Hell Bay and the River Medway

Cherry Hill Beach runs the length of a rock covered sandy peninsula known as Clam Island that forms Hell Bay on the ocean side,  just at the mouth of the Medway River. This creates an estuary of brackish water behind the beach which is dotted with a few small islands and forms a beautiful natural habitat for all kinds of wildlife. 

Though the day had started as sunny and warm, a brisk wind was blowing by the time my friend Jacob and i hit the beach. A storm was moving in, but i think our timing was right to catch the most interesting light of the day. 

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Risser's Rising

I return with my camera time and again to the same local beaches. They change remarkably even from day to day, the next tide removing and reshaping the landscape set in sand by the last. So the subjects of my lens always seem fresh to me. Old elements are washed away while new are deposited, incidental passengers on the continuous, rhythmic surf. But new seasons bring even greater changes than the passing of mere days.
Risser's Beach is no exception. As the coastline shakes off its wintery chill and the ice and snow melt into rivulets of aqueous deliquesce, old friends return to their familiar habitats and the cycles of life sally forth on their constant journey towards eternity. Even the stoic rocks have changed somewhat, as formation collapse and reconfigure, and wind and wave etch even deeper the time-worn grooves on the weathered faces of ancient standing stone.
Arise Lady Sunshine, for spring has sprung!

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Shaving the Sun

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