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: Iām with Joe in Virginia Beach, mixing business (his) with pleasure. Thank you Linda, for sharing your home with us. Your garden is an inspiration.
June 11th, 2008 9:39 am
That garden is priceless! Especially in Va Beach!
June 11th, 2008 11:45 am
How cool that we are both at the beach! Except we are heading home today. š I miss Floyd, though. Hope your foot is better.
June 11th, 2008 4:30 pm
Wow. What an awesome yard! So inspiring too!
June 11th, 2008 4:49 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!
June 11th, 2008 6:36 pm
Oh, I love that first photo esp. Looks serene.
~S š
June 11th, 2008 6:50 pm
Nice pictures Coll………makes me want to go vacation. xo
June 11th, 2008 7:42 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!
June 11th, 2008 8:51 pm
I almost filled a notebook at the beach today with writing, good old fashioned paper and pen.
June 12th, 2008 1:31 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
June 13th, 2008 4:04 am
sounds like a fabulous place to be.