Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Last Days of Summer

SWF

Where Sky meets Sand and Surf
Bolivar Peninsula

East of Galveston Texas
Pre-Hurricane Ike

I am posting this on the anniversary of Ike
and to honor the recovery efforts.

Comments appreciated.

For other SWF posts,
see the SkyWatch site here
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Troy
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34 comments:

Unseen India Tours said...

What a fantastic shot !! I loved the beauty..Great post..Unseen Rajasthan

EG CameraGirl said...

It was a truly beautiful beach. I hope it will soon look this great again!

Dewdrop said...

Ike truly did devastate the Bolivar Peninsula. May God bless them in their recovery.

Daryl said...

summer here never really got going so its sort of sad that's its ending ... great shot!

naturglede/Randi Lind said...

It reminds me that the summer is over. But I also love the Fall!

SaraG said...

Beautiful photo!!
Happy SWF

Carver said...

That's a beautiful shot. Ike was a bad one.

Sylvia K said...

Yes, Ike was a bad one indeed! This is a great shot though and I do hope the beach will look like this again soon!

Happy SWF!

Sylvia

Gaelyn said...

Nice capture. I'm sure it looks very different after Ike.

Unknown said...

I saw your post earlier today. It reminded me of our trip out there earlier this year around Memorial Day weekend. We were glad to see the roads were completed but shocked at the devastation.

Unknown said...

I saw your post earlier today. It reminded me of our trip out there earlier this year. It was just before Memorial Day weekend. We were glad to see the roads were open. We were shocked at the devastation.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Troy: What a neat ocean shot. You need to get the fastest finger award with another number one post.

P-TER said...

Great shot ! ! !
Gr.
P-TER

Photo Cache said...

always the best spot is the place where sky, sea and surf meets. and you proved it with your image.

bobbie said...

What a marvelous photo. It captures the very essence of summer's end.

Colin Campbell said...

Lovely work.

eileeninmd said...

I love the beach. Awesome shot of the sky and the beach. Thanks for sharing.

Jim said...

I always love a good beach shot.
Sydney - City and Suburbs

clairz said...

Beautiful photo. Terrible damage from that hurricane. Thank you for sharing.

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

Hi Troy and Martha ,
Lovely sky and words, how come that you2 are mostly the first in the linky list? Just wishing you a happy swf

Greetings JoAnn/Holland-I join swf

Lew said...

Beautiful spot! I hope it regains some of the beauty.

Leah Fry said...

Lovely shot, and I enjoyed sharing some of your other adventures.

Amanda said...

I love sky meets sea photos...always such great colors... makes me wanna dip my toes in the ocean surf =) Happy SkyWatch

Tussy said...

Beautiful photo, the first SWF of the list too!

Amanda said...

This picture makes me want to dip my feet in the ocean surf! Happy SkyWatch =)

D Herrod said...

Wonderful shot

Splendid Little Stars said...

my favorite--sand and sea and sky!

Pearl Maple said...

Fabulous view of your patch of the sky for Sky Watch Friday. Having lived through the no name and some other big storms on the east coast appreciate it takes a long time to rebuild.

Anonymous said...

So pretty, guess we never know when nature is going to rearrange our views.

Eaglesbrother said...

wonderful photo and a reminder of what Nautre can bring to us.

Bob
aka Eaglesbrother

Small City Scenes said...

Wonderful shot of a beautiful beach. Lets hope it can look this way again. MB

Happily Retired Gal said...

Beautiful view ... timely reminder.
Hugs and blessings,

Kathie Brown said...

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea! Very nice Troy. I did enlarge it for the best effect! I can feel those waves rolling over me!

Anonymous said...

I've heard a lot of bad stories about Ike from friends in the area. Glade you (and they) got through it safely and hope for a quick recovery of the earth and the people.