I suggested the theme of "every day" for this week's header challenge.  What is every-day is ordinary.  For me this summer, what is ordinary is extraordinary for its beauty and strength and very intense heat. What is ordinary for me are the fabulous sunrises over the Seaview Pier on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.  They are strange and different from sunrises of previous years because they are clouded and thickened by the smoke of nearby forest fires.  Day becomes night, yet the sun burns through and the breezes clear away the muck in the air before too long.  It's good and it's strange.

Something else that is every day for me is picking up the litter on the beach.  So much of it is pure crud that I can't wait to get rid of it.  Other times, there are treasures.  So far, I have accumulated two footballs, two pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, and countless sand toys.
Today there was the kite I couldn't get to because it would have meant climbing the dunes, which we can't.  There are days like this:



From Jul 5, 2011