It’s almost a sin to live at the coast and never visit the beach. If it’s inspiration you seek, sit on the beach for a few minutes (preferably longer) or take a walk on the beach, and just muse. Take a notepad and pencil with, if necessary. If you’re feeling depressed a visit to the beach may help lift your spirits. Take time out, at the beach.
After Sunday lunch dishes we decided to take a drive down to Mermaids Pool near Nahoon Beach in East London, to do some beachcombing. It was windy and the ocean was rough. I think we took more photos than we did beachcombing, but we thoroughly enjoyed our
There are ways to make money from beachcombing instead of simply going beachcombing as only a hobby, or only making yourself, friends and family gifts with the things you find on the beach. You can sell the things you make from the items you find on the beach.
Why not make money from your beach crafts, and why not make that money at a flea market or craft market? It stands to reason that if you’re happy enough to proudly display your beach house decor crafts in your home, or to give them away as greatly appreciated gifts, that your beach crafts are good enough to sell too.
Perhaps I should say Tony’s first beachcombing beach crafts efforts, as it is Tony that has so far made all the beachy items we have. I do wish to try my hand making beach crafts items too, but so far my input is helping to …
We consider our beachcombing outing at Sunrise on Sea on 7 December 2012 to be our first real beachcoming outing, even though we have sometimes brought home a few seashells or small pieces of driftwood over the years. This particular beachcombing outing had purpose.
“We had joy we had fun, we had seasons in the sun …” Ah yes, seems like a million years ago that Seasons in the Sun was a top hit on Springbok Radio, and it was played near to death by Clackie Mackay, David “the gruesome gresh”, “keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars” Gresham and the like… Esme Everard and Jan Cronje. Rocco Erasmus.
Ah, to body surf! I’m a little afraid of the ocean these days. I worry about tidal waves and sharks, and being sucked deep into the ocean, beyond the breakers, by a backwash current. As a kid, though, I loved to swim in the ocean (especially at …