Vacationing at the beach is something I look forward to all year, and the week before leaving the mundane activities at work and at home is filled with anticipation of hitting the sand and water again. After the trip down and settling into our space that we will call home-base for the week, I rush down to the beach and immediately sense that something is different. My senses have shifted, there is a new found awareness and understanding of why I connect with this place so deeply.

Out in the yard today trying to get caught up with the weeding seems to be non-stop, Walter our lively Irish Setter (see above) insists on being by my side at all times.  He has an on switch and and off switch, either running around telling the world what is what (he likes to bark at passing cars and trucks) or lays down on the floor completely exhaust. There is no middle ground with him.