An unbelievable array of textures greeted me at the shoreline. The wind had whipped the sky clean of all but a few whispy clouds, only their memories lingered. In the distance new clouds were already mysteriously bubbling into existence, seemingly from the land itself. The sea was pulled into white tipped lines, rippling back towards the horizon. Meanwhile the sand had been recently licked smooth by the receding tide, and higher back it had been churned by a hundred excited feet. Even the sea grass was windswept and tousled, looking as though a good brush through might restore order. What a delight for the senses.
Texture adds detail and depth which can pull us into experience with our eyes and hearts wide open. Once there it can hold our attention for hours as we drink it all in, and release all our whirling thoughts into the windswept coast.
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Wow, the photos here and in your golden gloaming post are amazing.
Thank you, it’s lovely to hear when they are enjoyed 🙂
Wow Seonaid, that second shot is a stunner! Looks to be a beautiful place!
It really is beautiful…..and always a little different each visit 🙂
What wonderfully textured skies!
Thanks Fi, they were perfect that day for catching some interesting shots. That beach is never the same twice 🙂
Paintings they are…in words and photography. Can’t get enough of them…
Well you are very welcome to keep taking as much as you need/ desire Anna Christine 🙂
The images are stunning and yet so simple.
Yeah, it’s the textures I think. I have so many shots of this beach, as I walk the dogs here a lot, and it always comes out looking different 🙂
These pictures and the words that went with them brought a nostalgia and a yearning to my senses. Born just a hop over a seawall from the beach and the ocean in Southern California I found such joy in the smells, textures, sounds and visual delights there. Riding the crest of a wave with complete joy or sitting on the beach by a bonfire as the sun disappeared and painted a myriad of colors in the sky to delight. I miss it….and your post brought it back. Thank you…
My pleasure Gaye, and they sound like utterly delightful memories. I always leave the beach feeling like a child again, somehow I can relax and let go of almost all my adult conditioning. Thats what I call great therapy!
Beautiful images … and you are right, texture is what comes across most. Thanks for providing however brief an escape from the heat here. D
Thanks David. It was a welcome two degrees cooler at the shore, on what for us was a very hot 29 degrees C, but it was the breeze which was so refreshing and welcome 🙂
Seonaid, Your prose and the accompanying photos are sublime!
That’s very kind. It really is a wonderful place to escape for a while 🙂
Soon I have to visit the sea…
All the best to you,
Hanna
Oh Hanna you should, as soon as possible……it’s very good for the soul 🙂
Beautiful images and words (I keep repeating myself :-)…) Is this on Scotland’s East Coast?
I’ll forgive the welcome repetition of such lovely feedback 🙂
The shots are taken on Yellowcraigs beach, in East Lothian. I love the soft golden sand and the remote feeling, despite being only 20 minutes from my home.
I could sit for hours in thta marram grass, there is so much to see, I love the different textures, even the clouds look like they would each have a different feel. Have you HD’d the second one?
It really is a breathtaking place to spend some time. The marram grass covers line after line of sand dunes stretching back inland, and they create hollow pockets which feel so remote even from the sea.
I processed both photos adding structure, to highlight the textures I was so captivated by, and I shot the second photo in HD mode on my camera….the wonders of modern technology. Such fun to play 🙂
wonderful atmospheric uplifting feast for the senses
Gorgeous, so much to draw and keep the attention. Must have been even more amazing in person with everything in motion. I love the sea.
Oh I love the sea too….ever shifting in its moods and colours. I always leave the seaside feeling about 8 years old again, its somehow so rejuvenating, and the photos are me back to those feelings.
The day you arrive, it smells like salt, fish and seaweed, but after only an hour, you don’t smell that anymore.
Beautiful words, magic moment! Thank you, Seonaid!
My pleasure, it’s lovely to hear your enjoyment 🙂
So beautiful! I would love to just sit there all day, breathing in the sea breeze 🙂
It’s certainly a great way to spend a hot summer afternoon. The cooling sea breeze is perfect….and pollen free….and the view is mesmerising. I’ll sit beside you if you don’t mind 🙂
These are wonderful examples of what one might, if viewing a painting, regard as bold and dramatic but not very realistic!
Thank you. Isn’t nature amazing, the way she can paint so beautifully 🙂
you live in wonderland 🙂 brilliant capture
Thank you. Visiting these beautiful beaches really is like stepping into another world….one which is more peaceful and more beautiful than anything which I can imagine into being 🙂
perhaps heaven is North rather than up 😉
I love that idea 🙂
We were at Tyninghame at the weekend and the only texture was on the beach and fringe of woodland – not a cloud in the sky! I couldn’t believe I was in Scotland ;D Super images and text, my lovely x
Oh that’s another of my favourite East Lothian beaches Kellie. It’s colours are so pretty and its beautifully sheltered. Did you take a dip in the sea to cool down?
Such magical words and photos, Seonaid.
That’s very kind, and it is a beautiful spot which I never tire of visiting 🙂
The sky looks like it was almost painted. Beautiful. MM
I couldn’t resist those sky textures….so mesmerising. I had an art teacher who used to tell us that the skies around Edinburgh were wonderful for painters because they are constantly changing….never the same twice 🙂
Beautiful – all looks very promising for the Open 🙂
It certainly does. The stands are all up, and practice day has been and gone successfully. It should be glorious this year 🙂