I saw sailboats on a windless day recently at Crescent Beach. It was relaxing to watch them get nowhere bobbing gently in the water ... relaxing in contrast to events in the news. In addition to other horrors, there were earthquakes in California and relatively minor shakes along the BC coast. Luckily no lives were reported lost. Devastation occurs regularly in our world as do joyful moments, although life usually straddles the middle like the stairway (below) with a forest on either side and shore at the bottom.
In Ocean Park, the
1001 Steps had no walkers so it was up to me to make those wooden boards creak and to hear the birds sing as they darted from leaf to leaf.
Along
Sandy Trail, there was a red door saying
welcome that led nowhere except to where my imagination could take me as it did
HERE.
A crow hoping for scraps found none ... on either side of the fence (below).
It occurred to me that even when there’s nothing to find and nowhere to go it’s surreal to just lie on the grass and watch clouds drift over our remarkable world away from the news ... especially since our chances of being born to witness all this is said to be 1 in 400 trillion to 1 in 400 quadrillion. Each of us exists improbably if not impossibly.
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I love the sailboats going nowhere and the red door that opens a mystery.
ReplyDeleteBeing out in nature calms me ... and we all need calming these days.
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The sea and a boat are such wonderful images and I do want to "explore" the red door to nowhere.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent photos ~ love the sailboat ones especially!
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A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Walking in the countryside with all of nature around me, is my medicine, therapy and antidote to the stresses of the world in which we live.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cloud shots - and I love that little, red door.
ReplyDeleteThe red door is intriguing!
ReplyDeleteWith so much devastation in the world, it is definitely important to soak up & embrace the joyful moments, for sure. I definitely feel my most joyful & calm when standing before such scenes in your first photo - there is something very relaxing about bodies of water.
ReplyDeleteInteresting collection of photos.
Hello, your views of the boats and water is beautiful. 1001 steps, now that is exercise! Love the crow and sky photos. Lovely images from your walk. Enjoy your day, wishing you a great week ahead.
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You say 'It occurred to me that even when there’s nothing to find and nowhere to go it’s surreal to just lie on the grass and watch clouds drift over our remarkable world away from the news'. I so agree!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful 1st image & I adored the crow looking for handouts - on BOTH sides of the fence.
I love the way you write and those photos just draw me in. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful perspective and reminder of how precious life truly is. I try every day (and mostly get there) to be grateful for my life and where I am living it.
ReplyDeleteThe boats are very peaceful and I am thinking about the people in california Horrible We recently had some minor shakes again Alway unsettling again.
ReplyDeleteYour cloud picture is beautiful as well and I love little fairy doors I have one in my garden