Writing Desk at the Beach
Sheltered from the neighbors by a row of jasmine bushes and a fence lined with dwarf conifers and roses, a bird serenades, water streams from a dolphin fountain, and wind chimes remind me of home. There are whelk shells on the stone tiled table. I pick one up, hold it to my ear and for the first time hear the whistling roar of a faraway shoreline.
A black bird lands on a gray rock near the pond with something white in its beak. A red bird on the fence intrigues me. A bright row of daylilies greet the morning with their oranges faces turned up towards the sky. A place to write poetry, three houses from the ocean. A place to sip tea and just be.
Post note: I’m with Joe in Virginia Beach, mixing business (his) with pleasure. Thank you Linda, for sharing your home with us. Your garden is an inspiration.
Comments
That garden is priceless! Especially in Va Beach!
Posted by: kenju | June 11, 2008 9:39 AM
How cool that we are both at the beach! Except we are heading home today. :( I miss Floyd, though. Hope your foot is better.
Posted by: Mara | June 11, 2008 11:45 AM
Wow. What an awesome yard! So inspiring too!
Posted by: On a Limb with Claudia | June 11, 2008 4:30 PM
I didn't know you were off to Va Beach again. Hope your wound is well enough for you to enjoy your time there. You certainly look to have a serene place to stay!
Posted by: June | June 11, 2008 4:49 PM
Oh, I love that first photo esp. Looks serene.
~S :)
Posted by: Shephard | June 11, 2008 6:36 PM
Nice pictures Coll.........makes me want to go vacation. xo
Posted by: Sherry | June 11, 2008 6:50 PM
I like to write near my pool (but not too near) at my little glass table with an umbrella opened up.
I gave this a try today - but my son insisted on scaring my dear little laptop away (she's afraid of water) with his obnoxious cannonballs.
I still write there, but with good, old fashioned paper instead!
Posted by: Amy Hanek | June 11, 2008 7:42 PM
I almost filled a notebook at the beach today with writing, good old fashioned paper and pen.
Posted by: colleen | June 11, 2008 8:51 PM
lovely place yes I had heard that when teaCHING Poe. I had lots of Poe caricatures , bobbleheads etc in my classroom. At the end of the year I auctioned off my belongings to students for correct exam review answers. Poe was the first to go ..Then Emily Dickinson, then Shakespeare
Posted by: sandy | June 12, 2008 1:31 PM
sounds like a fabulous place to be.
Posted by: sky | June 13, 2008 4:04 AM