Sand and Beach On the First Day of the Year

Sand and Beach On the First Day of the Year

We tramped over expressions of eternal love written in the sand.  I thought of how I'd write my own but never dared take stick to sand, so to speak.  

As we trod the beach we saw strange fish leaping from the water.  Curving like dolphins, but these were smaller, and moving much faster.  We chuckled as we realized these were among the slowest moving creatures outside a shell in the ocean--humans.  

Five young girls pedaled past in single file.  They carried on a longitudinal conversation as best they could.  It was interrupted by a girl reading aloud a text she was receiving.

Later--in the afternoon--we were summoned to the beach again, the sun was making one of its all too infrequent appearances.  By the time we reached the beach, the only evidence remaining of the sun was the reflection made in the water as the sun edged to the west.

One of our party observed "Thursday it was hotter than Hades."  Silly girl, she thinks in Hades it will be in the 80's. 

The sign read: "Three lots for sale--Gulf views."