This morning there was a lot of critter tracks in the fresh snow like deer, squirrel, dog and cat, including some bird tracks at the door. It is always interesting to see the variety and number of tracks created in a few hours but it is more fun to observe bird tracks left on the beach sand during a warm and sunny day.
Seagulls on the Sand
The sunshine was out today and the temperature finally made it above freezing after a long, cold week. But with the wind chill still below freezing, you might want to keep your feet and legs dry if strolling on a beach. And on a day when some random larger waves roll in, it is easier to get a surprised feet soaking.
Beach Sweeping Waves
The sunshine looked very deceiving since the strong breeze and low temperature had the wind chills below freezing, but it still was nice to be the first to the beach area after a storm seeing no tracks in the sand. At least no human prints as there was bird tracks of various sizes in the wet sand.
Beach After the Storm
In the sunlight and calm winds, you might be able to pretend the new layer of snow was white sand on a beach, but the imagery of a warm beach would be hard to maintain when the skin wouldn’t be turning red from sunburn but from frostbite in a bathing suit.
Dreaming of a Beach
It probably would have been a nice walk along a sandy beach on a warm late November sunny day but with winds gusting to 40 mph, the water wouldn’t have been calm and waves would have been rolling into shore.
Calm Water by Sandy Beach
A small flock of these birds were busy running up and down the beach, trying to stay out of the waves coming in, as they looked for food.
Beach Birds
People catching the last days of vacation before school starts would have had a wetter and cooler day for camping, hiking or strolling along a beach.
Wet Beach Day
The cloudy, cool day with mist falling this evening, has me dreaming of a warmer, sunny summer day near a beach listening to the gentle waves rolling in.
A Day at the Beach
When walking on a beach, I’m always looking for that ‘pretty’ rock or an unique piece of driftwood. Sometimes the rock or driftwood is too big to fit in my pocket like this one which looks like a sea serpent poking its head up through the sand.
Superior Sea Serpent
The October weekends bring some people out looking at the autumn colors and viewing on a beach, they might do some agate hunting or just find that special pretty rock.
Autumn Beach
