Conception Bay South, Newfoundland

© Christine Mastroianni, all rights reserved

I think that if I lived near the ocean, I would find resolution to the issues that sometimes occupy my mind. Really, just looking this photograph induces a sense of calm that encourages my thoughts to wander about aimlessly like driftwood..  (too often in my real world, they become stranded like this as well!!)

There is just something about sitting on this pebbled blanket, listening to the waves spread over the rocks, moistening them with a sheen that illuminates all of their smoothness, that lulls me into a sort of meditation. It's such a satisfying stimulation of the senses: the percussion of the rocks dancing against one another under the pull of the receding water and the the cadence of the seabirds as they spread their nautical gossip..... the therapeutic pressure of the stones underneath bare feet.....  the heady scent of the foamy salt water and swatches of seaweed....   spa day anyone??