A BEACHFRONT OF SERENITY AND MOMENTS OF ZEN MEDITATION
Torii on lake Ashi
Uploaded by pierre m on 11 Jun 09,
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
bubbler
PHOTO BY TRONTNORT...............IS THIS ONE COOL MOON SHOT TO ENJOY AS ONE LEADS THE ABSOLUTE BEACH LIFESTYLE?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
rocky bluff
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXIPERPLEXY....SHOT IN LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THE CONTRAST IN THIS PHOTO IS TRULY AMAZING. ALTHOUGH ONE CANNOT SEE THE PACIFIC IN THIS PHOTO, ONE FEELS IT IS NEAR. JUST TURN AROUND..........Thanks for permission to exhibit this work...........The Editors
coast
THIS IS ONE EXCELLENT PHOTO OF LAGUNA BEACH BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER alexiperplexy........
CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED TEXT AND SEE ONE FANTASTIC EXHIBIT OF BEACH PHOTOS PLUS MANY OTHERS..............EDITOR
CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED TEXT AND SEE ONE FANTASTIC EXHIBIT OF BEACH PHOTOS PLUS MANY OTHERS..............EDITOR
Sunday, June 14, 2009
beachwallpaper
"ROMANTIC IDEALISM IS THE BEGINNING OF POSITIVE CREATION......." by Earl R. Stonebridge. Your image is inspiring and positive. If youth was eternal, I would forever be falling in love. Your color combination is terrific and I do get a beach feeling by viewing you work. Editor
beachwallpaper
got asked to make a 'message in a bottle' wallpaper for someone on my livejournal...
Uploaded by Miss Curtis-Monro on 18 Dec 06,
beachwallpaper
got asked to make a 'message in a bottle' wallpaper for someone on my livejournal...
Uploaded by Miss Curtis-Monro on 18 Dec 06,
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
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THIS IS...the ULTIMATE beach scene. One of the best definitions of the "beauty of a beach" I have seen in many decades. How many of your viewers will empty their desk or cubicle space, time out and seek the beauty of a beach lifestyle. Congratulations on your photography; everything, and I mean everything, is absolutely perfect.
Santa Monica Beach
THANKS FOR A RECENT PHOTO TO EXEMPLIFY WHAT LIFE ON THE BEACH IS ALL ABOUT...PHOTO BY superde1uxe
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
OKINAWA ! Maeda Flats - Gun Cave Beach
THE PERFECT BEACH FOR A LIFESTYLE...
OKINAWA ! Maeda Flats - Gun Cave Beach
From the bluff, looking northeast over the Gun Cave Beach. An overcast December day, 2006. Two of my three daughters looking up from below. At the water's edge, two skin divers adjusting their flippers before floating out over the pools filled with tropical wonders. The beach below has a 100-yard shoreline.
Floating on the hazy horizon, and just touching the left frame line of the image, you will see a very small triangle formation (probably easier to see with the ALL SIZES button). That is the center peak of the small island of IE JIMA, where the American war correspondent ERNIE PYLE was killed during the WW2 Battle of Okinawa. It is a 30 minute ferry ride from Motubu Peninsula (also seen on the Horizon above and beyond the sea-rocks in the photo).
"Maeda Flats" is the long-standing American name for this shallow, blue and green coral reef along the East China Sea just south of Maeda Point. It is only about 20-30 minutes north of Kadena Air Base, depending on the traffic, or the route you take to get here. For us, it's a little closer, being about 10-15 minutes from home.
The Flats are faced with a half-mile stretch of several hidden coves and "private" beaches like this one, all separated by narrow walls of high, coral outcroppings such as the one I am standing on to take this picture. On the other side of the rock wall seen at the far end of this beach, there is another hidden beach as just like this one, and more beyond that. There are even a few behind me.
BY OKINAWA SOBA
OKINAWA ! Maeda Flats - Gun Cave Beach
From the bluff, looking northeast over the Gun Cave Beach. An overcast December day, 2006. Two of my three daughters looking up from below. At the water's edge, two skin divers adjusting their flippers before floating out over the pools filled with tropical wonders. The beach below has a 100-yard shoreline.
Floating on the hazy horizon, and just touching the left frame line of the image, you will see a very small triangle formation (probably easier to see with the ALL SIZES button). That is the center peak of the small island of IE JIMA, where the American war correspondent ERNIE PYLE was killed during the WW2 Battle of Okinawa. It is a 30 minute ferry ride from Motubu Peninsula (also seen on the Horizon above and beyond the sea-rocks in the photo).
"Maeda Flats" is the long-standing American name for this shallow, blue and green coral reef along the East China Sea just south of Maeda Point. It is only about 20-30 minutes north of Kadena Air Base, depending on the traffic, or the route you take to get here. For us, it's a little closer, being about 10-15 minutes from home.
