The devil is in the detail
Mistress of the beach
Drifting, swirling on the tide.
Fronds that tease tiny fish
Then lie stranded on the shore-
A frothy, green petticoat.
Jen’s photo in the Weekly Photo Challenge this week is a real beauty. I can’t hope to compete, but I did want to share with you a few of the details of my recent trip to the Algarve. As half expected, it was unbelievably hot, and much of the time was spent with my toes in the water.
A weekend at home in the UK will be an entirely different prospect. Perhaps I shall relish the cool. Whatever your weekend brings, I hope it’s a good one. Join me on Monday and we’ll find somewhere to walk. But first, pop in on Cate with six words?
Such lovely prose Jo! And The Algarve looks like it is experiencing the same temps that we are having here in Darwin. At least you had a beautiful, croc free beach. We don’t dare go in the water here 😱🐊
The odd jellyfish is enough to scare me, Lisa 🙂 Sorry I’m late here. I was just posting an emotional farewell to a friend.
And what a lovely friend she was
Gorgeous day at the beach. That blue colour is just piercing.
It was too hot everywhere but on the beach. Good job I love it 🙂 🙂
I just picture this in my mind… Sigh… 🙂
A gorgeous looking day. And a nice find at the beach.
I seem to have brought the heat back with me from the Algarve, Draco. 30C is most unusual in the UK! The trains stop running and everyone gets grumpy 🙂 🙂
nice article, I liked your website, I invite you to my blog:
https//dishdessert.wordpress.com
Thank you very much 🙂 🙂
Beautiful warmth coming from your photos, Jo. I love your description. Looks like a great day– not sure where Algarve is… but will look it up. 🙂
Hiya Jane! 🙂 Thanks a lot! Tavira is in the south of Portugal. I usually do tag, but I forgot on this occasion. Must have been the heat 🙂 🙂
Lovely beach photos, Jo. I enjoyed your poem and the ‘frothy green petticoat’. My MiL told us in Skype today that 33C is forecast next week. 😳
Morning lovely lady! 🙂 🙂 No escaping is there? It was 37 in Tavira 😦 What usually happens, Ad, is that when we get a heatwave the north east coast is swathed in coastal fog! I’ll let you know 🙂 🙂
I love your imagery of the seaweed as “frothy green petticoat.” It almost looks like someone’s summer dress has been shredded and left on the shore.
It was jewel bright, AG. Quite glamorous undergarments 🙂 🙂
☺️ Ooh la la!
RJo – There is something so calming about photos of sand, and yours are artistic as well. Ahhhh, peacefulness.
The beaches were very busy by their normal standards, Susan, but as you can see I found a bit of space. 🙂 🙂 I’m missing them already- just, not the heat! Thanks a lot 🙂
Well done. I love the exercise of distilling a thought down to 6 words–or in the case of Twitter, 140 characters. I use that with students to teach writing.
Thanks so much, Jacqui. I never manage to stop at 6 and that’s where the photos come in handy 🙂 🙂 Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by.
The beach looks marvelous Jo. I can almost feel the water on my feet. Hoping the transition back home is not too harsh weather wise. Have a great week ahead!
Love all the gentle colours in these photos.
I was treading very gently too, Ann. Feet in the water was the best place to be 🙂 How’s things, hon?
All good just completely lacking time to write posts. Trying not to fret about it. 🙂
Never fret about writing posts. Life is so much more important. Sending hugs, darlin. 🙂
Welcome back, Jo and I wonder if you didn’t bring some of the warmth with you as yesterday the hottest it has been so far! Lovely photos and poem, love the ‘frothy green petticoats’.
Thanks, Annika 🙂 🙂 It was bizarre- mid 20’s here yesterday, with a warm wind. Gone again today. Ah, well 😦
Jo, your beautiful beach photos are just what I needed this morning, as it blows a gale outside. It’s so chilly, but at least the rain and fog have cleared. Thank you for a taste of summer.
Not long now, Carol 🙂 :I’m trying to persuade our English one to stay around a while. Yesterday was the perfect day- mid 20’s with a warm wind. I thought I was still in the Algarve but the scenery somehow looked wrong. 🙂 Back to normal today 😦
Great pics and what a cute little boy 🙂 Loved the “Frothy green petticoats”
He reminded me so much of mine at that age, Dahlia. 🙂 Adorable! Thanks so much for your visit.
He reminded me of my little one, now flown the nest, too 🙂
Gorgeous photos with delicate detail, Jo – I like! 😀
Thanks a lot, Tom 🙂 🙂
gorgeous photos!
Thanks a lot, Kathe 🙂 Happy weekend!
You are competing 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 🙂
It is so nice to see the beach, blue sky and pretty sands again through your photos, Jo! I hope you had a wonderful (and “shady”) time in the Algarve. Looking forward to your walks!
Shade was in short supply, Liesbet. I was mildly scorched 🙂 🙂 But happy!
I hope there were some cooling breezes on the beach.
That’s one of the reasons I love the beach, Mlissabeth. 🙂
I’m glad you got your toes wet and met your muse in very good form, both photographically and verbally. And thank you for an ocean fix. I’m still smarting from not seeing the Baltic. Did you talk Polish at lunch????
