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@ 31/08/08 – 10:55:45
“On a day like today
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand”
“Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand”
I love these messages and constructions that people leave in the sand for a very short period of posterity.
Perhaps they’ll be seen by others, perhaps they won’t. All pictures above are Helen’s, this one is mine:
Cheers, Tom.
Old-Nick
Pro 
SeasideMan
Pro That's your duty, I think :-)
Everyone seems to like making sand sculptures. It must be some sort of tradition.
Tom.
dennypoos
When I lived down in Weymouth they had a big competition for Sandcastles and people took it very, very seriously.
This wasn't kid stuff at all and I used to think that the Dad's involved (and it was just blokes) were the ones who wouldn't let their sprogs play with the train set unless they supervised.
SeasideMan
Pro Yup, obsessive dads sounds about right. They have a similar competition here too, I think. I must enter next year.
Tom.
nultygoestopartick
Diana Ross, Stone love.
SeasideMan
Pro I don't think Ross sang on Stoned Love, she'd already left The Supremes by then. Great song though, classic Motown.
Tom.
kendersrule
Pro There was use of impliments wasn't there? I find a ice-lolly stick it VERY useful 
SeasideMan
Pro Could be a lolly stick, we'll never know. I bet the right shaped stone could be good too.
Tom.
kendersrule
Pro yaaars that would work, but lolly stick can be snapped at one end for ultra precision and is easier to hold 
SeasideMan
Pro Ah, you sound like an expert! Any other tips?
T.
kendersrule
Pro damp sand not wet...
a small plastic cup is quite useful...
just have fun 
SeasideMan
Pro Fun...yes, I remember that.
Tom.
kendersrule
Pro 
GilraenH
Pro I wish I lived by the sea.
SeasideMan
Pro I can't recommend coastal living highly enough. If you get the chance, jump for it! I bet you'd like the petrified forests we have on this bit of coast too. It's 3500 - 5000 years old.
Tom.
technomist
My parents used to go gooey over this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7TTkmC7HX8
SeasideMan
Pro Yup, that's the one that gave me my title. Pat Boone is pretty much America's Cliff Richard. Both started singing Rock and Roll in the 1950s and came out as Christians once famous, and still perform to this day. Pat had a family though, with Debby Boone also being a famous singer.
Funny how Cliff never married, isn't it?
Tom.
AmethystLady
Pro Great pictures! Do you get problems with weaver fish there? We do and it's usually visitors that get stung.
Hugs, Kelly
SeasideMan
Pro No, I don't think so. I've not even heard of Weaver Fish. I'll go look them up now...
Tom.
faffajane
Pro They aren't a problem there so much but they have been known to turn up on occasions. We saw them there about ten years ago which was the first time i had seen them but my aunt tells me they do tend to only appear if the weather conditions are unstable
SeasideMan
Pro Apparently they prefer warmer water, so a bit of global warming should aid their further appearance!
Tom.
MissyMouse
I love to see people enjoying the beach....complete with their beach art too!
SeasideMan
Pro Me too, and it's made all the more appealing by it's transitory nature. Talking of transitory art:
Some years ago, I was up early one morning and had to walk past a village green. A local artist had done a "dew painting" on the green. Basically, they had walked through the dewy grass in a strict pattern, so as to draw a picture using the contrast between the areas where the dew still remained clinging to the grass and where the feet had pressed it into the earth. It was really eautiful, and even more so because in a couple of hours it would be gone.
Tom.
MissyMouse
I have never heard of "dew art" before!!
Having been up early to walk through fields I know how our paths have been left behind for all to see
SeasideMan
Pro I never knew who did it or what the purpose was, but it got my day off to a lovely start.
Tom.
nice pictures, i hope "toms house" doesn't get washed away..Tom wont have anywhere to live! lol
SeasideMan
Pro Thanks. Unfortunately, coastal erosion has destroyed that particular Tom's House. Luckily, this Tom's house is still here :-)
Just had a lovely swim in the sea.
Tom.
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Sarah and I love to do that sort of thing if we are at the seaside. But mainly we just look for "interesting stones" and I come home with a pocket of beach!
Why I always end up being custodian of the "interesting stones" is beyond me.