The Flats are faced with a half-mile stretch of several hidden coves and "private" beaches like this one, all separated by narrow walls of high, coral outcroppings such as the one I am standing on to take this picture. On the other side of the rock wall seen at the far end of this beach, there is another hidden beach as just like this one, and more beyond that. There are even a few behind me.
BY OKINAWA SOBA
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
a lone topless sunbather, unnoticed
THANKS TO M. KASAHARA FOR THIS MOST REVEALING TOPLESS PHOTO....VENICE, CALIFORNIA'S OLDER ERA BUILDINGS MAKE A TELLING BACKDROP. CHECK OUT OTHER BEACHFRONT PHOTOS BY KASAHARA
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
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THANKS TO PAMELA FOR A GREAT BEACH PHOTO...........ONCE I CROSS THESE LITTLE BRIDGE, I KNOW THAT I AM HEADED FOR A GREAT TIME AT THE BEACH.......
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Sycamore Sunset
ONE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET ON THE BEACH...reason enough to live where the sunsets are like this one. Thanks to ELROMA for permission to exhibit this photograph.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
WHY LIVE IN A CROWDED CITY WHEN BEACHES LIKE THESE EXIST?
IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND HAVE NO SOLID ROOTS TO A COMMUNITY, WHY NOT THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE LIVING 20 YEARS FROM NOW? AND WHY WAIT 20 YEARS TO MOVE? IF YOU LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY, SCENES LIKE THIS ARE NOT TEMPTING. BUT IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE CROWDED MASSES, THE ANXIETIES, THE DANGERS, THE POLLUTION, THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU IF YOU ARE ONE WHO SEEKS ADVENTURE. IF YOU ARE FULL OF AMBITION AND LOVE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE, WHY SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE TRAVELING BEHIND A BUS ON YOUR WAY TO WORK. OH, IF YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED IN A LARGE CITY LIKE NEW YORK OR BOSTON, ATLANTA OR CHICAGO, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOOD ADVICE FOR YOU. THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BE HAPPY ANYWHERE BUT IN THE CITY. IF YOU LOVE NEW YORK OR CHICAGO, YOU WOULD GET BORED OF JOGGING ON THIS BEACH EVERY DAY. YOU WOULD MISS CENTRAL PARK OR LAKE SHORE DRIVE. SO, THIS ESSAY IS NOT DIRECTED TO THE AVID URBAN DWELLER. WHAT? YOU ASK, WHY NOT? ADMIT IT, YOU NEED THE CITY, THE SMELLS, THE NOISE, THE ALWAYS ON THE GO TYPE OF ATTITUDES YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ENJOY. OKAY, OKAY, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU DON'T ENJOY A LOVELY BEACH LIKE THIS ONE AT ANNA MARIA ISLAND. OKAY, SO YOU DO LIKE IT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE THERE. FINE. I AM GLAD YOU LOVE THE CITY. IF YOU AND YOUR CITY DWELLING FREINDS WOKE UP TOMMORROW AND DECIDED TO MOVE TO ANNA MARIA, THERE WOULD BE SOME VERY UNHAPPT RESIDENTS. HERE'S THE SOLUTION. INSTEAD OF HEADING FOR THE SERENITY OF THIS ISLAND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHY NOT RESERVE A BEACH HOUSE FOR A WEEK TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE. YOU DESERVE TO ENJOY SERENTIY TOO. BUT WITHIN A WEEK, YOU WILL BE READY TO BE BACK IN THE CANYONS OF THE SKYSCRAPERS WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HONKING HORNS AND EPITHETS BEING SCREAMED IN TRAFFIC JAMS. SO, COME ON DOWN, BUT DON'T MOVE HERE. COME DOWN, RELAX, GET A TAN, AND THEN HEAD HOME. THIS WAY, WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY.Saturday, January 17, 2009
LIFESTYLES ON THE BEACH AT ANNA MARIA ISLAND
THE BEACHES OF
ANNA MARIA ISLAND
are like one great big beautiful beach; there are beaches on all sides. It's an island, so go figure. Some beaches are better than others, true. There's the beaches for public swimming and tanning, the beaches for kind of hanging out as a couple, beaches for family reunions, etc. There's a beach for everyone.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
THE HAPPIEST BAR ON THE PROMENADE IN THE 60S
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IT WAS THE HAPPIEST BAR ON THE STRAND OR THE PROMENADE, whatever you chose or choose to call the ribbon of concrete that runs along the beachfront in Santa Monica all the way to wherever it ends now. It once went all the way to Manhattan Beach, if I recall. It was called The Carousel Bar. And things were really happening. It was quite an experience. I was young and had a lot to learn.
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