{"id":1000,"date":"2010-04-12T10:27:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2010-04-12T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:34:41","slug":"tide-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Tide Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1002\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?fit=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tide-turn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?fit=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1002\" title=\"tide-turn\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?resize=400%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tide-turn.gif?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after sunrise this morning, at around 7am, the beach was beautiful.\u00a0 The tide was way out and just turning as I walked eastwards into the early morning sun;\u00a0there was\u00a0\u00a0only a handful of people from one end to the other; and very little rubbish abandoned\u00a0 by yesterday&#8217;s and last night&#8217;s visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Jelly fish are &#8216;in season&#8217; these past few days <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>UL and LR,<\/em><\/span><\/span> someone&#8217;s diggings<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"> UR<\/span><\/span><\/em> were about to be inundated and wiped\u00a0away;\u00a0 something large lifted\u00a0a large\u00a0jellyfish<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LR<\/span><\/em><\/span> to leave the print of its underside\u00a0in the path of the incoming tide.\u00a0 Very few tracks are permanent\u00a0 &#8211; or is the opposite true?\u00a0 Now that I&#8217;ve written that, I&#8217;m not sure it is &#8230;. but anyway the big gulls breakfasting on this fresh barracouta or similar fish<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em> LL<\/em><\/span><\/span> waited patiently nearby for me to pass, and will have picked the bones clean by now if the incoming tide and other people walking along the beach didn&#8217;t defeat them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?fit=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"water-ripples\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?fit=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1004\" title=\"water-ripples\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?resize=400%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/water-ripples.gif?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad I had my camera.\u00a0 The water was relatively calm and so clear,\u00a0that\u00a0as the tide turned\u00a0 over the shallow sand their intersecting patterns could be clearly seen in the early morning sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Collages.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after sunrise this morning, at around 7am, the beach was beautiful.\u00a0 The tide was way out and just turning as I walked eastwards into the early morning sun;\u00a0there was\u00a0\u00a0only a handful of people from one end to the other; and very little rubbish abandoned\u00a0 by yesterday&#8217;s and last night&#8217;s visitors. 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