By Cindy Bilbao
We might by no means locate message in a bottle, yet such a lot people have fond thoughts of gathering seashore glass. enable the pictures captured in Treasures from the Tide convey you again to a less complicated time and the enjoyment of discovery. This targeted picture souvenir celebrates the easy great thing about stumbled on objects.
seashores remind us of straightforward pleasures―swimming within the surf, construction sand castles, and gathering gentle, opalescent seashore glass. those as soon as man-made gadgets, possibly glass bottles or insulators, have been damaged, rolled and tumbled by way of the waves, and smoothed into anything different, something―almost―natural back. seashore glass is located artwork. Why we take such excitement in those bits and items of synthetic fabrics reclaimed by way of nature could be whatever to consider whereas having fun with Treasures from the Tide―the writer without doubt has, and he or she conveys that excitement in playful, natural sculptures that come to existence within the interaction of colours and shapes and their interplay with the sand and surf they got here from. The feel of a second in time captured in those images is like an insect captured in amber, and, during this booklet, seashore glass turns into simply as important. a hundred+ colour photos all through
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The sunlight is greater within the sky now, and it has turn into extra excessive. the sunshine is sharper and hotter because it brightens the seashore for the arrival fishermen and folks strolling their canine. As I go away, I smile and pat my pocket, grateful to join the sunrise because it greets the beach initially of the day. it usually amazes me to imagine that on a complete expanse of seashore, I occurred alongside the only tiny part that held my treasure and, fortunately, i noticed it. pictures and textual content copyright � 2014 via Cindy Bilbao All rights reserved. No a part of this e-book could be reproduced in any shape or by way of any digital or mechanical capacity together with info garage and retrieval structures with no permission in writing from the writer, other than via a reviewer, who may perhaps quote short passages. released by means of The Countryman Press, P. O. field 748, Woodstock, VT 05091 disbursed by means of W. W. Norton & corporation, Inc.