Shadows on the Sand

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SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY







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SUNDAY'S SUMMARY

I realized today that I didn't post the finished crocheted binocular case that I made to hold the binoculars and book that I posted about in March. I added buttons and scallop [picot stitch] edges. Padded the shoulder strap. Also, with the bottom button you see in the photo is a small added pouch to carry the eyepiece lens cover. What I really like about the new binoculars [for my bird watching]...they're small enough to carry in the glove box, INSIDE the car. Just in case I see a bird while driving along the island roads, I can stop and view it without getting out of the car, opening the trunk, and focusing on the bird when I know by that time it'd be too late. Now, I can carry the carrying case with the book and glasses all in one! Nifty. It IS nifty to me, really, 'cause sometimes I also have the digital camera around my neck at the same time. Got to be a bit cumbersome. On Friday morning I got up around 3 a.m. just to watch the entire Royal Wedding. Thinking of Princess Diana of course...and when the gray London sky cleared for the very moment that Kate came out of the hotel to make the procession to Westminster Abbey...and the sun came shining through the clouds, I couldn't help by feel Diana's presence just then. Ohhhhhhh, and Kate's sister's [Pippa is it?]....her gown? Stunning. I would like to have a dress like that and oh so flattering. Better yet, I would like to have HER figure again. Yep, I say again. Let me just say, :::sigh::: "I used to have a figure like Pippa's - what seems like eons ago!" --The two of us have been driving almost daily, early in the morning for low tide, to the island and combing the beaches for drift seeds. One day, Thursday morning this week, I hit the mother lode...I found all these on our hour's walk From Sea Coconuts, to Mary's Bean [crucifix bean] to several sea hearts and one mango drift seed. Several smaller ones I haven't identified yet and one LARGE [barely fits in the palm of my hand sized] seed shell that rattles when I shake it. LOL It too is unidentified. I've tried researching for it by typing in drift seeds of the Gulf of Mexico, but to no avail. I may have to take a close up photo of it and send it via email to our National Seashore Research Facility on the island to see if they know. It's a puzzler. It's in this photo share...in the back center, propped against the piece of driftwood. Last week, on Easter Sunday, the two of us were out early for our walk. Just before sunrise....when the city is still quiet with no traffic. We ended up along the seawall where there is a paved sidewalk along the bay waters. We walked the entire distance up to the ship channel from mid-downtown. And by the end of the walkway, we realized they were holding the annual Sunrise Passion Play in a different area than before. [I now know that there was too much construction in the park that is the normal venue] Anyway, we did not attend, but the view I saw was, to me, a kodak moment. I loved how the sun was barely up, seeing the cross, it was awe inspiring and but for the play going on, there was such a hushed surrounding. We left with a different feeling than when we arrived. Just for that one simple moment, there was peace everywhere. Have you ever encountered that feeling when you see a particular sight? That'll conclude my summary 'cause it can't get better than this photo for a Sunday morning.