I had cajoled my friend into driving to the
Beach with the express purpose of
taking
off our shoes and walking in the
sand
Of course we fall in to talking
about the
last time we were at the beach and
I remember that, for me, it’s been
two years!
Oh my, how did I let that happen?
My friend has her smart phone and
that is how we find this somewhat
not
too crowded beach at Ecola State
Park
on the Oregon coast.
I have brought my camera to take
seascapes
that I can use behind some nature
poems
Unfortunately, my batteries are
dead,
So I put upon Juliana to take some
shots
for me with her smart phone…Ain’t
the
21st Century a wonder?!
Later back home, she sends the
photos
to me in jpegs…Incredible likeness
to
what we saw…Immediately I am transported
back to the sounds, smells, wind
and cold water
washes over our barefeet as we
cross a little creek
that runs into the ocean…we see
dead seagulls
sporadically along the beach-we
count nine
before concern is voiced-what’s
going on?
Juliana has captured a couple of
breath taking
setting sun shots that I am drawn
to…memory
jogged my mind wanders back to the
dead
sea gulls…Why?!
RMK © August 2015
