I Love the Beach

Originally posted May 2012
Edited May 2013 to remove references to where I live
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I can't imagine living anywhere else! I’ve lived near the beach on the New England coast my entire life...

I know, the thought of beaches on the rocky coast of Maine probably sounds far fetched. But there are some nice ones if you don't mind the painfully cold water. As a kid I used to skindive for an hour at a time in upper 50's deg water...

The sea of adventures and dreams
A place to breathe freely
savouring the life with a
stunning feeling of freedom
 
Alone sitting on the sand
Serene waiting for the night to come
Impatient in the waves of the afternoon
Free...

I was born near the ocean and lived there for the first 5 years of my life. Perhaps that is why it is so a part of me...who knows?If I could live near the ocean, I would!  The sound of the waves rolling in on the beach, the smell of...

     Wow, I just “have” to weigh in on this one.  There was a question about this on EP, and I felt compelled to make a response.  The problem was, as I wrote my response, I realized I had more to say than just a simple retort...

I love the beach... GOD do I love the beach. The beach is where I go to when I want to loosen up and clear my head and after everything is going wrong/crazy. I just loooove the beach!

I grew up on the Jersey Shore. It's nothing like the show so don't even go there. All my special childhood moment were in the lull of the sounding ocean and crashing waves.

My first steps. My first words. My first kiss. Baptism...

I just had a short evening walk on the beach. The shores here are rocky (the sandy beach is two minutes the other way) and the sun had already set but there was still light in the sky. I walked past the bonfire (I live at my sister's...

On morning you are greeted by a crisp breeze when you open your door. the place is calm and the white sand glitters in the semi-darkness as the sun rises. As you are walking along the shoreline, you listen to the gentle ebb of the sea...

You haven't lived if you haven't been to a sandy beach in Cornwall.

Bliss.

Found it. The beach simply known as #7 right off the main Gulf road in Bonita Beach has got it all......
Fifty yard walk to the beach....
Lush sub-tropical greenery and always-hot weather.....
Of course a clean and quiet beach that few...

When I was young we would go to the cottage in Grand Bend (which is about an hour away from my house) for about a week during the summer. My mom, my aunt, her three kids, my mom and aunt's friends and their kids, my grandma, etc. would...

For those of us who were fortunate to grow up near an ocean or close enough to visit, frolicking on the beach and sand is a fond childhood memory. With a plastic bucket a small shovel and no other materials except white sand and chilly...

its my getaway.....i feel like the oceans my friend. A true Borderline can go swimming in it in the middle of winter when it under tension if you know what i mean.  I like to imagine me shape shifting into a beautiful mermaid and being...

I really love the beach. It is so calming and relaxing. I love the sound of the waves and the warmness of being on the beach. I also love to go out in the ocean, even though I'm not that great of a swimmer. I was thinking about moving...

Easily one of the most famous beaches in the world and I was lucky enough to call it home until recently.

The first time I stood on those golden sands drinking in the sweet smell of the ocean I was seduced.

I watched the collection...

I love (almost) everything about it and I'll never get tired of it. I love to feel the sun burning my skin while listening to all the noises around me :3

I love our beaches so much. I love the sun and wind. The waves crashing over my feet. Showering the sand off outside. Walking inside wearing only a towel to change into clothes. My mother and I talked about it yesterday. I think...

Perhaps it's not so much the beach, but the ocean itself. The beach is merely the place that the ocean rises up to truly surround your senses, run away with your vision and command you to attention with the inescapable rise and fall of...

As i gaze out to sea, letting the waves wash over me,
not caring, just staring at the sky,
as the hours pass me quickly by.
knowing what we have will never really be,
My emotions awash all over me,
i can't hold back and my tears begin...