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Sounds of Summer, Amelia Island

Listen to the seaside sounds of summer around Fernandina Beach, Florida this holiday weekend...

(Pictured, cloud reflection, Summer Beach, Amelia Island, Florida)

You know it’s summer on Amelia Isla… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on June 30, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

STARGAZING at Fort Clinch State Park, Florida

Explore the twinkling night sky Friday, May 21 with the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society, a featured event of the Wild Amelia Nature Festival taking place from 7 pm to 10:30 pm at Fort Clinch State Park on Amelia Island, Florida.

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Added by Amelia Island Living on May 18, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Egans Greenway: A New Frontier

It’s really nice to experience uncharted territory on this sea island in northeast Florida. Having just explored the southside of Egans Greenway for the first time (the section south of Jasmine over to Sadler Road), I can't believe I’ve by-passed this “other side” all these years.

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Added by Amelia Island Living on May 10, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Springtime Amelia Island, Florida

Spring weather is here and Friday was as good as it gets -- not too hot, not too cold, “just right” as Goldilocks would say. A day to be outside, for sure. I took advantage with a long bike ride, hitting the beach around low tide (ideal for bike riding on the hard-packed sand), and pedaling through Fort Clinc… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on March 29, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Boneyard Beach, Big Talbot Island, Florida

AMELIA ISLAND, FL -- Island hopping sounds like an appealing way to spend time. And the older we get, time seems to fly by at a quicker pace, doesn’t it? So spend time wisely!

Consider that a mammoth skeleton was discovered at Amelia Island's neighbor, Big Talbot Island, Florida in clay depos… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on February 28, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Amelia National Golf Club Hosts Big Golf Event

Amelia National Golf: Local Club Lands Big Golf Tournament

Amelia National Golf & Country Club is hosting the F&S Asset Management Group Classic March 8 through March 14, 2010 at the private Tom Fazio-designed course.

This National Golf Association’s Hooters Pro Golf Tour event features “elite golf professionals” and is reportedly considered “a gateway to the PGA."

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Added by Amelia Island Living on February 22, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Sadly, Historic Florida House Inn Closes in Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island

The historic inns of Fernandina Beach, Florida are part of her quaint charm, adding ambiance to this riverfront, Victorian-era city. Sadly, the historic Florida House Inn, said to be the state of Florida’s “oldest continuously-operated tourist hotel,” has not survived the “Great Recession” o… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on January 18, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Perk of Florida Living: Backyard Citrus Trees

Driving around Amelia Island as winter sets in, it’s hard not to notice citrus trees heavily laden with fruit. I’ve seen individual trees that must have hundreds of fruit waiting to be picked. Once the cooler weather sets in (and the temperature drops especially during the night), it’s said to be the time t… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on January 1, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Holiday Delight: Amelia Island Ritz-Carlton

Visitors are delighted as they step inside the lobby doors to see the life-sized gingerbread creation at the Amelia Island Ritz-Carlton each holiday season (watch video). Painstakingly baked and decorated by a team of Ritz pastry chefs, this year’s culinary feat is a 17-foot long pirate ship, the “S.S. Ginger Amelia,” adorned with gingerbread pirates, gingerbread cannon and chocolate cannon balls. Of course, there’s a treasure chest filled with candied bounty. Even Martha Stewart would have to b… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on December 12, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Ghosts of Christmas Past, Backyard Economics

(Photo: The "Christmas on the River" shop is open year round on Centre Street, Fernandina)

I wrote the article below, “Can Demographics Support New Growth?“ almost seven years ago and wish to re-publish it now in this blog. The message is still timely today. Doing business locally when possible, in our own backyard, buying where you live, is more impo

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Added by Amelia Island Living on November 29, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Petanque on Amelia Island

The city of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida is hosting the 2009 Petanque America Open this coming weekend of November 14 - 15, 2009. At least 90 teams (of two), are registered to play, coming to Amelia Island from as far away as Europe and Canada. What's Petanque (pronounced “pe-tonk“)? Check out this YouTube video, explaining the game (video features the Carolina Petanque Club). Called “addictive,” the French game of Petanque is referred to as a “cousin to horseshoes and Italian boc… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on November 8, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Amelia Island Sunrise

If you venture out early to see the sunrise at the beach on Amelia Island, you won’t be alone. In Fernandina, you’ll find others who also appreciate the simple beauty of a sunrise, and the special setting of the beach. Today, the sun came up over the Atlantic Ocean at around 7:30 am -- late for a sunrise. But these last weeks of October leading up to t… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on October 21, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Labor Day Not End to Beach Days

As summertime slips into fall, there are still plenty of beach days to come here on Amelia Island. On this Labor Day holiday weekend (a time that often marks the “end of the summer season” in many northern beach destinations), there’s still time to enjoy the beaches of this northeast Florida barrier isl… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on September 7, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Sea Turtle Season on Amelia Island

Photo, marked sea turtle nest, north-end Amelia Island, Florida "Tis the Season for Sea Turtles on Amelia Island, Florida It’s turtle time on Amelia Island, and I don’t mean the slow pace around here. Amelia Island is the nesting ground for sea turtles. It’s the… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on August 12, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Summertime Fireworks, Island Fun, History

Pictured above is historic Fort Clinch, Amelia Island, Florida. Check out Amelia Island Living’s EVENTS CALENDAR for summertime events around the Amelia Island area. Free music concerts, Sounds on Centre, are happening the first Friday night of each month… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on July 1, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Sizzling Summer, Dog Days, Snakes

Sultry, tropical summer days accompanied by sporadic severe thunderstorms have been the trend lately here in Fernandina Beach. The "dog days of summer" came early this year in Fernandina Beach, with an extremely hot June. The phrase "dog days" apparently dates back to t… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on July 1, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Fort Clinch State Park Events

Memorial Day Weekend is a great time to visit historic Fort Clinch State Park, which is holding a special program to honor those who served during World War II. (Hopefully, this stormy weather we've been experiencing will pass by before the holiday weekend.) Another nice event for t… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on May 20, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Island Waters: Right Whales, Submarines

RIGHT WHALES AND SUBMARINES AROUND AMELIA ISLAND I’ve heard that northern right whales have been seen off Amelia Island recently. A local resident out boating was able to get a few shots of the whales with his cell phone camera last week. It was also reported that a right wha… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on February 24, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Fernandina Beach Wintertime

COLDEST WINTER IN MEMORY, FERNANDINA BEACH Occasionally, winter temps do hit below freezing here in Fernandina Beach. This winter is the coldest in my memory (fifteen years of local living). It seems like we've had more hard freezes, and of longer duration (several days in a row)… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on February 23, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Signs of the Times

"McCain for president, Obama for president," and "closed" -- businesses shutting their doors here locally. It's finally Election Day. A handmade sign reads “Keith the contractor agrees with Joe the plumber,” attached to a McCain–Palin campaign sign. It's elevated, at… Continue

Added by Amelia Island Living on November 4, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments