On this isolated beach, nothing much ever happened. At least, not much from a human perspective.
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Similar, but lighter and brighter
The second time I walked to this beach, it looked the same as the first time I had come. Sandy, wet, and deserted. But one thing had changed.
Instead of the dull grey, rainy sky of the previous day, this day was suffused with light. The sky was a vivid blue, and the clouds were bathed in a pure, white light.
Minute changes, sea changes
The change in the weather reminded me of the many other inevitable changes that I couldn’t see.
While that massive log stretching across the photo had not moved even a millimeter, the many plants lining the beach had surely continued to grow. The waves had lapped the shore over and over again, and the tide had ebbed and flowed to nature’s rhythm. And thousands of little sand crabs had kept up their ceaseless activity, leaving behind intricate patterns on the surface of the sand as they scuttled about.
So, while it seemed as though everything stayed the same, nature had continued to change and evolve – every minute, every eon.
