A series of unfortunate events, on top of the cold weather we always have this time of year, has prevented me from getting out and taking pictures.  I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately and I asked my husband what he thought might be the problem.  “Well, you haven’t photographed anything in a while,” he said.  But that can’t possibly be the issue, could it?

I thought I might do a lot more beach/boardwalk photography while I was at the Naples Grande, but shortly after I finished taking the pictures below, I came down with something of a head cold.  Add this to food poisoning early in January and this horrible tooth that is causing me troubles to seemingly no end, and I have to say it’s been a bad year so far for me, health-wise.  I look forward to my body getting back to normal and acting like I am young because I am!

Traveling for work for the first time in a while (by plane, anyway), I find myself at a beautiful almost-seaside resort in Naples, Florida.  Unlike the many, many other beach resorts I’ve visited (I jest), this one isn’t right on the beach.  Instead, there is a .6 mile walk on an immaculately-maintained boardwalk through a mangrove… grove.  This is not a problem.  What could be a problem is this: