“There are two ways of spreading light .... to be the candle that lights the room .... or the mirror that reflects the light ....” - anon.
When summer pokes it’s head out the clouds, I’m in heaven! Blue skies ... sunshine .... cotton-wool clouds and butterflies .... rainbows ..... summer sand and tranquil waves ... we’ve had it all this weekend and it’s been terrific!
The hounds are getting used to us being IN the waves with them rather than on the sand ... though Indy still gives us the “hairy-eyeball” look .... you can see the thought process going through his brain “What is it with these humans?”
We get wet ... not quite as wet as Chocolat ..... but we get WET!
I met the spunkiest little hound on the beach this morning ... Ruby .... a little furry handbag type hound ... you know the kind I mean .... a snack for Chocolat if she was so inclined! She’d been chasing a tennis ball along
the sand but decided to race my hound for her rugby ball ... it’s not often these little hounds take on the waves ... especially when they’re a bit rough like they were today. The rougher the waves the more Chocolat loves them but other hounds are usually a bit more cautious .... not Ruby though ...she might have been small but she thought she was a lion-hearted Labrador!!
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| Indy and Chocolat on Saturday |
Ruby also knows how to dig .... mega-deep holes .... holes she can get lost in! You’d have been forgiven for thinking there was only one hound standing on the beach with us ... the other had dug itself a hole and disappeared.
The gorgeous weather
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| A Shag, drying its wings in the sun |
this weekend bought the sun-worshipers and more out in droves .... our beach has never seen so much activity on it! All those bronzed bodies .... and NOT so bronzed bodies, the Coca Cola Dome on the Green with live music, free cokes and “jumping into summer” .... and then Project Jonah hosting
a Whale Rescue Training Seminar on the beach ... with large blow-up whales .... dolphin size whales! It was all go, Go GO!
The hound didn’t know what to make of all this “busyness” .... she’s not used to seeing so many bodies on the boardwalk or in “her” waves.
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| The rainbow in the cloud |
Pete was doing a roaring trade in ice-creams at the coffee shop ... they make the most divine ice-cream .... my favourite has to be the Orange Marmalade - it’s just TOO delicious!
We’d already had a war of words with him on
Saturday morning about the outcome of Friday’s T20 match between NZ and SA ... he of course was gloating at NZ’s win. The gloating will be short-lived .... SA won last night’s T20 match and I’m quite certain they’ll win the next one. Funny .... Pete was conspicuous by his absence this morning ... I
wonder if the cricket had anything to do with it?
Bring on the Limited Overs series and the Tests ... so much cricket to look forward to .... and then the Super 15 starts! I can’t wait!!
Rainbows and butterflies filled my lens this morning .... as well as the beautiful sunrise which Julia missed - she wasn’t feeling great but was determined not to miss our walk ... I love that she enjoys it so much! It was the strangest of rainbows .... we don’t normally see rainbows unless there’s been a storm or one’s brewing. No
storm was brewing this morning though and the rainbow was only visible with the white cloud behind it .... you couldn’t see it below the cloud OR above it ..... only IN it ... more evidence that shows how completely crazy and unexpectedly beautiful my world can be!
“The purpose of life is to LIVE it ... to TASTE experience to the utmost ... to reach out EAGERLY and without fear for newer and richer experiences. - Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Saturday night's sunset |
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