I got cabin fever today. I allowed myself to become cooped up indoors, mainly due to the bad weather of the past few days, and went slightly stir crazy. I had to get out! Where to go? I chose the beach. It had been blowing a gale all night, the power was out and I was feeling frazzled so the beach was my soothing drug of choice. When I go to the beach, I don’t leap about power walking or jogging for fitness, I stroll about, looking for interesting shells or whatever the ocean throws up after rough weather. I love the mental peace I feel when I go to the beach. The gentle waves on the shore, the tiny little birds that run about looking for sand hoppers etc. I love the various colours and shapes of these scallop shells and other shells I found.
I don’t know if you’ll be able to see them but at about 9 o’clock in this phone photo there are a couple of teeny, tiny birds that were scavenging, like me for flotsam and jetsam on the beach. I wish I’d bought my good camera with me now. Next time I’ll do better 😀
In the middle of this picture you can just see a tiny Santa Rosa plum forming and another one peeping out of its old flower. Yay! Plum jam for us to come 😀
Hope you enjoyed the photos. See you all again sooner, rather than as late as I’ve been getting.
A lovely post and my especially favourite bit of Middleton Beach shared in shades of grey ;). Can’t see the little birds but then again, I am pretending that I don’t need glasses at the moment (aHEM 😉 ). Love the plums and I can see 3! Looks like jam is definately on the cards. We got fruit set as well but we have to hurry up and think of a way to stop the possums from getting to it. Not as easy as it sounds aside from chaining Earl on a long lead at the base of the trees ;). Hugs from rainy Tassie. Get addicted to Pinterest, you won’t notice “time” ever again! 😉
I’m scared of Pinterest Fronkiii. Jason would never see me again I fear, if I went down that path. 😀 The little birds were really tiny and my phone camera ain’t that great. I also had two white corellas sitting under the pine trees eating seeds and a small flock of pink and grey galahs rummaging about on the beach as well 😀
I loved going down to Middleton beach. I used to walk from our place in Grey St all the way around the boardwalk and back home every day. I started at 5am and got so I could do it in 40 minutes. I doubt I could do it that fast now ;). I am not addicted to Pinterest…I just read it for the articles (and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you 😉 )
Geez Fronkiii, I can never walk that fast as I always need to stop and see whats going on in the bushes or under that bit of seaweed 😀 It’s better for me just to get on the treadmill and set a brisk pace if I want any form of exercise, not that I even do that anymore I’m such a fatty lumpkin 😀
Pfft! I know and understand fatty lumpkin Pinko. Most of my life was spent living under my lumpkin mantra :(. I said to Steve “you know what? It’s just a bit sad that I only found out how good healthy feels later in life?” Oh well, at least I did I suppose. You were skinnymalinky for most of your life and you can be slim again Pinky. Jumping on that treadmill is a good start. Get yourself a good magazine to browse and just set it to a slow walk and just walk. I would use a treadmill if I had one although saying that, how much did I use that all in gym that Robert and I had eh? Familiarity breeds contempt. I would rather get out and walk (but not in the rain which we have been having lots of lately so I am hibernating again 😉 ).
I think one of the reasons I follow so many Aussie blogs is so that I see that spring is happening in your part of the world right when we start getting into cold, yucky weather…It’s a bit of hope 😉 The other reason is that you are all such wonderful friendly people..and you can cook!
😀 The weather is not too sure what it wants to do at the moment. Beautiful blue skies and warmth followed by huge storms and blowing an absolute gale!
How far must you go to get to that lovely beach? Wish we had pretty shells on ours.
Middleton Beach is about 3-4 kilometers away. It was beautiful down there when I went to look for supposed whales frolicking near the shore yesterday but about an hour later a huge storm blew in and I had to retreat indoors for the rest of the day. Winter is still upon us 😀