The Living Beach – July 1, 2017

We had a cool and grey Canada Day here, but it was a fun day nonetheless. We started the celebration with our friends Barb & Avy’s lovely beach wedding – I lost track of how many lobster sliders and cookies I ate! Sooooooo good!  And ended the day with some awesome fireworks.

And it’s also time to celebrate the living beach :-) It’s been interesting to see how the beach has changed (or not changed) over the last 11 months. One thing is for sure – there are a lot more rocks on the beach this year than there were at this same time the last two years. The last two years, I could ride my bike from one end of the beach to the parking lot. This year, there are still far too many rocks blocking the way. But there’s definitely a lot more sand on the beach now then there was a month ago.

And looking back at the beach one month ago compared to today… a big difference!

This is the same rock in March and in June – it shrank!

What will the next month bring? Hopefully lots more sand!

The Living Beach – June 1, 2017

Whoops, a few days late with my monthly beach update. I was expecting there to be more sand by now, but not so much….

On the positive side, at least there’s some sand coming back to this part of the beach below the cliff…

Comparison of the beach at the beginning of May (top) and beginning of June (bottom).

Hmmmm… there might actually be more rocks now! I hope the sand comes back soon, I miss walking the beach from end to end. But what Mother Nature does is out of my control!

The Living Beach – May 1, 2017

It’s May 1st, so that means time to see how the beach has changed over the past month. And, well, it really hasn’t changed very much! In some places, there’s a lot of sand washing back up onto the beach…

But there are still lots of rocks…

In fact, looking back at the pictures from April, I think there are actually more rocks on the beach in some places! April on the top, May on the bottom…

Hard to believe that by the end of the summer, this big rock will disappear under the sand!

Kissing the shoreline

“Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline,
no matter how many times it's sent away.”
― Sarah Kay

A couple of days ago we were walking the dogs on the beach, and as usual I was looking down because I’m always on the hunt for glass – my name is Kelly and I’m a beach glass addict ;-) But anyway – I don’t know if this always happens or if it was just the right combination of temperature and wave strength and who knows what else, but I noticed the most amazing patterns in the sand. So I zipped home, got my camera, and snapped away.

The idea is a work in progress, but I played around with some effects in Picmonkey, and I think there might be some potential here to create unique art. These are the originals…

And examples of different ways they can be enhanced…

 

 

 

The cool thing about this is that it’s art created by the ocean. And it’s just temporary – the next wave that comes up on the beach washes it away. Which I experienced first-hand as I was just about to take a picture!

What do you think about this sand art created by the ocean?