Tag: waves
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To flow with the tide
The sound of the sea’s drumming beats deep within the soul and calls to all of us. Listen to the rhythmical roar, let it pummel and push us to new places, grand adventures and brave plans – after all, whatever happens the waves will still break on the beach and when the tide comes back…
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Go Gently
The natural environment provides us with so much to be grateful for. If we let it, it can enhance our whole existence by providing regular top-ups of calm, rest, pleasure (releasing all those happy hormones that improve our physical health), and repair.
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Feeling a little submerged? Let the sea reenergise you.
I saw two razor shells partially submerged in the sand this morning, and I just wanted to hunker down beside them.
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Footsteps in the Sand
The Beach today A dog and his owner? A dog on his own and a walker coming along before or after? Animal and man going in the same direction – together or not, sand doesn’t record the time of activities but it does photograph their imprint as a temporary record between the tides. Did you…
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Tadasana
The Beach today A wide expanse of honey-milk, apricot-tinged skies and reflected sand can make you feel like you are on top of the world! Bathed in the beauty of nature. As the sun sets it is like watching an organic light show. It makes one feel as if they could fly, like the gulls,…
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You have reached your destination
The beach today Nowhere does the feeling of constant change appear more stark than on a beach. The waves roll up and down the beach as the tide goes in and out marking the passing of the lunar month. The clouds scud across the sky as the wind blows the seconds past our eyes. People…
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There’s always a way through
The beach today The beach is different every day as the tide rearranges the pebbles, creates new rock pools and streams. Today my way was blocked by a new rockpool. Above the rockpool a deep stream gurgled back across the beach to feed this pool. Below the pool, an overflow stream merrily chatted its way…
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What will our legacy be?
The beach today To spot a shell half buried in the sand, or glistening from the hightide line of tangled seaweed and driftwood, is a special moment – what treasure is being revealed? Many are so pretty, they find their way home in pockets, to adorn shelves and decorate our homes long after the creature…
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Live within the inter-tidal zone
The beach today At each incoming tide, the beach is wiped clean, fresh to begin again; to be stamped with the imprint of walkers, dogs, gulls, and the life of all those who move within the sands and leave trails and tracks of their passing – until the next incoming tide. We tend to see…
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