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WE WALK ON THE BEACH AS THE SUN BEGINS TO DIP BELOW THE HORIZON. IT'S RED GLOW IN THE AIR TRANSFUSES THE SCATTERED CRIMSON AND PINK CLOUDS ON THIS CALM AND COOL EVENING STROLL. WE HEAR THE DISTANT SPLASH OF THE WAVES AT LOW TIDE...LIKE A WHISPER. WE TAKE IN THE SCENT OF THE SALT AIR, FRESH AS SPRING IN OUR SENSES. AS WE STROLL, WE REFLECT ON THE DAY, HOW THEY PASS. LIFE IS A MYSTERY TO SAVOR, YOU TELL ME, I AGREE AND I AM SAVORING THESE MOMENTS WITH YOU NOW.
AT OUR FEET, TIDE POOLS APPEAR, LEFT LEFT BEHIND BY THE RETREATING TIDE. SOME OF THE TIDE POOLS ARE LARGER AND TEEM WITH LIFE, SHELLS WITH THEIR TINY CRAB INHABITANTS,A FEW MINNOWS DARTING ABOUT,AND THE SMALL FEATHERY OCTOPUS CRAWLING ALONG...SUCH A MICROCOSM OF LIFE. WE PICK UP AN OCCASIONAL PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD, EACH POLISHED BY THE SAND AND SEA, THEIR GNARLY EDGES SUBDUED.
THE MOON IS RISING,SLOWLY BRINGING ITS GLOW OVERHEAD. THE STARS START TO EMERGE AS IF BY MAGIC, WONDROUS THEY ARE, MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS DISTANT, AND YET THEY SAY HELLO AS THEY BLINK ON, ONE BY ONE. GODS BLESSING FROM AFAR.
WE PAUSE...AND DECIDE TO SPREAD OUR BLANKET BY A LARGE HUMMOCK OF SALT GRASS. I ASSEMBLE THE DRIFTWOOD WITH SOME OF THE SALT GRASS AND LIGHT IT. SLOWLY IT BEGINS TO FLICKER TO LIFE. WE SETTLE ON THE BLANKET, SQUNCHING INTO IT LIKE A BEAN BAG TO GET COMFORTABLE. WHAT A NIGHT!! I OPEN A HARD TO FIND BOTTLE OF MATEUS ROSE FROM PORTUGAL. YOU BEGIN TO SAVOR THE GLASS OF WINE, AND COMMENT ON HOW IT IS FRESH LIKE THE SALT AIR, YET SO LITE ON THE PALATE.
AS WE SIP OUR WINE...THE LIGHT OF MOON SHIMMERS ON THE TIDE POOLS, PLAYING ON THE WATER AS IF IT WERE DANCING JUST FOR US. YOU COMMENT ON THE CONSTELLATION ORION WITH IT'S BARELY VISIBLE BELT AT THE MIDDLE, AND I POINT OUT THE BIG AND LITTLE DIPPERS AS WE STARE AT THE STARS IN AWE AT THEM ALL, LIKE THE LITTLE KIDS AT THE PLANETARIUM. SO DISTANT, YET SO REAL, AS IF PUT THERE JUST FOR US. THE NIGHT WEARS ON, YOU BEGIN TO GET SLEEPY AND PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER TO REST. SO PEACEFULLY YOU REST....
YOUR EYES OPEN SLOWLY AS YOU RECLINE IN THE EASY COMFORT OF YOUR LAZY BOY. YOU LOOK AROUND.....REALIZE YOU DOZED OFF.....BUT AS THE CLOUDINESS OF YOUR SLEEP WEARS OFF....YOU REMEMBER YOUR STROLL ON THE BEACH WITH AN OLD FRIEND. YOU GET A WARM FEELING ALL OVER AT THE GLORY OF YOUR MINDS VISION IN YOUR DREAMS.
