Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Sound and the Fury





There's something about a wind so strong that it almost knocks you flat over sideways. So much power. It makes you feel so small and insignificant. It fills you with awe and complete surrender to any sense of control you think you might have. We really truly are at Mother Nature's mercy.

Usually I like to watch these kinds of winds from the comfort of my living room window, but today I went out and felt myself drown in it, and it was so amazing. I walked down to a favourite beach and listened to the water roll over the small stones. It is such a satisfying sound...kind of like bubble wrap or ice crackling in a glass. It almost sounds as though the rocks are hollow. To an ant's ears, it must be forbidding. I wonder how many stones are on that beach? There is a finite number...a number I will never know.

I think there are just as many knots in my hair now. ouch.
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20 comments:

  1. bethMarch 13, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    rocks on the beach or knots in my hair from an amazing walk....i love it all !!!

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  2. kierstenMarch 13, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    I love that sound. So much. These photos are mesmerizing. I could barely tear my eyes away. I'd love to visit your beach someday. xoxox

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  3. snippets of thymeMarch 13, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    So beautiful. I am much more drawn to the beaches that are wild and ruggid like in your photos. I don't really like the island-y umbrella, frisbee playing beaches with lots of people. Really beautiful landscape shots! So lovely and isolated feeling.

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  4. Kathryn DycheMarch 14, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    I love it when the wind is crazy like that, it can be cleansing, kind of refreshing in a way. Defininitely blows the cobwebs away.

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  5. meggMarch 14, 2011 at 5:09 AM

    Where we used to live we had gales all of the time. I never thought I would miss the wind, but I do! I miss the storming and the wildness.

    I loved this post - I think you have encouraged me to get out for a walk!

    lol.

    sending love!

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  6. Jarka H,March 15, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    All your photos have beautiful calm atmosphere. I just love it!
    And the way you accompany them with text is so unique and creates even stronger feelings about your posts.

    I really like your blog!

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  7. CatherineMarch 15, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    The wind always scares me ~ all I can think of is tornados when I hear it roaring like that.

    Lovely images as always Jaime!
    xo Catherine

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  8. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    your words evoke ideas i've yet to contemplate... i wonder what ant ears look like?? and your photos & layout always help me breathe a little deeper :)

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  9. PixieDustMarch 15, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    The beach is eternally soothing, and more so now that I have visited yours through your words...

    what a beautiful way to begin my overcast morning.

    :-)

    (((hugs))),
    love,
    me

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  10. spread your wingsMarch 15, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    such powerful beauty.

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  11. MarcieMarch 16, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    There's nothing like feeling the wind in your hair. And - I can feel the fury of the ocean's waves as they pound against the shore.

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  12. Dixie@dcreliefMarch 18, 2011 at 4:53 AM

    Your photos and post have me craving a ocean trip. Lovely:)

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  13. CharMarch 18, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    what a beautiful walk on the beach - just gorgeous and the thought of your hair whipping in the wind is romantic (even if combing out the tangles isn't)

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  14. LyndaMarch 19, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    I can almost feel the wind in these photos! I'm always drawn to the ocean and the pounding waves. These are just amazing, Jaime! I hope you managed to get the knots out of your hair! :) xo

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  15. Elizabeth HaltMarch 22, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    I grew up near beaches that were rocky and cold and windy most of the year. Possibly why my preferred beach is wild and rugged and cold and windy. Like this one. I feel like I'm at home.

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  16. Relyn LawsonMarch 25, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Oh, Jaime. These images make me homesick. I miss Oregon so much my stomach hurts. You are so very gifted.

    And, oh how I love the wind. Love it.

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  17. leonie wiseMarch 29, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Beautiful images.

    If I can't sleep, I put on the sound of the ocean as white noise. Guaranteed to send me off to sleep in a flash.

    We've recently been back to New Zealand on holiday and I got a lot of beach time in there. Bliss

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  18. mrs mediocrityApril 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    I felt it, amazing.

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  19. BumbleVeeApril 13, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    ohhhh the beauty of the ocean.... how I loved going to Oak Bay to visit my Mom when she was there.....

    And... just got home from Portugal... first holiday in 10 years.... the ocean.... wow.... loved walking on the beach at Nazare ...huge waves and wild spray on the day we were there.... it was wonderful. So blue from above in our photos. Wish I had a great camera and knew how to use it..... but... I'm too lazy to learn.... and, even with my little point and shoot....we can remember how it looked and felt...

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  20. AnonymousMay 13, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    mmm....i love the sound of the wind too...it feels as if it embraces me with everything on the inside...and shooosh and shaawsh side to side without even thinking about any of the insides... i feel instantly calm and content when i hear the wind.... my first thoughts are always 'ooo...i love the wind'... beautiful beautiful post...Linni xx

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