Tag: sea
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Worshiping the sun!
Sometimes you just have to stop and worship! Today, it was the sun that stopped me in my tracks to stand in awe and gratitude. It blazed from a clear blue sky, warm and soft, bathing me in light. After the long dark winter days and even longer and darker evenings, this felt like a…
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There is always something in the nothing
The beach today Sometimes we need to stop. The beach is a beautiful cradle for our souls, and sometimes we have to let it do that – cradle. So often I know I rush down, breathe deeply, march across the sand and back, am thankful for the pretty scenery feeling vaguely restored, and go home…
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Be the seaweed on a grey beach!
The beach today It is easy to see the big picture and make sweeping decisions, take snap impressions, or make quick assessments on outlook. However, sometimes it is worth taking a second look. It is a cold windy morning in mid January as I take this photograph – it is easy to see the world…
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A present for everyone
The beach today The end of another day. It started frosty, then rained, and after that, the sun peeked through to diffuse the dying of the day with gentle light: Just as the waves roll relentlessly, so the sky changes with each passing air current. How do we find peace in the constant tumbling change…
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No borders
The beach today Today was what I call a ‘no borders’ day; misty and grey with low-lying cloud so that it feels as if I am living inside a chalk or pastel impressionist painting. Boundaries are blotted, blurring the distinction between sea and sky, land and air, near and far, day and night, today and…
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Finding light in the dark
The beach today What do you notice first in this photograph – the amazing deep black clouds ahead or the fact that the photo is taken in sunshine? Did you know? Dark has an impact on human mood, and behaviour. According to research students sitting by a window will do better in a test than…
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Rockpool World
The beach today A spiky forest left behind after a high tide. What must it be like to have two totally different lives – standing tall and drying in the air, and then to feel weightless and float and flow under water….. I suppose we all have different lives rolled into one…. I so loved…
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A cheery ‘hello’ extra!
I was walking on the beach this morning and I saw this little fellow! I thought I would share it to give everyone the smile it gave me – are we grateful for the random flow and ebb of the tide or for an earlier morning walker who added the eye…? Either way, it is…
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Sand artists
The beach today On such a wide, open beach it is not hard to feel our ‘smallness’ in relation to sea and sky, but looking down, the sand shows us that we are not the smallest. There are some very tiny artists creating wonderful patterns right under our feet. Did you know? Although the wide…
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Raindrops are falling on my head…
I do love a good map, especially a weather map, and this is the ‘rainfall radar’ from the MetOffice (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/rainfall-radar#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1664914500&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.01) There are lots of different kinds of rainy days. There are the ones that are accompanied with flashes of sun between rolling black clouds. On the beach, you can usually see the downpours coming: A…
Marine Moments 