Sunday, 28 June 2015

the wanderer returns ...


 
Hello!
I have been away
but
now I'm back
with stories to tell.
I have missed our little chats.
 
 
Hot sun and cooling breezes.  The beach - seeming to  stretch to the edge of the world. A perfect part of the east coast.  Surf rolling in - hissing and swooshing over the pebbles.  The tide line a mass of razor shells crunching beneath your feet.  The rhythmic sounds  soporific as  the water ebbs and flows - holding your gaze  it mesmerises - the sun glinting off the water like water sprites  luring you in with false promises.
 
I return home refreshed and revitalised.
 
 

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62 comments:

  1. Lucys Cottage28 June 2015 at 22:25

    Hello Elaine, glad you're back :) Did you go somewhere nice? We also just returned from a short sojourn on the N Yorkshire coast. Bliss!
    best wishes,
    Fiona

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:01

      Nowhere exotic - happily Norfolk is exotic enough for me!

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  2. donna baker29 June 2015 at 00:17

    There is just something so primal about being near the ocean. I wish I could live there.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:02

      I could stare at the sea forever - it is so hypnotic.

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  3. Blondie's Journal29 June 2015 at 02:54

    Your writing is beautiful and very poetic! I look forward to hearing about more of your trip.

    Jane x

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:03

      Thank you Jane - I wrote a lot of notes whilst we were there so I wouldn't forget anything.

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  4. Chronica Domus29 June 2015 at 03:33

    Such poetry! I see the break has agreed with you. Welcome back and eagerly awaiting stories yet to be told.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:04

      Thank you CD - yes it has - a week by the sea is good for the soul.

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  5. My Garden Diaries29 June 2015 at 03:50

    So glad!! Always great to pop in with you pal and it looks and sounds fabulous where you are!!! Great week to you! Nicole xo

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:05

      Thank you Nicole. It's nice to be back even though I enjoyed every minute of being away.

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  6. Cro Magnon29 June 2015 at 05:04

    Just looking out to sea on a quiet beach has a wonderful calming effect.

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  7. Cheryl29 June 2015 at 07:26

    So pleased you are feeling refreshed. I love to be near water, especially standing alone on a beach with a cool breeze.
    Welcome home...........

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:07

      Thank you Cheryl. We only had a couple of really nice days and luckily one of them was spent in this beautiful spot - I would have been quite happy to sit staring at the sea all day but husband gets itchy feet.

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  8. Sue Garrett29 June 2015 at 09:14

    It's always good to come home.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:08

      I don't like leaving home but once we are at our destination I forget about it for a few days then start looking forward to getting back.

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    2. Sue Garrett30 June 2015 at 08:53

      I'm the same.

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  9. Janneke 29 June 2015 at 09:38

    The soothing effect of the sea does wonders. I love to go to the sea and do this too little. Then coming home being refreshed is nice too.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:09

      I do find it soothing the constant repetition of the ebbing and flowing of the sea almost sends me into a trance - very restful.

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  10. Flighty29 June 2015 at 15:20

    Hello, it's good to see that you enjoyed your break. Flighty xx

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  11. Anna @Suffolk Pebbles29 June 2015 at 16:22

    so glad you enjoyed your break. It sounds like you might have been in my neck of the woods .....

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:10

      Almost - we were in N. Norfolk my favourite haunt.

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  12. Anonymous29 June 2015 at 18:30

    Lovely picture, makes me want to paddle!

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:11

      It did look inviting but was blooming freezing Lotta.

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  13. Anna29 June 2015 at 18:58

    Welcome back Elaine! I'm glad to read that you've returned home raring to go. The coast is always my preferred holiday destination whilst himself yearns for mountains.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:14

      Thanks Anna - I always feel a proper holiday should be by the coast probably because we live in a landlocked place - there always seems to be more air to breathe by the sea - perhaps that's just my imagination, but it always makes me feel better.

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  14. Debbie Nolan29 June 2015 at 19:25

    Dear Elaine- so glad you are back. Your photo is beautiful. Looks like the perfect scene to help you rest and relax. How is your garden doing. Bet it is happy to have you back too.?

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:17

      Dear Debbie - thank you it is nice to be back. I took over 200 photos whilst we were away and didn't know which ones to choose so I thought I would just keep it simple - and for me it just about says it all. The garden looked bursting with colour when we went through the garden gate - my friend did a good job keeping it all watered for me. Since our return I have been in the garden constantly just wandering through all the beautiful flowers, weeding and deadheading - doing what I do best - pottering about!

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  15. Amanda Peters29 June 2015 at 20:10

    Hi you...been missed. and how nice to have a break at the seaside...
    Amanda xx

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:18

      Hi Amanda - thank you - it was a lovely break.

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  16. ann29 June 2015 at 22:00

    We don't have a sea shore near, thousands of mile in each direction, so I can only dream. It is always nice to get away nd even sweeter to return home.

