I am still going through the more than 1500 photos I took at the beach over Mother’s Day weekend.
I wanted to add these quick ones that I captured the first day. The window with the lamp and the ocean in the background is the one of the windows from the living room area of the hotel. The lamp was kind of a grungy plastic, but looked nice from afar.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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The days were so windy, as you can see from the waves.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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Seeing the ocean as a big foam brewery. The foam was intense – intensely beautiful!
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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The sun plays peek-a-boo through a hole in the clouds; like a belly-button!
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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Oh the drama over the sea! Some where beyond the horizon, Cuba sits.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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There were several triangular areas sectioned off with crime scene tape to protect the eggs that the sea turtles lay every year around this time.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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If there is a Heaven, I hope it looks like this.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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This pretty pigeon literally pranced in the sand.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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I’m not sure what kind of bird this is, but he’s grand!
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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I love to watch and listen to the waves crashing on top of each other and then slapping the shore.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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I was focusing on the reflection of the yellow sun on the sand while also trying to capture the storm on the horizon. This photo shows just the very bottom of that impressive storm. Fortunately, it continued its trek further east.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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Here’s another look at that storm – it was so beautiful!
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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This is a brown pelican taking flight.
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
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Lastly, my beach flip-flops in black & white. They nearly were swept away….saved them!
Photo by Andrea O’Connell
I love the lamp photo! It is so evocative of a lazy afternoon at the beach, when you have come inside, exhausted, and take a little nap to rejuvinate.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Bill, Thanks so much! Yeah, I like the feel of lamp photo, too – I like how you described it very much. 🙂
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wow, great photos andrea, love your eye for detail, the amp, the flip flops 🙂
Hey Dadirri, Thanks so much… 🙂
I hope heaven looks like this as well. I love beaches. It feels like home every time. So these beautiful images are an exciting treat for the day.
Hi Island traveler, Many thanks for your kind comments… I love the beach and the water, too – so much.
I believe your unknown bird is a yellow-crowned night heron.
Ahhh! Wonderful, Russel!! I thought s/he was in the Heron family. Thank you very much for letting me know.