With an album by Rhonda Dedyne
White sandy beaches, blue water, brilliant orange sun sinking slowly into clouds tinged with pink and mauve.
These are the primary colors of Lido Key, a little gem hidden between its neighbors – Longboat and Siesta – located off Sarasota’s coast.
It’s a wonderful, restful spot that’s perfect for Michiganders to warm cold bones.
It’s also a great spot for “people watching.”
There are beach walkers, young and old – too many with their ears plugged into iPods, missing completely the soothing sound of the surf breaking around their feet. What a waste.
Sun worshipers with bodies of all shapes, sizes and hues, covered – or not – by equally varied scraps of cloth; wanna-be surfers, dumped repeatedly into the swirling blue water; kite-surfers gliding skyward with grace and ease – it’s all part of the daily routine at Lido.
One day blends into another here, broken only by the movement of sun from east to west – certain times in between to eat, walk the beach, seek shelter from the hot sun, and read, read, read all those books that there’s never time to open at home.
The lovely meditation garden at St. Armand’s Lutheran Church provides its own sense of calm and peace. Flowering bushes and trees frame the walkways, and benches offer places to sit and reflect on the beauty of God’s creation.
It’s good to be on “Lido Time.”
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