Gaddo Reflections

Some of the nicest and reassuring words anyone can hear. It is comforting to be welcomed into someone else’s home. It is bliss to feel...

Bubbles! One of our favorite places to snorkel without a boat was a quarry on Grassy Key. It is blocked off now, so I don’t think it is...

I am totally and completely stumped as to what this is. I would only be guessing to say it is a crab eye. It is times like these that I...

Mom captured a nice “landscape” with divers in silhouette. I also think the photo hints at the endless scope of the beauty that is under...

Hermit Crab – then again, I also like to emerge from the house and see what is out there, too. I especially like seeing my kids and...

There are so many blessings that we have and don’t recognize them daily. For example, I just wished a friend happy birthday and realized...

He truly looks surprised to me! If he had eyebrows, they’d be raised to the top of his head. What an interesting creature he is. I am...

I like how mom framed this shot. It seems to curve with the barrel sponge being the center piece. I may be biased, but she did have a...

I know that is a weird name, right? That is what I thought of. This staghorn coral looks like a stack of bleached antlers. Dad was...

Happy Friday! We made it. After a successful surgery, it is back. It does need one more procedure before it is 100%. I can use it! Yay!!...

Doesn’t it look like it is ready for a kiss? I thought so anyway. Did you know that when fish “kiss” they are fighting or sparring? When...

I think mom liked these as much as I do. They are so soft, fluffy and seem to be fragile. On the contrary, they are very resilient. They...

At least I think that is an anchor. There are plenty of shipwrecks to dive in the Florida Keys and Caribbean hence my assumption. Does...

Angels are one of the most beautiful species of reef fish. They tend to live on shallow reefs and are found in the Atlantic, Pacific and...

We went to the Florida Key this week and had a good time! We wandered the key deer trails on Big Pine Key (I finally saw one in real...

Shh – Don’t tell anyone… He has a secret to tell. Mom went to her grave without telling the secret. But she did take the photo. Mom...

It looks still, but it isn’t. It is amazing what a photographer can capture. That one moment in time. Sometimes heart wrenching, others...

Be happy! Of all the things worrying us, at least we don't have to worry about dinosaurs. (Just saw the latest Jurassic World...) This...

I must have safari on my mind. It was one of my favorite things to do when we were living in Zimbabwe. I can sit and watch elephants all...

I love this close-up, but am not quite sure whose eye it is? Is it an eel, maybe? Any ideas? #underwater #underwaterlife...