Here I am back at the beach. Sandy Hook is part of Gateway National Park. It's a beautiful beach. This painting shows what I love, the water and waves, the beautiful white sand, which had to be put back after Hurricane Sandy washed it all away, happy children, and glorious seagulls. In fact this beach used to have a great place called The Seagull's Nest, where you could sit up high and watch all the goings on. That was destroyed by Sandy and hasn't been rebuilt. But real seagulls' nests do exist there, and there is usually one sitting up gazing down at all the interesting humans. In the dressing room are the barn swallows. Here's one that was having a good day at the beach, inside!
Every summer I wait with great anticipation to see the great blue heron. There are 2 places walking distance from my home, the great creek and the small lake. I keep going, looking and waiting. Once I was actually walking on the railroad tracks when the great blue heron appeared and walked with me! Amazingly that was around Thanksgiving, though they are expected to leave earlier. But this great blue heron liked it enough in New Jersey to postpone his trip south.
What I admire about this majestic bird, is its preference for solitude. Just one heron, alone, gazing into the crystal waters, content with all that is. It is a portrait I like to internalize and remember. |
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