Joy is… so many things!

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High tide!

I’m torn this week!  I have several reasons to be joyful.  Is that allowed, do you think?

The first one is that I have finally caught up with returning visits to my blog, after a week’s absence.  That is pure delight, never mind joy!  If I’ve missed anybody, will you give me a gentle nudge, please?

The second?  I can, more or less, operate my new phone.  Doing a dance for joy right now!

The third is the bit I’m going to share with you today.  In a generally gloomy week, we had a little pocket of sunshine in which I popped out to do a few jobs.  They just happened to be in the direction of Hartlepool Headland, and it was high tide.  Pure, unadulterated joy!

Whoosh goes the sea, against the pier!

Whoosh goes the sea, against the pier!

And against the town wall!

And against the sea wall!

This solitary chap was being a bit daring!

This solitary chap was being a bit daring!

But he got away with it!

But he got away with it!

For me there are few things more joyful than watching the sea demonstrate its might on a sunny afternoon.  I crouched beside the sea wall, excited as a child as the pier took hit after hit.  Of course, I should have rested the camera on the wall and stayed put till I got that perfect shot.  But so delighted was I at the great claps of spray flying around me that I totally forgot to stay still. The results are as you see.  But I had such fun!

You have to love it!

You have to love it!

It would have been so easy to get wet!

It would have been so easy to get wet!

But I somehow avoided it

But I somehow avoided it

Gorgeous, isn't it?

Gorgeous, isn’t it?

I had another reason to be joyful, but I’d better save that till next week, don’t you think?  Can I overdose on joy?

If you’d like to share a little more, please visit Kan.  Her Joy is series is just that.  A joy!

 

127 comments

  1. Very dramatic photos Jo, full of life and vitality. The power of the ocean fascinates me and I love to watch it when it’s like this, but not brave enough to walk along the pier as that man did! Your photos are so refreshing.

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  6. Holding out on us when it comes to sharing the joy? Now I am very curious. I love the long shots of the pier. Agreed the gentleman is quite the risk taker but by the looks of your photos so are you Jo!

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  8. Love the wild sea shots. It reminds me of my summer visit to Lake Huron when the wind whipped up some angry waves for most of the week. On the last couple of days when it all calmed down, I felt a slight bit of boredom and was happy to return home! Strange, eh?

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    1. We had a grey, wet start today then a tiny bit of brightness, Robin, but I was virtuously catching up on here after t’ai chi. Such a relief to be back ‘in control’. Ha! 🙂

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  12. What a joyful and beautiful post! Great shots Jo! I am glad you and your camera didn’t get wet there hon. 😀 ♥ Big Hugs ♥

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  17. That’s my kinda sea, and I share your joy.

    You can use your new phone? I can’t even use my old one, which is the simplest possible, but I haven’t managed to register any numbers in it!

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    1. Thanks, Viv. 🙂 I’ve got as far as texting and I have Google +, Instagram and Facebook loaded so I’m getting there. Nobody said it was easy, Viv, unless you’re 3! 🙂

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  20. Dear Johanna, I can almost understand you, sometimes I am same as you. These waves on the pier are amazing, seems it was a great joy to take their pictures there. And I can’t believe that you didn’t get wet 🙂 Thank you, love, nia

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