One of my favorite restaurants in Ft Walton Beach, Florida was The Seoul House. Gina’s Place was another good Korean Restaurant. Korean owned and manged. They both had great Korean food that was the Real Deal! They did not pull punches and they served Korean food that was not catered or changed for anyone. Korean food is what you ordered and Korean food is what you got! Yes, it is spicy and it is hot. I really enjoy good kimchi and it is available all around Bacolod. It would be nice to find the ultimate real deal Korean Restaurant in Bacolod City. It is still elusive at this point. Help?

This was a great program put on by students at a local school. Gangnam Style-Bacolod Style!

Gangnam Style-Bacolod Style

This wasn’t exactly a Gangnam Style flash mob, but still a great performance. Parents, students, teachers and others in attendance were doing the Gangnam style at their seats, as others were standing in the background. With hands on my hips, even I can break out into the leg kicking Gangnam style routine. I was riding horses back in rural Alabama when I was still a teenager, so that is the easy part. Oppa is just my style.

The combination of sugar white sand,  the turquoise/blue water of the Gulf of Mexico and the sway of golden sea oats always relaxes me.  The beauty and vast seascape remind me that God is bigger than me and the cares on my heart.

But what do you photograph when the sky is not picture postcard perfect?  What if the blue sky is hazy and the puffy white clouds are nonexistent?  That was the situation I faced on the day this image was taken.  Shooting below the horizon allowed only a sliver of the not so perfect sky to be included.  The primary focus was the sea oats against the backdrop of colorful water.  A small amount of white sand completed the scene.

This image has been enlarged, framed and displayed in my home for several years.  I see it several times each day and never tire of looking at it.  One quick glance and I can hear the surf crashing on the beach, feel the sand between my toes and the gulf breeze on my face.  In the distance there is a faint cry of a seagull.  For a few seconds I am at my favorite beach again.