La Plage...

Oh to be by the sea...

After a week of unplugged beach living with limited computer access and no email

...we are back.

renewed, restored, ready to tackle fall planting and the kitchen.

Once I finish the MOUNTAIN of laundry and get this place cleaned up...

I'll catch you up!

L' Homme Et La Mer

Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer!
La mer est ton miroir; tu contemples ton âme
Dans le déroulement infini de sa lame,
Et ton esprit n'est pas un gouffre moins amer.

Tu te plais à plonger au sein de ton image;
Tu l'embrasses des yeux et des bras, et ton coeur
Se distrait quelquefois de sa propre rumeur
Au bruit de cette plainte indomptable et sauvage.

~Charles Baudelaine

 

"Free man, you'll always love the sea — for this,
That it's a mirror, where you see your soul
In its eternal waves that chafe and roll;
Nor is your soul less bitter an abyss.

in your reflected image there to merge,
You love to dive, its eyes and limbs to match.
Sometimes your heart forgets its own, to catch
The rhythm of that wild and tameless dirge."