In a Flip-Flop State of Mind.

You can find magic wherever you look.

Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

– Dr. Seuss

You’re never too young to enjoy a good book!  The Sanibel Public Library invites families to register their babies, preschoolers, children and teens for their annual Summer Reading program.   » Read more

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“Thinking:  the talking of the soul with itself.”

– Plato

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Today’s Guest Photographer:  Joan Binck-Fuechsel  » Read more

Moray Eel by Bob Halstead

The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center will highlight an underwater art exhibition during a group show at Art Walk on Friday, July 6 from 6 to 10 p.m . There’s Something in the Water features photography from Bob Halstead, Mila Bridger and Katy Danca Galli, plus paintings from Arturo Sameniego. 

Halstead is an award-winning underwater photographer whose work has been published in books and featured in galleries around the world.  » Read more

The Americana Community Music Association proudly presents an evening with Passerine on Saturday, June 23rd. 

Passerine’s distinctive sound combines vocal harmonies, the crisp rhythms of an acoustic guitar, the haunting voices of the fiddle and dobro (resonator slide guitar), the resonant lows of an acoustic bass. With inventive vocal harmonies and song-writing, supported by the sounds of acoustic strings, Passerine offers a fresh take on traditional folk and bluegrass music as well as a repertoire of original songs that range from sweet ballads to the edgier side of contemporary Americana.    » Read more

In honor of National Seashell Day yesterday, more than 1,000 participants joined together to shatter the world record for the largest human image of a seashell.   

Coordinated by our local tourism bureau, a total of 1,093 registered participants gathered on Fort Myers Beach to form an enormous seashell, verified by a Guinness World Records™ adjudicator on site.

Now in its third year,  » Read more

Sure, it may be summer vacation for the kids, but that doesn’t mean that learning needs to end!

Every Friday morning through August 4th, we invite you to head over to Gulfside City Park — right “next door” on the beach from Ocean’s Reach — for a fun and educational Family Beach Walk!

Come join a guided exploration of the vital beach ecosystem at the Perry Tract,  » Read more

This aspiring marine biologist is taking an “artsy” approach to getting out her important environmental message. 

Recent high school graduate Isabelle Knott, 18, from Cherokee, Georgia created a life-sized leatherback turtle sculpture — made entirely from coastal trash — for her senior project, where she researched the devastating effect of plastic on the planet’s oceans.  Isabelle will attend Eckerd College in the fall and plans to major in Marine Biology.  » Read more

“I often take a walk around the neighborhood at night and last night I noticed a silhouette on the street sign. It was a family of Eastern screech owls getting ready for a night’s activity. They were considerate enough to let me walk right up to them and take a picture without flying away.”   » Read more

“We touch each other’s lives simply by existing.”

– JK Rowling

Should you have any photos you’d like to share, please email them to [email protected].

Today’s Guest Photographer:  Bob Coleman  » Read more