The spring tides always amaze me. In winter the incoming tide can be pretty ferocious, with the water level rising right up to the road, never mind the lawns! Sometimes, on a perfect pre-winter day, you can be lucky enough to catch the tide just about disappearing all together. Coupled with a perfectly clear and breathless day, the beach was the place to be early on Sunday morning!!
It's very seldom that the water is low enough for you to be able to walk to these little islands, while we are lucky enough to be able to walk to the one above most low tides...
There's a new artist on the beach making these pretty amazing sand "castles"...
Jake was amazed...
Mom and dad were there too... they were joined by some friends (that's mom at the back). Kathy, in the middle is joining us on our Kruger trip, she's fantastic with Jake and loves him like one of her own grandchildren. She's very patient with Jake and also loves birds and wildlife, so takes time to discuss our weird and wonderful world with him. They spend a lot of time in the Kruger too, so they are great at seeing the things that we'd often drive past. The lady in the front is Evie, Kathy's sister...
The main reason they all came down to our beach, was to look for these babies...
We find quite a few shark's teeth on the beach. There's a definite art to hunting them out and the conditions have to be good. 9/10 they're half buried under sand, so you have to walk slowly and look carefully. We weren't so lucky on Sunday morning, these are my dad's pics from a previous trip...
One last snap of the beach and breathtaking views...
The weekend came to an end too suddenly. Marius was out and Jake and I
had to leave as soon as we got home from the beach - he had a party to
go to, which took up the entire afternoon. It's always so hard to leave
this beautiful place, which I am lucky enough to call my weekend home.
Love,
Sue XXX
1 comment:
My kids would love to find sharks teeth!
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