ESTUARY (noun) / es.tʃu.ə.ri
The wide part of a river at the place where it joins the sea
Leaning over the railings of the Severn Bridge, just five miles from our house and looking longingly southwestwards, to where I know the ocean waits.
It’s been an emotionally strange and longer than usual month, with January 2021 teaching me to dig deeper than ever I’ve known. To find the ‘new’ in the well-trodden paths around where I live.
I won’t deny, I’ve planned all sorts of covert dawn-breaking ocean jaunts inside my head – it would take around 40 minutes to drive to the rolling waves I need to be with right now – but Covid-19 shows no humanity and has left us all feeling terrified and risk-assessing literally every move we make.
The rules are made and there are fines in place, hospital scenes are no longer behind-the-scenes. It’s everything and anything to stop this. So I’m digging deep, finding the patterns, the dancing light and new ways of seeing on my walks from our home.
The Severn Bridge is the furthest point, and if I walk along this stretch of the coastal path, across the mudflats and long grasses, following the estuary back home, I’m those few steps closer once more to the sea.
“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach—waiting for a gift from the sea.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh, from A Gift from the Sea.
Beautiful capture Jo! I absolutely love that cloud reflection. It’s so peaceful.
Thank you Marilaine, I just had to capture that reflection didn’t I!
These are all so beautiful Jo. I love how they make me feel when I look at them: peaceful ❤❤
Thank you Ann, walking this same path during this time has definitely brought some peace x
So beautiful! Love that happy elephant cloud! It’s such a tranquil and serene image. Love the whole collection.
Thank you so much Rachel! It is a happy elephant cloud indeed! Feels so great to be able to link this special part of the estuary into our Coast project.