Greetings Readers,
Just before the heat wave that has been going strong on the Northeast for the past few days, I took a walk on the beach with my friend who has a summer place on my local beach — Salisbury Beach.
It was the perfect time to walk the beach because as you can see from the photos (taken with my Samsung Galaxy S23), it was low tide.
This particular section of the beach suffered a lot of erosion over the winter and the beach access stairs were washed out and some of the beach front homes also suffered damage.
It felt awesome to stretch my legs on the firm wet sand and walk along the water’s edge heading north, being careful not to get my walking shoes wet.
I love the patterns in the sand that the ocean water makes during a low tide. Those patterns are works of art scattered among the foot prints on the damp sand.
The next best thing to the patterns in the sand in the summer months is the tidal pools that warm up in hot summer sun and create marvelous little pools to sit in and cool off on a hot day, with out having to actually go into the waters of the cold Atlantic Ocean.
Mind you, I do go in the cold Atlantic and I do enjoy it at times, but the best time at the beach for me is always when the tide is low and I can walk along the beach and get my feet wet! I didn’t get my feet wet on Sunday but I did when I went to the beach on Tuesday. It was hot on Tuesday and I did not take photos. Mia culpa, readers!
When walking the beach, it’s also really interesting to see what the tide might washup when it’s low, like the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish below. I was surprised to see a few of them along the water’s edge.
The day was picture perfect and the weather was just right for walking.
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I was interested in this fish that the Sea Gull was feeding on. I don’t fish so I am not quite sure what this fish is. I tried Google’s image search and think it might possibly be a striper or striped bass, which I know you can catch off the coast here. I hope someone who fishes might chime in…
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The Sea Gull was quite annoyed actually that I interrupted it’s meal twice! Sorry buddy, I am all about documenting nature when the opportunity arises.
I am looking forward to getting in some more low tide beach walks over the next few weeks, before I find myself grounded at home. Read my latest Daily Affirmation for the hint on that and once I know when that is happening I will fill you all, my readers, my friends…
I hope you all enjoyed the photos and the sea creatures that the tide left behind when it was going out.
Nature is my sustenance. Nature is my church. Thanks for joining me.
Stay tuned for new posts including a couple more new Photo Essays coming up in the next few days…
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Walking beside water makes all the difference. Thanks for the lovely photos.
Wonderful beach walk! Thanks for taking us with you! This is one of the first posts I’m reading today and it’s a great way to get started.:)