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Not knowing what lies ahead is the worst part of this confinement; all I can do is trust in Providence and hope for the best. This photo is from my archive of travel photos, this time of Pacific Beach in Washington state.
"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." Vincent Van Gogh
"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."
~ Ursula K. Leguin
In the quiet moment of twilight when the day fades into nightfall, Mother Nature seems to hold her breath.
"For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."
~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunset at Pacific Beach, Washington
"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
-William Shakespeare , The Tempest
I have not been able to hike for a few weeks due to a foot injury, so I am catching up on posting some images from earlier in the summer. In mid-July I spent another four days out on the Washington coast, and was lucky to experience three beautiful sunsets while I was there. Each one was different, and captivating in its own way.
This one was taken on the final night. It was the cloudiest of the three evenings, and there was a thick layer of clouds and fog along the horizon. But as the sun sank into them, the interplay of light and clouds and the way they swirled and danced together was absolutely mesmerizing, and I watched from the water's edge until the light faded and dissolved into dusk.
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." ~ Rachel Carson
"Look at everything always as if you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory."
~ Betty Smith
A quiet time at an ocean beach provides solitude and a sense of infinite space while listening to the hypnotic roar of the waves.
"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself." ~~ Laurence Sterne
Pacific Beach, Washington
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
—Anäis Nin
There is nothing like a windswept beach to provide a reminder that adversity comes to us all.
"Sadness flies away on the wings of time." ~ Jean de la Fontaine
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road ... unless you fail to make the turn."
~ Author Unknown
Changing tides caused by the the Moon's gravitational forces; earthquakes; tsunamis; storm waves and surges; oil spills, drunken ship captains and more create danger for piers - that's PIER PRESSURE.
Crystal Pier, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California is the only pier where you can make overnight accommodations. The Hotel & Cottages opened in 1927.
Sitting on a Pacific Ocean beach, listening to the mesmerizing sound of the waves, it seems like time stands still, even as the years roll by.
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
"The waves of the sea help me get back to me." ~ Jill Davis
That quiet time just after sunset when night falls at Pacific Beach, Washington state leads to meditative thoughts.
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
-- Native American Proverb
This storm is actually forming down south, off the Mexican coast, but we are getting the clouds and the waves for now
Crystal Pier ~ Pacific Beach ~
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And to close, we are back for a variation on the opening photograph with just a slight change of the perspective and time passing. How much time? It's about 50 minutes after the sunrise photograph ... #etbtsy
Continued on my blog: A Beautiful Morning Faraway