Beauty of the beach..............

Why images of the beach today? When it's still cold and windy, snuggling by the hearth seems much more appropriate on the last day of February. Where did February go by the way?

Yesterday I was getting a pedicure, just relaxing as the massage rollers in the chair crept around my back doing something which hopefully is good for old bones. As an angel named Kim scrubbed my feet with sweet smelling salts, my mind drifted away to the beach. Walking in the sand is certainly as good if not better for feet than a pedicure.......and you get scenery with it, beautiful ocean views with waves and pelicans, shells and sandpipers.

If you grew up at the shore as I did, going to the beach was part of everyday life.............you took a left out of school instead of a right toward home, and ended up on the sand looking across the blue bay toward the English Channel and France. Really didn't matter whether it was an early Summer afternoon or a cold, wet Winter day........it was always a perfect beach to a child's eyes.

I love the beach, and my feet do too. I'm past those days of lying in the sun, or eating soggy sandwiches scattered with sand. I love to kick off my sandals and walk along the shore, stopping to gather shells, dip my toes in the cold water where the foam rolls in frothy rills, feel the gritty sand smoothing my soles and heels....................Nature's pedicure, the best.

All images taken at North Carolina's Atlantic Beach ~ looking toward home across the pond.