There are many broken things on the beach. It's no wonder; the surf is a hard task master that is constantly aided by strong wind. What is a wonder is that the same hard sea is also the home of so much delicate life. Take this sand dollar, for example (or for fifty cents).
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Another wonder is the ocean's ability to create perfect circles in the hardest of surfaces, perhaps with the assistance of microscopic creatures that move like whirling dervishes deep into the soul of any--anything at all.
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Once the drilling is done, those round spaces become homes and repositories of yet more life.
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The pockmarks in this surface were teeming with life. It's amazing what is possible. This surface is actually the remnant of a road that was once lined with houses that were once coveted first-row beachfront homes. No more. The road emerges from the sea at the lowest of low tides as a poetic, if not gentle, reminder that nothing is forever but that everything is something and part of something.
The sand covering this broken road made the road disappear under its undulating surface. Nothing is forever. Not a thing. But everything has its place.
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24 Comments
Wonderful, fascinating post and look at your new world, Sandy! I do love beaches and I would surely enjoy spending time on this one! Terrific captures for the day! Hope your week is off to a great start!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Fantastic...you are so very talented, words just won't compare!
ReplyDeletehugs
Sandi
food for thought...love and family are forever! Also the great creator
ReplyDeleteLovely shots and thoughts. I loved to visit Watch Hill RI and walk the beach and sand dunes - so many homes are gone from the Hurricane of 1938 - just the foundations left. Mother Nature makes all the calls - not us.
ReplyDeleteCarolina Mts
I love quiet beaches and I love this post. Have never been able to articulate the way beaches make me feel -- thanks for doing it for me!
ReplyDeleteNice post to remind us of a truth. Nothing is permanent. Who knows where the atoms that make me up came from, who knows where they are going to be.
ReplyDeleteThats so true When I go home to Montreal I hardly recognize it.
ReplyDeleteIt's changed so much.
Nothing of what I remember is left behind.
Marvelous pictures, Sandy!
ReplyDeletetide-pools are as marvelous as your shots show
ReplyDeleteAloha from Honolulu
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I love reading your thoughts, the world looks so beautiful in your words and photos...
ReplyDeleteIt sure is humbling.. and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat details in these.
ReplyDeleteHi there - that’s a great set of pictures and words.
ReplyDeleteBeaches are such changeable places - I love exploring them.
Cheers - Stewart M
You never know how your wheel turns. Nothing is indeed permanent but amazing to see that even in devastation, possibilities are endless. Great post and captures.
ReplyDeleteAs powerful and willful as humans are, nature wins.
ReplyDeleteYou've given us a wonderful reminder that while we think we can impose our will on nature, ultimately nature is going to win.
ReplyDeleteThese photos are so lovely. Your words complement them beautifully. You love the beach so much. Guess it's no coincidence that your name is Sandy.
ReplyDeleteYou wonder why they would put a road so near the surf line. - Margy
ReplyDeleteBeaches are a great place to explore and it is very amazing how the shore lines keep changing and the sea engulfing the land.
ReplyDeletemy idea of heaven, walking the beach, taking it all in. Any sea glass??? still would love to see some of that.
ReplyDeleteHugs Sandy, enjoy the good things!
Spot on Sandy, the ocean can be calm - rough - arty - peaceful and cruel at times.
ReplyDeleteBeauiful photographs, Sandy. Thank you. Broken roads and perfect circles, the delicate nature of
ReplyDeletelife and her strength is amazing.
There is always so much life and beauty to be found along a beach and how lovely you notice and capture it so poignantly in words and images.;)
ReplyDeleteIt is a long time ago I saw a real sand dollar, they do not exist here.;)
xoxo
Wonderful post, Sandy, those beaches are attractive indeed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.