Showing posts with label surfing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surfing. Show all posts

Monday, 11 March 2013

Winter's Fond Farewell...I hope!




Our one Cornish day of very little snow seemed to give Clarence & Pecan something to think about. The very idea of swimming in an icy pond makes me feel ill, but they are ducks and care not a jot.


However, the hens had never seen snow & were thoroughly disgruntled, staying in their tree until hunger drove them down.


And then it was gone with not so much a a snow day off from school. Hey ho, I want spring now and the signs have been there, though this week has opened with the Arctic chill returning. So many layers needed to keep warm when sewing or indeed, for doing almost anything.



Whatever the weather, the beach calls and I love seeing all the moods from soft golden melancholy  



to bright & breezy. 



Of course, I also love coming home to comforting food such as Mr Davey's gorgeous meatloaf with all the trimmings,



followed by a slurp or two of something lovely by the fire.



The sun has made an appearance on and off, and even felt hot once or twice. The shadows remain long throwing deep contrasts onto river scenes.



Dear Castle Beach - what would we do without you? (Have now had a hair cut and can see without drawing the curtains)!



Isabella has already been in the sea. She just cannot keep out it seems. My little mermaid was always such a water baby.



Warmth and chill tied together in a dance of seasons. Spring will win out...eventually.



We can see the promise of it



Can you?



But for now, the fire draws me close in its warm embrace, crackling and hissing and sending wafts of scented smoke. 


Keep warm x





Friday, 26 February 2010

A Moment in Time.



It's been a frustrating week where I seem to have worked hard yet achieved little that was on my list. New things cropped up and needed dealing with pushing other tasks to the back of the (long) queue. Never mind, it is Friday and I managed to capture this lone early morning surfer taking advantage of the easterly winds which bring waves to our south coastal shores.



The sun shone brightly and though Isabella and I were quite a long way from him there was such pleasure in watching the rise and fall of the waves, the manoeuvring of the board in sync with the movement of the tide.



All three of our sons surf to varying degrees with Tom being something of an expert while the girls have not yet been bitten by the bug. I however, despite being a north coast girl growing up in the land of surf, only achieve drowning duck status. Davey and I are much better suited to snorkeling or diving, but oh how I love to see the surfers at one with the sea.



Completely wrapped up in a world of his own.



A dancer of the waves



Oh for the ability to capture what we actually saw instead of these blurry images.



We finally tore ourselves away to get on with the day ahead



and as we left, a friend came to play.



Not the best of photos, but a peaceful moment in an otherwise busy week. I hope yours has been good?

Happy Friday x