A greeting & a homage to the sea ...

visiting with friends

at their cottage...

looking out at the lake

I spotted him!

I grabbed my camera.

I did not want to miss out on what might be my only opportunity to get a hummingbird photo :-)

I clicked and clicked

even though more often than not

he was barely visible,

camouflaged amongst the cedars.

one morning

I took my coffee outside

and waited.

I could hear him chirping away

but could not see him.

And then finally

I spotted him.

I had never seen a hummer resting on a branch either.

At home they have always been flapping their wings rapidly in mid air.

thank you Hummer for making my day(s)!

boats

lighthouse

the most gorgeous rock

&

refreshing mist

♥

I find myself

at the extremity of a long beach.

How gladly does the spirit leap forth,

and suddenly enlarge it's sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue,

sunny deep!

A greeting and a homage to the sea!

I descent over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me,

and bathe my brow.

That far- resounding roar is the Ocean's voice of welcome.

His salt breath

brings a blessing along with it.

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

"foot-prints on the sea-shore"