Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Carolina By The Sea ...

 “When we go back to the sea ~ whether it is to sail or to watch it ~ we are going back from whence we came.”

             ~ President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

                    ~ 1917 ~ 1963

             ~ 35th President of 

                the United States of America

                    ~ 1960 ~ 1963

                 & U.S. Navy veteran

         ~ Remarks at the dinner for the

                 America’s Cup Crews

                   ~ September 14, 1962

The splendor of the Atlantic Ocean meets the edge of the shore at Folly Field Beach Park, Hilton Head Island in the Lowcountry of South Carolina on a beautiful late October morning.


 

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Goin' To Carolina In My Mind ...

“In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina

Can’t you see the sunshine? …

You must forgive me

If I’m up and gone to Carolina in my mind …”

           ~ “Carolina in My Mind”

                 ~ James Taylor

                  ~ 1969

The beach chair is empty ~ I’ve gone to Carolina in my mind.

I shot this scene on a beautiful late October afternoon as the Atlantic Ocean meets Coligny Beach, Hilton Head Island in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

Sunday, August 8, 2021

Moon Dip On A Carolina Shore ...

“I stood face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before me.”

   ~ Pat Conroy

    ~ 1945-2016

Footprints in the sand lead up to the Strawberry Moon dipping into the Atlantic Ocean at the edge of the shore in the surreal, surely seen by the man who left his footprints after coming face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before him.

I created this image by blending my monochrome shot of Folly Field Beach Park, Hilton Head Island in the Lowcountry of South Carolina on a beautiful late October morning in 2018 with my shot of the Super Strawberry Moon holding court in the sky over the West End of Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley at 10:33 p.m. June 24, 2021.

 

This Super Strawberry Moon is the last near-Supermoon of 2021. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the name “Strawberry Moon” originated with Algonquin tribes in eastern North America, who knew the June full moon as a signal to gather ripening fruit of wild strawberries.

 

This Super Strawberry Moon rose just before 9 p.m. in the Lehigh Valley, about a half-hour passed sunset. It is the first full moon of summer 2021.