Time in a Bottle

After sunrise and sunset the next most beautiful time on the beach is low tide, at least to me. Some people probably would be a little perplexed by this. I bet they would probably be asking what is so darn special about low tide. Maybe I can't quite fully explain it myself, but to me there's this serene beauty about it. First, there's something totally mesmerizing about the waves. The waves are moving to a much slower pace, and for some reason totally unexplainable to me I just can't take my eyes off them. And not to mention there's this soothing effect when the waves aren't making that loud swooshy noise like during high tide. Don't get me wrong I love watching high tide, and I find it very beautiful too. But it's a very different kind of beauty.

And then there are the spots that are normally totally immersed in water that during low tide you can suddenly see the sand underneath. The sand can be seen but there's still this watery effect to it. It gives it this shimmery almost shiny glow to the sand. For some reason, it has this untamed in all it's natural beauty feeling to it.

Not to mention during low tide the life along the beach has a very different feel to it. I don't know it seems to me that the gulls fly a little differently. And certainly they are swimming in the ocean a little more eagerly. I think it's because they are looking for food, it's probably easier to find during low tide. But even further though they seem to be I would say chirping, but gulls don't really chirp, whatever it is it's certainly louder. And my friends the swans seem to napping more comfortably.

I guess the reason I find low tide so beautiful is because even though it's so quiet compared to high tide there's really so much going on below the surface. Whereas high tide's beauty is all in your face to view, low tide you have to look closely to fully appreciate.