Looking to Nature
This weekend we were out on a forage for interesting and unusual driftwood. One of the nicest spots around here for this, is down at the Gulf, off of Fort Morgan Road (west of Gulf Shores).
I love these little jaunts. The beach is just full of unusual finds, interesting patterns, and unexpected textures. It is a great place to seek inspiration and come up with some fresh ideas. Check out the section of sand in the photo above, formed by the ebbing of the water. It reminded me of a Japanese Zen Garden.
Here are a few other photos.
February 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Wow, trees growing that close to the ocean, how neat. What beautiful photos, would love to visit there sometime.
February 15th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Thanks Linda
The trees that are close to the shore are pretty neat. Live oaks are beautifully gnarled and a lot smaller than the sprawling oaks you see further inland. The trees in these pictures are both oaks and pines…
The shoreline used to extend a lot further out than it does now. Apparently when the tide is out, you can sometimes find pottery shards from the tribes that lived in that area. That shoreline is on the Mobile Bay side of Fort Morgan Rd, vs the Gulf side..
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I first noticed how white the sand is! It’s beautiful. Those tree roots are amazing too -I also like to be inspired by Nature. Great pictures of another part of the world that’s not covered in snow :o)
March 25th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Hey Cindy.. Yes the sand is beautifully white. When you walk through it and kind of shuffle your feet, it makes a sound kind of like corduroy pants do. There’s a beach in Prince Edward Island I know of like that and they call it “the singing sands”. It looks like pure silica sand.
(spring’s just around the corner!)