#bathing beach

[chibiutsubo]

#おでかけ #食見海水浴場

海無し県民の簡単な見分け方:海の近くに連れていけば、海の見える場所にフラフラ引き寄せられ、いざ海が見えると急にはしゃぎ出すのが海無し県民です。異論は認める。でも的中率は高い気がする。

若狭から小浜に向かう間、道路から見えた良い感じの景色に引き寄せられ、車を停めて暫し休憩。水平線が見えるような一面の海も良いけど、湾の多い複雑な海岸線を楽しむのも良い。

日本海は何でもないところでもこの透明度だから好きです。海中に差し込む光の揺れ具合とか、海藻のワサワサ具合とかぼんやり見ていると時間が溶ける。そしてイトマキヒトデを発見。

砂ではなく砂利の海水浴場。シーグラスとか探してこれば良かったな。

[appalachianbacchus]

Day two of my long weekend trip to DC with @lizadomuch was less clear and rainy, but we were still enveloped by the fully bloomed cherry blossom trees.

We started early at the Washington Monument with only a few people nearby and began our loop by the Floral Park, walking South along the Tidal Basin. We crossed the Outlet Bridge, and visited the swelled waters by the Bathing Beach. The weather beforehand had been very rainy with a lone clear day just before.

Our next stop was the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, followed by the Ohio Bridge and the stretch into the Japanese Pagoda just before the Eleanor Roosevelt Statue and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. I loved the red stones used (Carnelian, a variety of chalcedony and is a microcrystalline quartz, if you're curious), and felt they held a lot of character. We noticed the visitors were increasing in number.

As we looped around and started heading North again, we passed the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial into the area with the Japanese Lantern and the site of the original cherry trees.

It had started raining by this time and the basin path had grown very busy. We quickly crossed the Kutz Bridge and headed toward the Washington Monument.

[frank-olivier]

Monday, August 14, 2023

[eopederson]

Plage de baignade et brise-lames, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, Occitane, 2016.

[teratocore]

Took the breath from my open mouth. Never known how it broke me down.

[animasmusicdiary]

[savingmaryjayne]

[f-u-c-k-i-n-g-feelings]