Tag: Westward Ho!
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A Hug for Hiraeth
The beach today A soft, soggy, misty morning. Nature is telling us that it is not a day to be casting our eyes to the horizon and far off lands. It is a day for looking down at our feet, wiggling our toes and being grateful for this moment, as nature wraps its wet arms…
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Stranger than fiction
The beach can be full of surprises and intrigue. When I was walking today I saw something that I thought at first was discarded plastic, or a large coil of orange peel… sandy and dull but very pretty with the sun behind it: A mystery to solve – and the answer – very surprising! The…
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Keep Scrolling
How many times are we told to put down our phones and other devices and look instead out at the horizon, notice the natural world around us and to stop scrolling? If you read my blog regularly, I am also usually advocating exactly this! – Stop, notice and dwell in the natural world to retrieve…
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Sometime we just need a harbour wall
Some days just don’t go to plan, feel wrong or we are just tired and not energised enough to even appreciate the glories of the natural world around us. We are like a little working boat tethered to a wall, lying in the slack of the tide. Sometimes it is perfect to be just that…
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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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Looking for a blue sky on a wet day
The beach today Nothing is as it first appears: Never is this truism more apparent than on a beach. Stand still, and spin slowly on the spot and have a look. Did you know? Looking for the positive: Finding that little slither of blue sky on a rainy day can improve your mental health and…
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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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An upside down day
The beach today It strikes me as a kind of upside down type of day: The sea is quiet and lying grey as a still backdrop while the sky above is full of rolling waves! Pleats of cloud gallop across the sky like a stormy sea, layers of colour highlighting their energy and the capture…
Marine Moments 