cloudy days at the beach

my favourite days at the beach are always the cloudy ones. the more ominous the clouds, the better! i can enjoy a sunny day at the seaside like the best of 'em, and i am partial to tropical sunny shores, but i do love a stormy day by the water.

we biked over to sunset beach yesterday and enjoyed the deserted "sand" - really crushed shells mostly - and the outgoing tide. i love to watch the way cole inspects every little treasure, turning rocks over in his hands, feeling the barnacle-encrusted shells and pushing sand in small piles to cover dried seaweed. and he did his fair share of eating sand and chasing birds too...

and we found another abandoned toy shovel - i seem to be collecting them...