Sand, PVB

After three days of heavy winds.

Driftwood, PVB

Foam, Ponte Vedra Beach

Raptor, Ponte Vedra Beach

Sand, Ponte Vedra Beach

Beach dancing, Ponte Vedra Beach

This couple was jogging and the man would change strides every ten yards or so. He started to do sideways crossover steps and the woman followed suit. It sure looked like dancing.

Low tide, Ponte Vedra Beach

Teacup sun Ponte Vedra Beach

Backhoe tracks, Ponte Vedra Beach

As I took my morning walk on the beach, I followed the track of a backhoe as the tide came in. Amazing how many different stages of erosion there were.

Early morning thunderstorm, off shore Ponte Vedra Beach

Sea oats and Japanese yews, Ponte Vedra Beach

Blue chair, Ponte Vedra Beach

With a nod to Mike Johnston

Bolted down?

My guess, after following this boat for two miles, would be ....yes.

Crab music, Ponte Vedra Beach

A fairly long explanation and a call for help from a music reader. Years ago I went to see Emmet Gowin give a talk about Frederick Sommer. Sommer was a wonderful artist who made incredible photographs, painted and generally experimented with any medium he could. A friend showed him the score of a symphony and he was taken by the beauty of the notes and lines. Thus inspired, he either drew or painted some fairly abstract scores (he had no knowledge of writing music). Another friend, a musician, decided to play the art and it, apparently, sounded like music. I am wildly paraphrasing here. This is all from a lecture from 40 years ago. Anyway, a few years later we went to a Sommer exhibit at a museum and met the man. He was in his eighties, vital, active and interested in everything he saw or heard. A real treat.

Anyway, I have always loved sand patterns and these crab tracks reminded me of music, then Sommer, then the story. I look at them and imagine the music would be very crablike, scurrying and percussive. Maybe a musician out there could see what it would sound like.

Birds seen today

 Willet and boaters

 Pelicans

Three Carolina skimmers and two Royal terns. They go to the same barber.

PVIC, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Ponte Vedra Beach

Pelican and cormorant PVB

Last sunrise before Daylight Savings Time ended

Sand sculpture, P V Beach

Right next to the one below.