My friend Ann has very little contact with her Polish family so has even less need to speak the language than me. 😦 As I remember it, she was very much better at Polish lessons when we both went, all those years ago. 🙂 Thanks, sweetheart!
Great details!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Pit
It was so nice while it lasted, Pit! 🙂 I was almost glad to be back in an English garden this morning.
Many thanks- you too!
Lovely images, and a good poem too! Yonks since I’ve been on a beach….
Thanks, honeybun 🙂 🙂
😀
I love all your details, Jo. I can picture you with your toes in the water and your camera in hand, taking pretty photos in the heat. 🙂 I love the “frothy green petticoat.” Hope you’re enjoying your time in the Algarve.
Back in the UK, just, Cathy 🙂 🙂 It was a short break for Mick’s birthday and to give James a bit of a treat. Would you believe I got heatstroke? That water was so nice though. 🙂
Welcome back to the UK, Jo. Just in time for Brexit (or a little after it)! 🙂 Happy belated birthday to Mick, and I’m glad you had a special time with James. I can’t believe you got heatstroke! What happened? You didn’t faint or feel too ill, I hope. I bet the water did cool you down a bit. How long before you go back to Portugal? 🙂 Have a happy weekend settling back in. xxx
I’m not good at eating when it’s hot, Cathy. We were doing the moonlit terrace on the eve of Mick’s birthday. When my sea bass arrived, sizzling in garlic and bacon, I felt queasy and then the good old world started to swim. Highly embarrassing, but the waiters were great. Plied me with sugared water (ugh!) and ice, and the boys obliged by eating my food and polishing off my wine. 😦
I can understand that perfectly, Jo. In summer here, it’s just too hot to eat greasy or heavy things. I’m so sorry you got dizzy and sick. At least the waiters and Mick and James took care of you; both by plying you with sugar water and ice and by eating your food and downing your wine! Take good care of yourself. Mike just came back from a bikeride in 91 degree heat (F) (32C) and his heart was pounding at a dangerous rate according to his heart rate monitor. I think you have to be really careful what you do in the heat. Sending hugs your way! xxx
Thanks, darlin 🙂 Right back at you!
There is a lovely softness about your beach photos. Wonderful details and poem. And I see you found a jelly-fish! I think I need to feel the sand beneath my feet again…
Best I can offer is a dip on a Durham coast beach. Might be a bit bracing, Jude. 🙂 Thanks for the kind words. He was a little wee fellow so I didn’t run a mile as I usually do.
Toes in the water sounds nice to me, Jo. Great photographs! Have a great weekend. xo
Why does having a great weekend always leave me exhausted, Jill? I need a holiday 🙂 🙂 Thanks, darlin’.
Do wrap up when you go out 😉 Our sun just isn’t the same.
Have a great Saturday – I’m off for a salsa with the lawn mower!
Da-ra-da-da-da-da-da-da…. no, I think that’s conga 😦
It was surprisingly warm here today. 🙂
Lovely photos all round, Jo. The image of the green seaweed and shell is marvellous, great close up. The seaweed looks unbelievable bright, though. Maybe it’s one of a kind to that beach 🙂 Hope you had a great time in Algarve aside from the head. I am sure you put up with it very well 🙂
The sun was bouncing off the water, Mabel! So long as I was on the beach I coped 🙂 Thanks for your kind words.
There you are my lovely, I bet you had a nice time and I envy you that heat! Where is that stunning beach, the Ihla? Your tanka is excellent, isn’t nature inspiring? Have a lovely day, I’m off to a cocktail workshop later on 🙂 🙂 🙂
No sorry. You cannot have cocktail and WORK in the same sentence…. 😉
Some people get all the good gigs 🙂 🙂
The heat was too much for me, Gilly. I’ve become a wimp 🙂 The photos are a combination of Ilha and Armona. I had a bit of a seaweed fetish going on 🙂 🙂 Thanks, darlin!
Awesome post Jo, I miss the beach. Love it in summer or winter and I’m feeling withdrawal symptoms, your photos make me want to visit soon. 🙂
Funny how some of us are beach lovers and others are immune, Miriam. 🙂 I get withdrawal symptoms too. Thanks a lot!
Yep, I think I need to start planning my next trip Jo. 🙂 Hope you’re enjoying your weekend. xo
Inspiring photos, lovely details… 🙂
Morning, Drake! It’s sunny in Hartlepool! Breakfast in the garden 🙂 🙂 Thanks! A great weekend to you.
Glad the sun go your way to day… 🙂
Gorgeous photos! Love the ones of the little boy with his hat turned sideways.
Have an awesome weekend!
Isn’t he just a sweetheart? My heart melted 🙂 Thanks- you too!
Hi Jo – we have. Not been to the beach yet- so this post was a treat – your photos were like a beach pause – to breathe and observe – have a nice Saturday
It was the only place I was cool, Yvette! 🙂 🙂 Thanks darlin’. Zumba in a little while then meeting a friend with Polish ancestry for lunch. A good weekend to you!
Oh sounds fun- have a nice lunch Xxoo