20,000 Views !

The above photo shows my computer screen this afternoon. Today I reached 20,000 pageviews of my blog! Thank you to everyone for spending a little time with my blog over the past couple years. I hope these 60-second vacations of the mind and eye have been fun for you - it sure has been for me.

Today, Isle of Palms (and the whole area) received almost 3 inches of rain in 24 hours. As the storm cleared an hour before sunset, the air was fresh and clear and warm - it was wonderful.

Whenever I see the spume blowing off the tops of the waves, it reminds me of a poem by John Masefield that has been stuck in my brain since 5th or 6th grade in school:

"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over." 

Good night and thank you!