corner view ≈ the sea, the sea...

1982
agios nikolaos, crete
view from the mountains

... over time, we did splash out on glorious sea beaches in the mediterranean, the egidean, the baltic; we trodded over north sea sands, and clambered heavy rock in the south and in the west.

herne bay, kent, england

central parade

(old postcard from here)

i've lived by the north sea, in england, in the eighties. once upon a very long time ago i stared into the gulf of san francisco and i've tasted the atlantic on my lips. 

☻ a grey day for the latter it was too. i remember the company i was in. i'd met up with someone in new york, who prooved frightfully boring. fleeing to new jersey, i met up with the very bore's niece, who turned out to be the immensely bubbly kind, ironically reflecting the impressive ocean. the family was living on an air base. they showed me round the mess several times, praising it like it was nobody's business. i wasn't into uniforms anyway, so i stayed the proverbial night, the polite thing to do. reverse excitement was all mine when i was younger, drifting seemed the kinder way to do it.

1974
nules, spain

somehow all that lies so far behind me now, as if washed away by the waves of the sea, the sea. the glorious sea.

2010
blankenberge 'pier', belgium

☻ by the sea, sparkling theme by lise, on jane's corner view, hosted by francesca. and now to sea, to sea. the glorious sea, around the world!