“Through the Watches of the Night,” an original acrylic painting copyright by artist Susan Walton, S. A. Walton Studio, Hudson, Florida.

A pair of night herons roost in the mangroves of a park at Fort DeSoto, Florida, by the light of a full moon. Native “Spanish moss” graces their hideaway in the softest of natural lace, silvery in a moonlit night.

The Gulf glimmers under a dark blue sky of twinkling stars and, for the moment, all seems peaceful and calm in this world. There is no rush of winds or roar of storm driven waves, no trouble in view, just two lives sharing one tree with a view into infinity.

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