It's all gorgeous rainforests, stunning beaches lit by clear skies, quirky country towns, and wide-open spaces.
They find a beach, light a huge fire and brush up on their pirate skills.
There is a dining room suffused with beach light, rustic bentwood chairs beneath a tree, a piano that John Lennon took to the house one summer, a charming bedroom and a poetic shot of a screen door.
WASHINGTON -- Each year, on the last Monday of May, millions of Americans ditch work to hit the beach, light up the barbecue or catch a ballgame in honor of those who died serving our country.
Hundreds of people dressed in white come to beach, light candles on the sand, and walk into the water to offer white roses to Iemanja--the Godess of the Sea who grants good fortune and blessings.
And then, for 30 calming seconds, it shows nothing but a cliff-ridged beach, lighted by the sun on the horizon, as waves lap the shore.
The same night, Uncle Jimmy – now on a beach – lights a campfire and summons something that arrives like a meteor from the sky.
That's the conclusion of researchers at the University of Florida, who studied how the mice are affected by special beach lighting designed to aid the turtles.
The turtles lay their eggs in the sand, mostly south of Virginia, but their numbers have been hurt by the loss of nesting beaches to development and the use of night-time beach lighting, which can disorient turtles trying to get ashore.
Fireworks from the private beach lit up the sky to usher in 2000.
