This ambitious bird ( a darter) we saw this week while walking at Rainbow Bay. It looked like it was about to bite off more than it could chew (swallow). The fish it scooped into it’s mouth initially we thought the bird had no possibility of swallowing. The photos show that both skill and persistence do pay off and give success and satisfaction.
How do you turn your ambition and skill into success?
When we were walking on the beach today I saw a feather lying on the sand, I said to Des we could use this for Beach Notes today. An instant writing implement. I usually write my beach inspirations with a stone, a stick or a dried sea pod. The beach offers so many opportunities for improvisation and creativity.
Amazing how ideas appear just in time.
As we walk on the beach in the early mornings, there are often sand castles remaining from some families’ activities the previous day.
In several years of walking on this beach we had not previously seen any sand castles built on the rocks at the end of the beach.
Someone was thinking differently.
And these sand castles probably lasted longer.
Every week Suzie and Des send the most amazing thoughts and photographs from the beaches of OZ. But everyone deserves a day off.
Do you ever take one? Do you ever take a day for yourself?
You don’t need beach. Actually you don’t even need a whole day, if other things call you.
What you need is time with yourself and the sky.
Find a sunrise, a sunset, a blue sky, a cloudy day and spend some time with it.
With our feet on the ground and our eyes on the sky, we get a new perspective on what matters and what doesn’t. It’s hard to take the little things seriously when we’re looking up at that. It’s harder yet to stay too much in our heads with so much expansive to take in.
Why not take a few minutes for yourself and the sky?
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Up up and away
Last week at the beach we saw this vapor trail going almost totally vertical. It was quite impressive to see the plane climbing and climbing, ever upward.
We’ve seen plenty of fairly horizontal vapor trails. Neither of us had previously seen one like this.
Business thought. Maybe it doesn’t take much more effort to go vertical and high as to trundle along on the horizontal?
The other morning we came upon this âinstant gardenâ on the beach. One of the other regular beach walkers told Suzie that it was from a little ceremony of commemoration on the anniversary of the death of the mother of a local woman.
The beach has many stories. This has been one of them.
