Ephemeral

Summer, childhood, sand pies, sunsets, they are all fleeting. Change is the constant. The harder you grasp the faster the sand escapes your fingers so enjoy it all now.

This girl has probably out-grown sand-pies. The beach she is standing on is gone, eroded away with high water and November gales. Members of the background group gathered to watch the sunset may no longer be with us. It is all washed away. Bask in the currents of time and appreciate it fully as it washes over you. It is ALL ephemeral.

15 thoughts on “Ephemeral”

azmihoffmann on March 29, 2015 at 10:08 pm said:

Love the picture, love your insight. It is a really great idea to show beach in your picture for ephemeral theme, beach is where ephemeral belongs somehow.

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- dunelight on March 30, 2015 at 1:01 am said:
  
  Thank you. “Beach” is my world. I worked hard to get here and I love the beach in it’s infinite varieties.
  
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heavenhappens on March 29, 2015 at 10:48 pm said:

Thought provoking and touching. Childhood was the theme of my posty too. It is sad that the beach has eroded.

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- dunelight on March 30, 2015 at 1:05 am said:
  
  Thank you. Water levels on the Great Lakes are cyclical. With the past few ‘dryer’ years we had enjoyed expanded beaches but with the return of higher water a great deal of our beach has ‘washed away/into’ The Lake this past year. That particular spot in the photo is now just the retaining wall with large boulders now. It’s a good 6 foot drop down to the beach now.
  
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Francis.R. on March 29, 2015 at 11:33 pm said:

I agree, everything is moving across the time; nothing is exactly the same again.

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quarksire on March 30, 2015 at 4:52 am said:

yep as the tides come an go the sands of time forever change every day at da beach! yep yep. very kewl 😎

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- dunelight on March 30, 2015 at 7:51 am said:
  
  And right now I am very glad the ice is melting. Soon…soon I can launch a kayak or boogie board.
  
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  - quarksire on March 30, 2015 at 8:04 am said:
    
    right on 🙂
estelea on March 30, 2015 at 5:53 am said:

Beautiful!

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- dunelight on March 30, 2015 at 7:51 am said:
  
  Thank you. 🙂
  
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maamej on March 30, 2015 at 6:09 pm said:

Yes, so true, that’s what I’ve been thinking about this challenge, though I haven’t done a post yet. Sand is a perfect metaphor, lovely pics.

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- dunelight on March 31, 2015 at 7:18 am said:
  
  Thank you. So much of our life is ephemera..it is hard to choose.
  
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