Golden Sunset

The abundance of Mother Nature is clearly visible in this golden sunset. What better way to be reminded than to walk on the ocean floor at low tide. This photograph was taken during low tide on December 10th.







It was my first opportunity to experience low tide. This wasn't the first time the kids had experienced it though and they were having the time of their lives sharing all their great finds. Like walking into a living Biology book, you had to walk lightly knowing that every step you take could be on something that was just swimming under the waves.

A virtual party spread before my eyes and in front of my camera. Tiny crabs scurried to stay hidden under exposed seaweed covered rocks. Coral lay before me drying in the sun. Anemone seemed to find little pools of water to pass the time waiting for the tide to come back in and carry them back to their ocean home.

These creatures of the ocean were the unfortunate ones who didn't get out deep enough when the tide went down. Seagulls were in heaven though as the searched and feasted on delicacies not found every day.

Almost as much fun as watching the kids scurry from rock to rock was watching surfers of every size heading out into the ocean. And as we headed home for the evening I turned to be met by this glorious golden sunset.

I felt like a leprechaun dancing at the end of a rainbow. I'd found my pot of gold to take home with me that day. The swirls of color in the clouds exposing shades of sunlight were like candy to my eyes.

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