A Day At The Beach

On Tuesday, the ladies of our family made a day of going to the beach. While there we did things such as collect smooth shells, photographed the landscape, and splashed in the cool ocean surf. What a marvelous place God has created that man might go and be renewed.

So begins our hour-long hunt for shells from the ocean's depths.
Momma drying out her cover-up in the sea breeze.The three Stone girls.
Momma and two of her four treasures.
Look how the sand, ocean, sky, and dunes all seem to fade together in the horizon.
Sigh...

Another example of divine handiwork. Anna bestowing a kiss upon the cheek of her beloved sister. :)
Anna pretending to toss Olivia into the drink. LOL!
" Finally, a nice picture!" says Olivia. :)
The beach was strewn with these orange colored beauties. You couldn't walk ten feet without finding one or more!
A pretty daisy on the side of the road.
I'm not sure what kind of tree this is, but it sure made a fabulous picture! :)
My beloved mother dear and I.
A peaceful lane. Emily stoops to pick up a shell, hoping to get it before the tide washes it away. I don't know what on earth Olivia is doing though. I think it's hilarious!!! :D
AHA! I got it! Mom was in the water...I could see it coming...I turned on my camera...waiting! CRASH, came the wave, SNAP, went my camera...and DOWN went Mommy dearest! *heehee*

A shell with water and bits of shell in it. It was already like that. :)
The photographer with mom and Emily in the background.
Olivia made a heart out of a handful of shells. I just had to take a picture, it was too neat to pass up! Emily and Mom enjoy a gentle breeze.
And I couldn't post without one of my trademark pictures of feet. I tried four times to get a picture of Mom's and my feet. Lo and behold, I finally got it!!!

Sea shells and seaweed...
Clouds over the dunes...
Sea Oats...

More shell gathering...sigh...how peaceful!
Sea surf, breaking on the sand.
A leaf of some kind...
More Sea Oats. I think this is a neat picture, can you see the bug? :)

A storm is brewin'...thank heaven we got out of there in time! :)

What a wonderful day!

The Lord be praised! :)

*Please be sure to scroll down to see the three posts before this one. I had my wisdom teeth pulled on Wednesday so I posted a lot, that's why there are so many at one time! :)