the beach

  maggie and millie and molly and may 
  went down to the beach (to play one day) 

  and maggie discovered a shell that sang 
  so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and 

  millie befriended a stranded star 
  who's rays five languid fingers were; 

  and molly was chased by a horrible thing 
  which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and 

  may came home with a smooth round stone 
  as small as a world and as large as alone. 

  For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) 
  it's always ourselves we find in the sea. 

  ee cummings

That last one is a new black furry friend we made taking the back roads home.

Comments

[Sonia]

so so fun that both of us got to go to the beach this weekend ! :D so glad to see you had a great time ! we had too ! we just had a storm, and boy oh boy it did feel fantastic ! Enjoy the rest of your weekend ! xoxo

[Ruth Hower]

Dear Margie: Your photos this past week were so enjoyable - thanks for taking me along! That's a lovely project you worked on while at the beach. Is it finished yet - I'd love to see it! Yours is the first blog I go to each day. It's dear to my heart!

[Sherri]

OK I'm weird but the embelished RocketDogs caught my eye. Did you fix them up? Love them. Great shots at the beach also. :)

[Janet]

I love that ee cummings poem. We recently had a small family gathering at the coast. But too much time spent eating and shopping. I need the ocean waves, sand, breezes and small round stones. Thanks for the photos.

[Therese]

I haven't heard that poem since I was a kid - used to read it over and over again! Thanks, and lovely photos!

[joanie]

Gracie and I were just reading this very poem yesterday. She received a beautiful book of poetry from her school because she's moving up to the junior school in the autumn. When we read about may's
"...smooth round stone as small as a world..." I of course thought of you!
Thanks fpr your wonderful weekend images Margie.
Jx

[One Crafty Mumma]

Gorgeous photos. I'd really love to know more about your quilt - did you make it yourself? Is it all hand stitched together or were the stitches added later on? It's really beautiful.

[Kokopelli]

What beautiful summer pictures! They made my day! And I L-O-V-E lamas. They're so cute and funny!

[Lovely World]

I can just feel the warmth of the beach!

[matalan opening times]

These are nice beach photographs and I really like that you have shown us.These photographs show that you had so much fun at beach.That butterfly photograph is very nice.