I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Sunday, September 13, 2020

And so...September




Hi. Not only is it September, it is almost mid-September! Where do the days and month go, each day the same lately, but racing by. We've had a few grey abalone sky days, not really hot, 80-ish, but very humid. Moisture hovering in the high nineties makes it very muggy and some days I have to air condition just to keep things dry and to help Mo breathe.



One morning we had 5 inches of rain, in a ten minute downpour! Wow. Roads flooded, school's first day cancelled. This is why I drive a Jeep.


Grey days are lovely at the beach, not searing sun, interesting  for photos, if we accept ''atmospheric'' instead of sharp and bright.. Let's take a walk?








The beach is less groomed than usual because of the endangered birds and their babies, who are almost grown but still learning to forage.







Gulls with small birds, plovers and sanderlings in front. Ruddy turnstones on the far right.





Gully walked with me for a ways, tho he sticks to his/ my beach.


Porpoises? [sorry thhey were very far away.]



Down the beach to the west I found this large driftood construction or wooden henge.





 Another seashell gathering...



Is it for 9/11 remembrances?


Oh no! Not Trump! I thought it was interesting til I walked around to the front. It was for TRUMP 2020, ghastly. Politics do not belong on my beach. I hope it was promptly removed!


I walked east instead.








Oystercatcher footprints and a crab's hidey-hole.


What was in my pocket:


love 

lizzy

gone to the beach....


Starry-eyed Jack: pieces not sewed.


PS I may be out of touch for a few days, medical treatment tomorrow, so don't worry!