Thursday, or Thereabouts - November 15, 2018

The View from Here
Outside my door:

And the forecast:

As a typical November spreads her blustery lament across the landscape obliterating any chance of sunshine, it's a good day for mugs of Chai, warm thoughts, and flights of fancy.

Be careful out there...





©2018 April Hoeller

A to Z Challenge - B is for Beach!

Ah, yes the beach - such an evocative, sensual, healing place in my life.  I was first introduced the wonders of the beach by my parents, my mother in particular.

1957 - Breezy Point, NYC

Mom and her girls, 1960

The beach she introduced her three daughters to was on the very southern tip of Long Island - Breezy Point was its name.

When she was a child, it was her 'home away from home' every summer, all summer long. Though we only got to glimpse her joy for about two weeks almost every summer, it was more than enough for my sisters and I to fall in love with the beach.

Mom and I, 1958

Mom and I, 1970

Beaches are my 'go to' spot for rest, deep rest and nothing beats a walk along the beach for just sorting the troublesome things out.

Virgin Gorda, BVI, 2016

Galapagos Islands, 2015 

Is it the salt air? The cry of gulls? The wash of water between my toes? The warm sand? Well, it's not just one thing, it's all of them. In desperate times, just the memories are enough to soothe my aches and pains. When that is not enough, there are the photos which bring with them times and places of tremendous beauty, serenity, and strength.

Come walk with me...

Cuba 2012

Galapagos, 2015

Galapagos 2015

Little Cayman, 2006

Abacos Islands, 2004

Galapagos 2015

Mexico 2018

Curacao 2009

Cuba 2012

ME! Breezy Point 1961

"Come walk with me, take off your shoes, let's walk the beach with only the moon to light the path and waves to hear you tell me you love me. Why does the ocean rock the moon to sleep every night? So the sun will wake and kiss the beach."

J. Henson

©2018 April Hoeller