Before the beaches get too crowded, and the weather gets too unbearably hot, I decided to take up my cousin's invitation on a random beach day. I thought 'why not' and then realized how perfect a beach day it actually was.
Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester, MA
The water was just warm enough to dip in. It was low tide and we couldn't dive in, but it was still refreshing. It was also a Wednesday, so the beach was beautifully uncrowded.
Low humidity. UV index of 8/10. Hot with cool breeze. Perfect day for a tan.
The weather was hot but the breeze was cool. Low tide let us explore a few tide cools and see some cute little shrimp and barnacles.
Then we ended the day with fried clams, and ice cream.
This past winter has been especially rough and it was amazingly rejuvenating to be near the ocean again. I didn't think I'd miss the annoying calling of seagulls, but I did. The salt water, the slight burn from staying out in the sun too long, the bright sky that calls for sunglasses, I've missed it all. It was especially nice to spend some time with my cousin since she's been away at school. Now more than ever do I realize how fast life is going by and want to savor every bit of it.
Summer brings back a part of me that always hibernates in the winter. It was a perfect day and I am grateful.
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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Have a wonderful day!
-Chelle
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