Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56: Seascapes and/or Lakeshore
The theme this week from Amy for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56 is Seascapes and/or Lakeshore. As I searched my photos, it took me to ocean, beaches and lakes from my travel and the neighborhood.
Some of the quotes I included maybe the voices for saving the ocean as the ocean has served us.

Huntington Beach, California
“The beach to me is a sacred zone between the earth and the sea, one of those in-between between places where transitions can be experienced – where endings can be mourned, and beginnings birthed. A walk along the beach offers the gift of the unexpected.” – Joan Anderson

Laguna Beach, California
“Worry is something you can make as big as the tallest mountain, or as small as a pebble on the beach. It is up to you to decide which you would rather have.” – Byron Pulsifer

Laguna Lake, California
“The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.” – Michael Josephson

Huntington Beach, California (Taken on a different day)
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

Huntington Beach, California (Taken on a different day)
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

Bondi Beach, Australia
“People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth’s life support system, it shapes climate and weather. It holds most of life on earth. 97% of earth’s water is there. It’s the blue heart of the planet-we should take care of our heart. It’s what makes life possible for us. We still have a really good chance to make things better than they are. They won’t get better unless we take the action and inspire others to do the same thing. No one is without power. Everybody has the capacity to do something.” – Sylvia Earle

Newport Beach, California
“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.” – Rachel Carson

Port Douglas, Australia
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” – Vincent Van Gogh
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56: Seascapes and/or Lakeshore
what a lovely post-I loved the quotes
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Thank you very much, Michele!
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Wow… just breathtaking and so beautifully clicked. Loved it! Amazing ❤️. Also visit our profile for some beautiful pictures here: Rabi S Saha & Rabi Shankar Saha Photography
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I like your photography. Excellent photos. 🙂
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Oh how I miss the ocean! Beautiful pictures!
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Thank you so much for reading. Sorry to make you feel missing the ocean. When we drove across the country once, especially going through states where flat land goes on and on and on, it made me miss the mountains and ocean!
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Well I grew up in Santa Barbara, and so I really miss the ocean now that I live in Wisconsin. But it’s great to see all of it again in your beautiful pictures. I can almost smell the ocean air! 😉
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It’s beautiful in Santa Barbara even though I’ve been there only a few times. The first time was about 30 years ago, I only remember it when I remember the age of my daughter.
I stayed with the same job until I retired so in a way, it’s fortunate my job was in southern CA. 🙂
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It really is, and I miss it so much! That is fortunate. 😉
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I hope you can travel and visit places you want to go. 🙂
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That’s definitely something I plan to do more of! 😉
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Good planning. 🙂
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Awesome pics! I always love the sea and sea scapes
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Lovely all round Miriam. I love the oceans and seashores.
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I think ocean and seashores do us a lot of good, Peter.
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Hi, Miriam! I enjoyed the pictures and quotes. Well done. I love the beach and water scenes. ❤
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Thank you, Vashti! I hope to go a beach or river soon for a change. It’s getting too hot here. Hope you stay cool. ❤
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It is scorching hot here in South Florida. Today was a little cooler (79º F) because it rained all day but it’s been sweltering. I stay cool in my house. Thank God for the AC! 😉 xo
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There was a heat wave from east to west last week. You have heat plus humidity in South Florid. The windows in our house face north and south so we don’t get the heat from sunrise and sunset. It saves us. We had 100º F for two days last week. It was cooler the last few days. We don’t have AC, just open windows early in the morning and late at night. 🙂
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I can’t imagine living in Florida without AC. Californi is at a much higher elevation, so you guys probably get some great cool breezes but we’re completely flat down here. I hope you don’t get any more heatwaves. Happy Friday and a great weekend, my friend! ❤
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Happy weekend to you and have a great birthday celebration, Vashti. ❤
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Thanks, my friend! ❤
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You’re welcome, my friend! 🙂 ❤
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You’ve been to some remarkable places, Miriam. What a great thing to photograph!
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Thank you, Pete! Yes, ocean is attractive to me!
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I love these beaches in So Cali. Huntington Beach is a lot of fun, many surfers.
Thank you for taking us to these beautiful beaches, a nice a break from the heat. 🙂
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Thank you for reading, Amy. I’m so glad these beaches are half an hour drive from us (with no traffic). 🙂
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Stunning!
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Thank you so much for your comment!
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Beautiful pictures of the ocean and lake, Miriam:) The quotes fit in perfectly.
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Thank you, Denise. I hope your summer is great. I’m heading to see my granddaughter again.
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Beautiful photographs, Miriam. I love the quotes too.
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Thank you for your comment, Robbie. I always love the lifting and encouraging quotes.
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A beautiful collection of beach photos and quotes, Miriam.
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Thank you so much, Norah. Those quotes are great reminders for me.
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Yes, they’re special.
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🙂 🙂
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Great photos. The long, breaking wave is my favorite, as is the Van Gogh quote.
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Thank you for reading, John. That one is my favorite also. It was a good day watching the waves. Yes, that quote is inspiring to me.
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Not sure what happened to the “iria” between the Ms 😱😱
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Haha, Tina, it just happened to me earlier. Good thing I caught it.
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These are terrific MM, and that last quote really spoke to me
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Thank you, Tina. I remember when I seek advice for my first adventure, that person said, “Never try, never succeed.” It’s still the advice to me years later.
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With a warm heart of friendship I send you a lovely greeting
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Hi tina
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