Posted in Beach Bungalow

 

It had felt like 'forever' since we had been to the beach,

after becoming so used to going.

They had been doing some construction on the beach

and we try to stay away from summer immodesty,

so we had taken a break from beachschooling.

 

Well, yesterday morning we decided to try it again and glad we did.

The construction was over and the beach was pretty empty.

 

Here are the children heading towards the beach...

 

The beach was as beautiful as ever. There were also waves crashing...

 

 

 

 

There was something a little different about the beach...

usually it is pretty scarce of shells, but now it was full of them!

The children loved being able to find the prettiest

and most interesting shells

to put them in their pails they had brought...

 

 

 

Here are a couple that they found...

 

 

 

We filled a big bucket full of shells to bring home!

They (and I) were thrilled!

 

 

The younger ones spent time playing in the sand,

as Ally and I wrote in our nature journals...

 

 

 

We didn't see the usual sea life

that we were accustomed to seeing

but we were able to see a few...

 

 

We were followed by this laughing gull...

He didn't seem to be laughing... but we were.

 

 

The children spotted this little guy scurrying across the sand to hide...

...the sand fiddler crab.

He's very tiny and blends right in with the sand.

 

 

Upon our return to the van,

we spotted a flock of pelicans.

I was able to capture a few of them in a photo

as they flew past the lighthouse...

 

 

 

 

 

We were thrilled to get back to the beach

 to enjoy and explore God's beautiful creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"In his hand are the deep places of the earth:

the strength of the hills is his also.

 The sea is his, and he made it:

and his hands formed the dry land. 

O come, let us worship and bow down:

let us kneel before the LORD our maker."

~ Psalm 95:4-6