Graffiti from crew teams that come to the University of Tampa to train during the winter. In the background is the Tampa Museum of Art.

Stucco Wall

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Water Fowl

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The top of the AmSouth building with its cathedral-like windows. Just visible at the top of Tampa's tallest building are a row of several lightning rods.

Part of the downtown Tampa skyline, from across the Hillsborough River.

Mosaic bench at the botanical gardens.

Random shot taken at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo.

Another shot of UT, this time from atop a parking garage. One of downtown Tampa's public art displays can be seen on the building behind where the minarets are. The moon is just visible in the afternoon sky, top center.

The University of Tampa, looking towards downtown Tampa.

The Gulf Coast Museum of Art is part of the Pinewood Cultural Park, which includes the Florida Botanical Gardens and Heritage Village. This stormwater pond has signs warning visitors to beware of alligators.

Car Wash Suds.

Not the best shot, but here's some idea of how Howard's sculpture plays with the ambient light.

Sculpture by Linda Howard at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art in Largo. Made of aluminum, the tubes are hand-grinded to give a refractive effect.

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This photo was taken the day after ceremonies were held to mark the 25th anniversary of the sinking of the US Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn, near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. It was the Coast Guard's worst peacetime disaster, in which 23 of the crew of 50 lost their lives after the cutter ran into a ship three times its size.


A recent St. Petersburg Times article caught up with one of the survivors, giving us a compelling eyewitness story of a routine sail on calm seas that goes horribly wrong so quickly.

The St. Pete Marina.

The Sunshine Skyway, looking south toward Manatee County.

Water temps for Tampa Bay: in the 50s.

Grounded sails.

Parasurfers near the Sunshine Skyway.