Life is a beach :)
During the summer I play softball in a Jersey Shore league.The games start at 6:30 pm,
but I like to get down & over there much earlier on game nights.
I like to stretch a bit before the game and throw some.
However, with about 16 different towns in the league,
I also like to explore the areas and photograph interesting scenes and wildlife.
As I do each week I post a photoalbum on another site,
covering photos that I shot in a one week period.
On the 15th I posted such a photoalbum,
that contained 31 mostly nature photos.
The following photo is one of those 31.
This photo is of the beach in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey.
I like this photo, because it contains a variety of structures,
textures, colors and lines.
I also happen to like the beach itself.
Maybe the fact, that I was born near the Jersey Shore has something to do with that.
Regardless, can't you ALMOST hear the waves & gulls, smell that salt air
and feel both the sun and gentle breeze on your skin ?
Enjoy !
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Comments (28)
It's there so the pool doesn't overflow when it rains.
They play this sport in the Olympics.
I am not aware of any gingerbread building,
but I am not all that familiar with the area.
Indeed, I had to ask a policeman directing traffic in that
area to tell me where the softball field is.
IW - Yes, it's somewhat like cricket, although I've never
played that.
Ti - they do NOT dump raw sewage into the ocean.
Indeed, there is a sewage treatment plant several miles
from there.
Adam, I'm not sure. Perhaps there is a trap that prevents backflow, but I really didn't inspect it that closely.
It is much more interest to people on here, than it was to me.
Like I said, I didn't notice the gingerbread house.
What led me there originally, was that there were 3 osprey
using the updrafts between the two tall hotel buildings to
soar higher & higher, prior to scouting for fish.
Thus, I got several good photos of those osprey soaring.
After they left, I went onto the beach.
The point is, I was looking up in the air when I went there
and didn't really notice the homes.
I had just gotten to the area.
get down to the beach.
I haven't been back there since August
and likely won't be again until next summer.
Luv the pic!
The 'head' is a crevice in the rock
and the shoulders are the shadow from the rocks
just above.
Sometimes it varies by league.
I've played with 9, with 10, or with 11.
Love u all
I am there on ur beach
You had a legitimate question.
Make sure you use sunscreen G