Monday Musings - The Beach

LLanbedrog Beach, N Wales

Summertime means beach-time!  I love the ocean and the feel of sand between my toes.  Funnily enough, I am also totally phobic about shell fish and other creepy-crawly things found in the water - yep, the kind of phobia people have about spiders and snakes!  Show me a lobster and I can get to the next state in about thirty seconds :)

But the beach is a beautiful place with happy memories.  I cannot stay away from it.  My house has shells adorning it, my 'happy place is a small, shelly beach in North Wales.  I am drawn to the magnificence of the ocean, the vastness, the beauty, and even the danger.  There are beautiful creatures dwelling within the waters such as whales, dolphins, and seahorses.

The sounds of the ocean bring about inner-peace and calm. Soft waves lapping the edges of sand take me back to childhood digging and trench-making.  Sandcastles reaching to the blue skies!  I can feel the soft sand running between my toes as I stroll along the shore, hunting for sea treasures and interesting driftwood.

I love listening to the ocean when the waves become excited, crunching the pebbles and shells with more force, running in and out with playful glee.

I feel the power when waves crash onto rocks with crescendo! No longer playing, but showing off the might she possesses...thrilling my senses.

Then there is the millpond: hardly moving, no real sound, stillness!

How can the ocean be so many things?  I love her in almost all her manifestations.  I fear some of them!    But I will always live nearby, close enough to visit and say hello.  Able to see my old friend no matter what her temperament. The ocean makes me feel at home.  An old friend, warts and all!