Sunday Photography No. 9

How amazing is the beach in the early morning? There’s something so peaceful and so dramatic about it. Morning’s like this one was, especially. I had the kids and only my small point-and-shoot, but everywhere I looked the sky was blooming or the shadows were growing, which means there’s always something worth photographing. The kiddo combo found sand to dig and birds to chase, but I was content to sit on the beach, relax into the moment, and listen and watch the world spin. The beach is the one place where you feel like you really can see the world spin, slowly, so slowly around you.

I am talking a lot in these 30 Days about feeling cleansed, and I’m finding that mental cleaning is much easier said than done. But if I can take time like this, time to stop, then my brain will moments of peace and solace to fall back on during the craziest of times. And that is a beautiful thing.