Warmth and water

I walked for over three hours on the beach today and fell completely in love with the fishermen's boats as I usually do, but this one with the gently curved belly and the incredible colors made my heart go pit-a-pat. But then, the other boats were compelling as well. This one just had a mastery of shape and color that made me grin. Oh, and photograph.

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When I got back to our Bejuco beach, I saw some old friends, met some new folks, and saw again the Chester Springs family that I'd met this morning. Everyone had come down to see the sunset. Logs had been teepeed, ready for the fires of supper and festivities. I was thirsty and ready for a shower, but I was urged to stay, offered a beer and warned against drinking the tap water; it was just the moment to chug that beer to quench a thirst I'd built up over the past three hours of walking! I was convinced that seeing the sunset was in order, and indeed, it was!

Even if it does look fuzzy in the photo, you can get the idea, feel the sensation.

Now my neighbors have cranked up the volume of their rock n' roll in a very aggressive way; I'm not sorry that they are selling their house.