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    1. elaine 29 June 2015 at 22:19

      The nearest coast to us is only a couple of hours drive away - so almost on our doorstep. I needed the break and came home feeling all the better for it.

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  17. Lowcarb team member29 June 2015 at 22:25

    Welcome back - hope you enjoyed your break away.

    All the best Jan

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  19. Jacqueline @ HOME29 June 2015 at 22:43

    I've missed our little chats too !!
    You take such wonderful photographs.
    ……. and, here's nothing better than a change of scenery.
    Welcome home Elaine. XXXX

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 07:24

      Thanks Jackie. A break away from the computer is always welcome - some days I feel as though I am welded to it - but it's nice to be on home ground again.

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  20. Britta30 June 2015 at 06:14

    Dear Elaine, wonderful that you are back! And a change of places is always so invigorating. Waiting for your tales, Britta. X

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 07:26

      Dear Britta - Nice to see you back as well - my travels weren't quite as exotic as yours, but enjoyable all the same.

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  21. valerietilsten59.blogspot.com30 June 2015 at 09:29

    How beautifully, you have explained the sea , the horizon and its sounds.
    I have been absent, as I cannot sit too long at the computer, but slowly on the mend.
    Its always great to get away.. but also great to be home.
    Thank you for your kind comments over on my blog Elaine..
    Have a wonderful week.. I see you are in for some lovely weather.
    val xx

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:09

      Dear Val
      Thank you. The sea always makes me want to wax lyrical. Glad that you are slowly on the mend - take care of yourself. Yes, it is very hot here at the moment.

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  22. Susan McShannon-Monteith30 June 2015 at 13:17

    How wonderful to escape to the seaside. The pure blue skies, floating clouds and the smell of the sea salt does much to lift the spirit...
    Welcome home.
    Susan x

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:11

      It certainly does Susan - pretty magical really. Thank you.

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  23. Jennifer30 June 2015 at 14:31

    Sounds like you had a wonderful vacation. I am going home in a few weeks and a trip to a local beach is definitely in my plans.

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:12

      I hope you enjoy your trip home Jennifer - a change of scenery is always good.

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  24. Amy at love made my home30 June 2015 at 15:12

    Hello! Lovely to see you back again. Your visit to the beach looks as though it was wonderful! Hope you had a great time. xx

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:13

      Thank you Amy - there are some wonderful beaches in North Norfolk, pure white sand as far as the eye can see.

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  25. Rosie30 June 2015 at 18:49

    Welcome back! We've just been to Norfolk, too and walked on a beach with lines of razor shells crunching under our feet. I wonder if we walked on the same beach? I've enjoyed it very much but It is good to be home again:)

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:14

      Thanks Rosie - it sounds very much like we walked the same beach - the photo was taken as Titchwell but the beaches at Wells and Holkham are just as well walked by us.

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  26. artistfriend30 June 2015 at 20:57

    You have been missed! That is one stunning photograph.

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:15

      Thank you Freda - kind of you to say so.

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  27. Snowbird30 June 2015 at 22:05

    What ethereal descriptions, just beautiful, I'm looking wistfully at that heavenly pic now! I missed you, always good to have you home, where you belong!!!xxx

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:15

      Oh my dear - what a kind thing to say - it's nice to be back.

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  28. Down by the sea30 June 2015 at 22:16

    Glad to see the sea has workred it's magic! Welcome back. Sarah x

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    1. elaine 30 June 2015 at 22:21

      It always does Sarah - of course you know all about that living where you do. Thank you.

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  29. Annie Cholewa1 July 2015 at 13:26

    How lovely to find you back again, and returned from the sea. I barely seem to have seen the sea this year, or rather we can see the estuary from atop the moor and just glimse the coast proper but we simply haven't travelled in that direction recently, and even then, it's the mucky 'ol Irish sea, not the Atlantic or the Channel. Oh how I long to return to the Suffolk seaside villages we always say we'll retire to, or the Western Isles, ditto!

    Here's hoping you carry your sense of revitalisation right through the summer.

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    1. elaine 3 July 2015 at 17:42

      Thank you Annie it's nice to be back- I'm not sure where you live - is it Wales?

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  30. Algodão Tão Doce1 July 2015 at 18:10

    Palavras gentis podem ser curtas e fáceis de falar, mas seus ecos são
    verdadeiramente infinitos.
    (Madre Tereza de Calcutá)
    Um abençoado inicio de mês!!!!
    Bem-vinda de volta querida!

    Beijos Marie.

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  31. Rachel Phillips1 July 2015 at 21:38

    Norfolk is such a great place. I do so agree Elaine! My friend.

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    1. elaine 3 July 2015 at 17:45

      Do you visit the coast much Rachel - you are so lucky living where you do.

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