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Holmes Beach Treehouse: Creativity vs Bureaucracy

Islands seem to hold extraordinary potential for small matters with simple solutions to become blown way out of proportion to what they merit. Does this sound familiar? Homeowner wants to know if a permit is needed to build a freestanding structure on his property. Building official advises verbally that no permit is required. Homeowner builds […]

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Bar at Cafe-on-the-Beach, Holmes Beach, FL

Photos from an Evening Walk on Anna Maria Island

I’m working on a new top-secret project that brought me out to Anna Maria Island for some late afternoon photography. I took a long walk on the beach–from the public beach to around 72nd Street (that’s about 30 blocks, but who’s counting?).  Thought I’d share a couple of the photos I took. Even though the […]

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Sea nettles in a bucket.

A Family Discovers Anna Maria Island

This is a guest post written by Holly Hime, after she and her family had a great vacation on Anna Maria Island. I’m sure many will join me in thanking Holly for sharing the details of her Anna Maria Island vacation. I’m forever grateful to Anna Maria Island, a cute seven-mile-long barrier island on Florida’s […]

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This panoramic image is centered at about 46th Street in Holmes Beach, FL. The process of putting the images together makes it look like the island curves toward me, but that is just an illusion.

At Home in Holmes Beach, FL

Friday evening we drove out to Anna Maria Island and parked in Holmes Beach on 46th Street.  When I come here I always feel like I’m coming home since I spent so much time here as a youth. The beach was quiet and the water was calm as a lake, though not as clear as […]

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Shawn Duytschaver of Native Rental is as much at home conducting business on the water via cell phone as he is from his shop at the Island Shopping Center in Holmes Beach. Here he takes a call while loading kayaks onto the trailer after being out on the water.

Kayaking Anna Maria with Native Rentals

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. In early August I spent a couple of days down on Anna Maria Island meeting some new people, thanks to the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. They heard I love kayaking and eco-tours, so they sent me over to Native Rentals to meet owner Shawn Duytschaver.  We chatted […]

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