{I shot this photo blind because the sun was so bright I couldn’t see my phone screen!}

I am so glad that, in this world of instant entertainment and electronic gizmos and whatnot, my girls (and all the other kids at the beach today) can still find the joy of hours and hours of free play at the beach.

Our beach trip today cost us nothing (if you don’t count the bicycling energy to get there) and was the source of so much inspiration and exploration and observation and experimentation. The rocks and sand and crabs and water and seaweed kept us busy the entire afternoon.

Here’s to many more summer afternoons spent likewise- at the beach, in meadows, in the forest and on city streets. What we can observe and learn from in the world around us is priceless!