Laugh, Explore & Understand
Every travel episode should be captured in a photo to maintain the glorious memories that form our lives. Kitty Hawk, NC on my sixty-sixth birthday was that and more. Be grateful for friends and tell them often what they have meant to your short experience on this planet.
Thanks, Mary Mount for being a friend and making my life richer for knowing you. Here are some pictures from Kitty Hawk, NC on my birthday.
Each birthday just keeps getting better. Once I realized that every trip around the sun is a tremendous cause for celebration, I began observing each birthday differently. Coupled with my goal and desire to see ten new places in the world this year that I had not seen, I was honored to have a friend, who cared enough to want this birthday to be excitingly special. Mary Mount planned a weekend get away to Kitty Hawk, NC on the Outer Banks. What a perfect time of year to explore a giant tourist attraction that is being altered with the global climate changes.
Here are some of the pictures that came from the exploring. One thing I have learned about photography is that the observer should be trying to capture a unique view that others simply miss. It is easy to see the large pictures, like sky and sea, however, it is even more interesting to capture the miniature pictures that are so easy to overlook. We took the time to collect small, unique pieces of beach components, only to then create mosaic collages of color, texture, and shapes. Here are some of the fun ones.
You have probably heard the story about the man who was throwing starfish that had washed up on shore following a storm back into the ocean as an observer stated that he could not make a difference when there were tens of thousands of starfish dying on the beach. The man simply threw another one back into the ocean and said, it made a difference to that one!
I had that exact opportunity on my birthday this year at Kitty Hawk Pier in NC. As I was walking down the beach, my friend Mary and I noticed something moving in the sand in front of us. Upon further inspection, we realized that it was a living Sea Horse that had washed up on shore as the tide receded. After quickly taking a picture, I carefully scooped up the Sea Horse along with a hand full of sand and placed it back in the ocean. As I did, we both said, made a difference to that one.
Not only had I never seen a Sea Horse outside of an aquarium, I had never seen one on the beach before. How cool was that for a birthday experience?
One if life’s lessons is that you can never reach down to help someone up without helping yourself reach up at the same time.