i love driftwood!!! the simple fact that a piece of a tree left discarded by humans or nature, soaking in the salty sometimes hostile environment of the ocean, only to be thrust up on shore, by magnificent waves, more beautiful than when it entered the water really appeals to me and oddly enough parallels real life!! I found such a piece yesterday. I picked it up off the sand, set it upright, made it my own, and then carted it home to set on my front walkway,a reminder that beauty has to more than skin deep if we are going to survive!! I give a thumbs up to the lifegaurds at the bay who dont laugh at the crazy lady dragging a tree up the beach !!! Live Laugh Love!!!!
The Splash
The water in the Bay has calmed down enough for me to swim into the big cave at the bay. I enter the crystal clear water of a little bay that's sits within the Big bay and made my way toward the cave. The tides are still high, the ocean not quite ready for the low low tides of summer. I enter the big cave that is still partially filled with water. The tide is pushing me in and out of the cool cave like a ride at the carnival! In and out... in and out of the cave, all the while I'm trying like crazy to get a picture from the inside of the cave looking out. It was on my 20Th trip with the tide back into the cave that I heard the splash behind me. Now, for me a splash behind me causes my heart to immediately start racing. Why? well when sharks feed they have a certain tail movement that causes a splash. I hear the splash and my brain goes into overdrive, "LANI", my brain screams, "DON'T look back,just swim to shore".. i feel my legs getting weak.. "LAN...
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