Sea Pictures, mainly.

[curiouswombat]

This is just a post to show the contrasts we can get in weather, here in the Irish Sea. I took a few pictures when I visited a patient in Derbyhaven last week - in a storm, and a few today, about 4 or 5 miles away at Port Erin, on a calm day.

I'll put them

Derbyhaven's name suggests, rightly, that it is a sheltered cove - and it has not only the natural protection of the curves of the bay, but also a man-made breakwater; which is the structure in the middle here, doing its job - the water is certainly breaking over it! Can you imagine how rough the water would be in the haven if it wasn't for the breakwater?



And from a little further along, the breakwater again -



Definitely a day to leave your small boat in the bay! It was the sort of day I was imagining in Immigrants, Chapter Seven.

Today - exactly a week later, I was in Port Erin, and sat on a bench above the bay to eat lunch - it was a very different day! This was the view;



Or, if I turned about 90* I could see this;



The thing on the top is the Milner Tower - it is basically a folly.

And here is a closer view of the yacht in the bay;



This is just a seat further down the path;



And finally, just because I like it, here are two people strolling along the shore;



Lunch breaks like that certainly help centre me and ready me to face the afternoon!

Comments

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

That second picture with the slate-grey sea is shiver-worthy. Sheltered cove it may be, but that's not a sea to mess with. Very impressive.

I do love looking-down images like that seat, where you can disentangle the different levels if you try but at first sight are positively dizzying.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I would certainly not have wanted to be out there in any sort of boat at all last week.

I rather like images looking down, too - for the very same reason.

[kathyh]

They are all gorgeous but I really love that final one. Many thanks for sharing :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

There is something really peaceful about that couple, isn't there? As if they are the only people for miles around, and have all the time in the world. I like the way they are reflected in the wet sand and it is impossible to see what is sea and what is sand.

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

Absolutely beautiful!
The Cruel Sea...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's been rather good to have my elves arrive in Alqualondë so that I could write about both peaceful seas and storms!

One day I really must do something in Dol Amroth.

[shirebound]

That last shot is really terrific.

How I love the sea!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I just liked the look of that empty shore and the two people.

When I did live inland I used to go and visit the sea now and again.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

That water looks a great deal like one of the Great Lakes, thanks for sharing.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Your lakes and our sea are so similar in both size and temperament, aren't they? No wonder so many Manx people settled around the Great Lakes.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

How lovely. Even the rough water is spectacular in it's own way. That would make for a wonderful lunch break.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love being able to sit in the sunshine (even if it was not all that warm - about 59-60F) - but I will happily sit in the car and watch stormy seas for hours too, given half a chance.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

How truly lovely. I am always amazed by the power of the ocean.

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I can happily sit and watch the sea in all its moods - it is one of my great pleasures.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Impressively lovely photos! I really like the second and last images for very different reasons.
I'd like to sit on that bench and just contemplate.
:)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I think those might be my favourites, too.

The bench would be a lovely place to sit - as long as it wasn't pouring with rain...

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

People are amazingly brave. At least some of them. I look at the awesome power of the sea and am quite happy to be on dry land. Definitely a land lover.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love to look at the sea - but I am a wimp about going on it in anything smaller than a 5,000 ton ship!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Those storm photos are such a great illustration of the power of the ocean. I have to admit to really kind of enjoying stormwatching; the water is so interesting. though I'm fondest of it when I can easily get warm and dry!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm absolutely with you on the storm watching - stormy seas are wonderful to watch provided I can keep warm and dry.

[myrhiann.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos. I could easily sit on that seat and enjoy the view, but only if I were suitably clad. I particularly like the photo of the couple walking on the wet sand. It is hard to tell where sand ends and sea begins. I love the sea, wish I still lived near it. When I lived in Sydney I was close enough to hear the waves breaking on the shore.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I really like that photo of the two people as well. I do like being able to sit and eat lunch so close to the sea - it is a simple pleasure, but very much a pleasure.

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is really beautiful! Spectacles the sea can do are very fascinating.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The sea is fascinating because it is ever changing - it makes it very easy to photograph without getting bored.

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

The last one looks like a Biblical miracle--walking on water!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It does, doesn't it? Just the water in the sand reflecting the sunlight - but pretty.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

You live in a beautiful place! :) I would like to live near the sea some day.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You are getting closer...

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

I can almost smell the air! Wonderful!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You know we are so used to the sea air that we don't really think of it. But I used to find that, whenever I came home from the UK, I was very sleepy for a couple of days - my Mum reckoned it was the sea air.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I love the changing moods of the sea! Lovely photos.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The sea is a very good subject - almost as good as cats.