the sweetest florida soul kandie

                            sanibel and captiva.

                                                                                       there is a balcony on the bay  at sanibel harbour resort and spa where I can always find total peace for my soul. i have yet to find another place where all my stress is banished, like it is when i sit on that condo balcony.
                                                mornings bring coffee on the patio with the sounds of birds, boats on the water and the lapping waves of the bay onto the shore below.
                          days are filled with kayak trips through j. ding darling nature preserve, renting bikes from billy's bike rentals on sanibel, searching for the perfect shell at captiva beach, grabbing lunch or an early dinner at the mucky duck, island cow, or schnappers hot dogs, or grabbing a pole and fishing at blind pass with shrimp from the bait box.
                                                             nights bring the sounds of dolphins playing in the bay while you enjoy an elephant ear that you grabbed from jerry's bakery on the island, earlier in the day. if you are looking for gilligan's island, search no further than sanibel or captiva island. the sweetest florida soul kandie.

                                                    great accomodations on sanibel and captiva . . .
sanibel harbour resort & spa—condo units can be reserved through the resort, resort quest, or resort harbour properties
captiva—tween waters inn or south seas island resort

art, clothing, decor or pure inspiration?

                                                                                anthropologie

                                                            jewelry, clothing, shoes are usually not big motivators for me, unless they are unique and evoke special feelings or meaning. anthropologie is so

artfully inspiring and illuminating in their selections, that it takes me back in time to a boutique in paris. Receiving an anthropologie catalog in the mail is a special delivery if you savor unique pieces.

for now, i will consider the catalog an appetizer for my soul, and save to purchase a piece of soul kandie . . .

abcdefg . . . . come on won't you admire these lovely paintings with me?

                                                                   letters. 
as a graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design, i love typography.  i happened upon Susie Harris blog and found this.

the beauty of the typewriter keys captured in a piece for my wall! yes, i'm adding this as soul kandie today.
        it makes me smile and brings back so many memories of cutting and pasting type by hand in order to get the kerning correct. of course, that marks my age because everything is done by computer now. but i truly believe you cannot love letter forms until you have held a single letter in your hand and then placed it next to another letter and stood back to make sure all the peaks and valleys between the two were equal. a tedious process to be sure, but so necessary to truly feel the beauty that each letter beholds.

susie has a truly inspiring and beautiful blog. please visit and see what treasures you might find to feed your soul!

yes, definitely soul kandie!