Afternoon by the ocean

Yesterday I had to go out to run an errand. Seeing as how it was Saturday, and my husband and I hadn't spent any time together all week, he decided to join me. After finishing up my errand I said I'd like to take a drive along the beach. It had been over a month since I'd seen the ocean and that's way to long for this lady!

Driving past Rye Harbor we decided to stop and grab a bite to eat. A cup of clam chowder seemed to fit the bill. It was good and hot on a dismal, cloudy day.


















~ A little coastal Instagram love ~


After enjoying the chowdah we continued along to North Hampton beach where there seemed to be a lot of surfers. More than usual, though you can't really tell by my photos.



How anyone could get in the New England ocean water this time of year, without a wetsuit, is beyond me!




I hope you enjoyed the afternoon with us. Wish you could smell the ocean. The salt air tends to have a healing effect on the heart and soul.


I'm linking up tonight with Mary's Little Red House blog for Mosaic Monday

Finally . . .

In all fairness the day I photographed the surfers I did see one guy surf in. Maybe two. It's probably one of those things where as soon I drove away it was a surfing frenzy. You know how that goes! Ha ha!

Down the street and just around the corner . . .

Over there on that rock wall in the background was where I was standing to photograph the surfers. If you look closely you should be able to spot couple other people standing up there as well.

I am amazed that no matter how rough the surf became (not very in this photo) the Gulls and Ducks just bobbed along like nothing was happening.

They're definitely sea worthy.

This week I'll be heading up to northern Vermont with my husband for an overnight business trip. He'll be working and I'll be out and about shooting. I can hardly wait! Hopefully I'll have some good things to show you when I get back. Where we'll be staying, Williston, VT., there are several Maple Sugarhouses in the area so I look forward to stopping by a couple. I'm going to try to get into Burlington also. Mostly I look forward to driving country roads and photographing whatever I find of interest.

Gnarly!

Last Tuesday when I was out shooting the surf in Rye Harbor I knew for certain the surfers would be out too. They can't resist the great waves over by Fox Point.

Sure enough they were out. Not as many as I had suspected but there were several. Often times photographers with much fancier camera's than mine congregate on the hill to watch and shoot but on this particular morning I was the only one around.

Oh yeah, here comes a good one . . .

You can't see the surfers but they're in the dip between waves

I don't know much about surfing but this looks like a radical wave to me!

Come on boys! It's a gnarly wave! Shred it!

Ride! Ride! Ride!

You have got to be kidding me? Not one of them rode the wave!

I waited around a long time and mostly they just kept paddling out, missing wave after wave. As I say, I know almost nothing about surfing and what constitutes the perfect wave, but I would have rode that baby right into shore. You betcha!

; )