Snapshots from the Beach

I'm back home in Wisconsin, albeit with mixed feelings. So glad to be with Mr. M again; so sad to leave my parents behind. My mom is marginally better, but still very weak. A big question mark hangs over her immediate future and none of us has an answer.

But I made it to the beach! And as a bonus my dearest old friend from high school was in town and came with me. A merry heart really does do good like a medicine. Sorrow and care were banished, if only for a few hours, by sunshine and laughter.

Here are a few snaps from my grand day out. (You can click on them to make them larger.)

Blue sky, jade water, and acres of sand

Beachy Little Bracelets
fulfilling their destiny

Tommy Trojan got a new hat

Beautiful colour on this seaweed

Sandpiper jogging on the beach

The cool splash of waves

 

It was very windy, and quite a few seagulls were
hunkered down on the sand...

...until I started throwing crumbs to one of them.
Then they all gathered round with hopeful
expressions on their birdy faces.

Toasty toes...aaaaahhh.

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