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Beach Art Gallery: Sculpture from the Sea

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

On Tuesday this week we saw something that at first looked like a piece of machinery. When we looked closer we saw that it was part of a tree that had been sculpted by the sea and washed up on the beach.

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On Wednesday “the sea sculpture” was still there and as you can see from the picture it had changed position.

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On Thursday “the sea sculpture” was gone. Taken by the tide on it’s journey to another beach.

Just imagine if this “sea sculpture” could speak, the stories it could tell of the beaches it had rested on.

What would you ask?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Fishermen Watching

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

Sometimes in business
As in fishing
You have to
Watch and Wait

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What are you watching for?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Reflections of Abundance

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

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Beach Abundance

The abundance of

the sand,
the sun and
the sea

allow me
to reflect on

the abundance

I have and
feel each day

as I walk here at
Rainbow Bay

–Suzie Cheel

Where do you reflect on the abundance in your life?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: You Don’t Always Have to Own It to Enjoy It

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

We sometimes walk around the area out back of where we live, on the Anchorage Islands in Australia’s beautiful Tweed River, and we see boats from the local fishing fleet at the wharf across the river and a lot of more leisure-type vessels riding at anchor in the river.

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While we don’t have a boat ourselves, we can and do relish the spectacle that is there each day for us. We don’t have to own one of these craft to enjoy them. And if we were seized with a desire to go out on one it would not be a problem to hire one with someone to do all that stuff with sails and anchors and steering, for much less cost than actually owning one (or having a bank own one for us to use).

One of the things we notice is that some of these very valuable boats never seem to leave their moorings, which suggests that someone else may be getting the pleasure of looking at them, mixed with the work of maintaining them. We get that old 70’s dream, the pleasure without the responsibility.

What do you enjoy that you don’t have to own?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: What Would You Wish for Today?

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

Every time I saw a well as a child I had to stop and pretend to through in penny, even if I didn’t have one.

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Winter is here. After a few mornings of suffering frozen toes from going barefoot on the beach we have taken to putting on shoes and socks and varying our walking path

We have walked up to Point Danger many times, this morning was the first we had focussed on this wishing well.

Our immediate thought was that this would be a great Beach Note. It also reminded me of my childhood and the joy of discovering a wishing well, tossing in a coin and making a wish.

So just pretend, drop in a coin and make a wish

Here’s your chance … What would you wish for today?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

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