Would you like to enjoy a quick visit to my beach? Well, sit back and block out the next 48 seconds and pretend you are standing next to me on the boardwalk gazing at the expanse of sand and water.
We’ll just make a quick stop at the beach this time. But there’ll be more virtual beach visits to come. Now that the little Canon Elph is in my pocket, you too can come to the beach with me.
I can always use a few more friends who love the beach like I do. If we can’t sit side-by-side in our chairs and chat about whatever will clear our souls, or just nothing at all… this is the next best thing: beach lovers or just people who like to see what other parts of the world look like. Let me know what you’d like to see and I’ll try to oblige. Our shoreline is not magnificent, rather ours is a neighborhood beach, occupied by homes of varying size and means. It’s an eclectic community comprised of locals, and transplants like me, who came to this little corner of the world, and fell in love with its quiet charm. This community is a treasure to most of us who live here. We appreciate the residential character of this coast, in contrast to the aggressive development of some coastal communities which squeeze out the average individual or family from living within walking distance of the beach.
People enjoy their beach in any number of ways: biking, jogging, dog-walking, surfing, swimming, boogie and skim boarding. People might walk alone to simply meander along the surf’s edge, looking for shark’s teeth. They might head out with a friend or small group to encourage each other as they move their bodies for fitness’ sake, or just to connect for a few minutes before returning to the obligations of life that pull at us all.
Some people prefer solitude. To take their chair and their book and lose themselves from the rhythms of their households and escape for a few hours. Breathing in the salt air, perhaps falling asleep.
But this 48 second video clip reveals an empty beach, taken mid-week just before the sun set. A lovely time of day to come out and take a few minutes to appreciate my life in Atlantic Beach, Florida:
(A note for reader Just Moos: I cannot leave a comment on your blog. It appears there is some barrier to it when I click on the ‘comments’ section; it won’t allow me to write text. I’d like you to know I’m visiting, and there’s a comment I wanted to leave…)
