Ephemeral wonder

The interplay of water and light fascinates me, the way the few small drops of condensation catch the sun, glitter, gleam, glisten, sparkle. 

I wonder about how the plants hold to the water, as if capturing them, refusing to let them leave, keeping them as long as they can, their serrations keeping the dew with them as long as possible. 

The changing reflections in the short-lived drops entrance. 

Here and then gone, the ephemeral beauty pierces. 

Wonder. 

 

Sun caught

Rising early, while everyone slept, without even my dogs, I walked the path to the sea to catch the rising sun. 

And, to be honest, it was bland and prosaic. The colour rose over an unclouded, untouched sky, over a still sea. 

But then I saw the dew drops caught upon the spindly bushes lining the path, and lay down on the cool wet sand, and saw the sun rise through the prism of the water drops and the angular tangle of the bare-spindle branches. 

And the change of perspective - a few feet, made it spectacular. 

 

wind, sand & stars

 

Some much needed days by the sea on the Cooloola Coast gave me time to sit at the foot of sand dunes and study patterns of wind and water on the fine, dry sand. To look at the resilient plants at the border between land and sea. 

Leaving the house early, before the children woke, there was a time of quiet Listening to the sea, studying the fine details, drinking in the scent of the sea, reminded me so much of days back home, down south, on the Surf Coast. Vitamin Sea is a necessity we all crave.