Today was a walk on the beach.
We headed off from Prairie Park and went to Tweni beach. We got out the carpark that overlooks the beach and made our way down the wooden stairs and landed ourselves in the soft sand. We walked together along the beach, casually enjoying the warm wind, sea lapping around us and the overall experience of being together. The coast is so lush, green plants sprawl up along the shore and mini forests inhabit the coastline. Many times I noticed how well my mom and dad were together - great partners. Great role models. We walked one way then the other and spent some time dipping our feet in the rock pools and watching the white waves crash against the rocks further ahead. The sound is awesome, like a constant swooshing, the blistering wind blowing. I took some pictures an videos, but I like to limit doing that, because I think remembering the sensation is more important than capturing it in a picture.
After that we went to a place on the way home to have lunch. We sat outside at a wooden table in the sun facing beautifully kept gardens which housed a small plant nursery. There were two resident cats, one white one who we cuddled and another which was a Siamese like Ching, their(mom and dad) cat at home, only it was less outgoing and in fact we didn't get to stroke it at all. The sun shone down on us, the happy three of us. We ordered food - dad and me had a "Jumbo" breakfast with coffee and mom had a 3 egg omlette with hot Milo. We chatted about our most recent beach walk an how wonderful the experiance of being together is. While we were on the beach, wind in our hair, I can see them/us, clothes flapping in the wind, holding hands, avoiding the approaching tide and embracing it at the same time. My mom said that she can't remember the last time she was so happy. It is good for the soul. I'm glad I did this, for me and for them.
When we got home, we all sat on the veranda like 3 blind mice, in sequence, just watching the world in front of us, content but tired. My mom had a meeting to go to, she is a member of the Lions International organisation and is managing a project of their for charity, so she eeluctantly went off to that, but she enjoyed it she said when she finally got back. Dad and I hung about and I was just content to continue in my veranda chair and blissfully fall asleep in the sun there. My dad was fidgeting with his iPhone or his computer. I briefly picked up the book I'd been paging casually through about silly humerus quotes people have said. It's called DimWit. I put it down and just stared into the trees sometimes and enjoy the breeze and warm weather and do nothing.
I can do nothing for ages...and why not?
We headed off from Prairie Park and went to Tweni beach. We got out the carpark that overlooks the beach and made our way down the wooden stairs and landed ourselves in the soft sand. We walked together along the beach, casually enjoying the warm wind, sea lapping around us and the overall experience of being together. The coast is so lush, green plants sprawl up along the shore and mini forests inhabit the coastline. Many times I noticed how well my mom and dad were together - great partners. Great role models. We walked one way then the other and spent some time dipping our feet in the rock pools and watching the white waves crash against the rocks further ahead. The sound is awesome, like a constant swooshing, the blistering wind blowing. I took some pictures an videos, but I like to limit doing that, because I think remembering the sensation is more important than capturing it in a picture.
After that we went to a place on the way home to have lunch. We sat outside at a wooden table in the sun facing beautifully kept gardens which housed a small plant nursery. There were two resident cats, one white one who we cuddled and another which was a Siamese like Ching, their(mom and dad) cat at home, only it was less outgoing and in fact we didn't get to stroke it at all. The sun shone down on us, the happy three of us. We ordered food - dad and me had a "Jumbo" breakfast with coffee and mom had a 3 egg omlette with hot Milo. We chatted about our most recent beach walk an how wonderful the experiance of being together is. While we were on the beach, wind in our hair, I can see them/us, clothes flapping in the wind, holding hands, avoiding the approaching tide and embracing it at the same time. My mom said that she can't remember the last time she was so happy. It is good for the soul. I'm glad I did this, for me and for them.
When we got home, we all sat on the veranda like 3 blind mice, in sequence, just watching the world in front of us, content but tired. My mom had a meeting to go to, she is a member of the Lions International organisation and is managing a project of their for charity, so she eeluctantly went off to that, but she enjoyed it she said when she finally got back. Dad and I hung about and I was just content to continue in my veranda chair and blissfully fall asleep in the sun there. My dad was fidgeting with his iPhone or his computer. I briefly picked up the book I'd been paging casually through about silly humerus quotes people have said. It's called DimWit. I put it down and just stared into the trees sometimes and enjoy the breeze and warm weather and do nothing.
I can do nothing for ages...and why not?