who can't wait to be a teenager, the teenager who can't wait to be a young adult of 21 years of age, and the cycle just continues.

We/ I have to learn to live in the moment and make the most of the now!

It is a fogged in day at the beach today, you can hardly see where the sky and the ocean meet or separate ...

                    

                    View from our balcony today in Panama City Beach

So on days like today I will enjoy the peaceful and quiet times, look for the beauty in nature while basking in the warmth of my family and friends' "sunshine" (far and near) and be thankful for the "time"!

Benjamin Franklin said ..." One today is worth two tomorrows ".

     Signage of a toy store in Celebration, Florida

              So how will you make the most of your time?

                        

" This -- this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice ... a moment of captured beauty. He who is truly wise will never permit such moments to escape" 

 ... Quote by Louis L'Amour

Playing at Pier Park

From where we are staying in Panama City Beach, we can walk in the sand on the beach with the water brushing our feet to the City Pier (only a mile away).

Once at the Pier we can enter the Boardwalk at the wonderful Pier Park ... here the streets are lined with unique shops, plenty of places to stop for some refreshments and eats, there is the Grand 16 - plex movie Theatre, a midway for the kids, and you'll also find an outdoor shopping mall.

It has something for everyone ..

It is a fun place on a sunny day when you need a break from lazing on the beach or on a cloudy, not so great beach day ... and for a Movie date on rainy days.

                                           

It's a colourful place ...

Located in the heart of Panama City Beach, Pier Park offers many options to entertain you ...

We even pretended to be Elton John and Elliot Gould on the pianos at Rum Runners.

 

Hide and Seek in Panama City Beach ...

We were hopeful for a sunny, lazy day on the beach in one of the cabanas ...

The sun is playing "Hide and Seek" ... Haven't found it yet, it's misty, fogged in over the Gulf of Mexico this morning.

We're going to walk along the beach rather than "laze" in the sun!

The view from our balcony ... there are a few vacationers using the cabanas, they do provide shelter/ protection from the "Sun" and the windy breezes!

                       

Quite the contrast from the day we spent in Biarritz, France.

Footnote ... Monsiuer Honey says I can't throw in a Biarritz photo ... and I said I can dream that we will go there again one day soon!