T Stands for Walking and the Shorelineat

 Hi everyone. Here's a big hello to the T day ladies since it is time once again to share our drinks and lots of other things too. And of course that hello goes to everyone who stops by.

Last week I had a fun week. I was home for a few days with no place I had to go. ❤ I made good use of my  time and made a lot of art while listening to a couple of different books. It was the perfect way to spend a few windy and cold February days especially since the spare bedroom (now my art space) gets lots of wonderful sunshine.

On a couple of other days  last week I met up with some friends and went walking. Between mud, ice and snow, we can't trail walk right now, so one day a friend and I walked around the outside of 2 back to back shopping malls. But later in the week the tides were finally right at the beach so Thursday I had plans to meet my  friend at the beach.

We had a fun surprise for our beach walk too. Just before I reached the beach I stopped at a gas station to use the bathroom (since there is none during the winter at the beach). I was back in my car getting ready to drive when I heard a lot of horn beeping. I looked up and  who had pulled into the space  next to me but 2 other friends.  They also had planned to go to the beach to walk and were taking a  pre-walk potty stop. It worked out great that all 4 of us could walk together and catch up, and then we all decided to go get lunch afterwards.  I love these kind of spontaneous events. 

This photo is looking down on the beach from up on the road.

The storm surges had been rather rough at the shore lately.   Storms have been hitting during the very high tides (spring tides) that happen when there is a full or new moon.  I think I've shown the remains of this shipwreck before, but the other day it was more exposed than I've ever seen it.

These houses lost a bit of their " front yards" in one of the recent storms we've had. You can see just above the stone retaining wall some erosion.

I'm guessing the high tide surges went as far as where the erosion is, but maybe some people even got a  bit of water into their houses. I'm not sure.

And someone lost part of a walkway that led down to the beach. 

A couple of recent  ocean storms really wracked a bit of havoc on the  road that runs along the beach also. It's a state road, and it was closed for over a week.  Now there are still signs of the mess, including these debris piles all along the edge of several  miles of the road.  These piles are a mixture of sand and mostly small rocks that the waves brought up and then left behind when they receded. They all were plowed off to the side   using snow plows or some type of heavy equipment.

This next photo is a pull off where you can park and watch the ocean. Right now it's still a big  mess.

I'm just sharing these views, but  for those of you who might point out what's going on other places, I know  this is small damage compared to some locations on the planet.

After our beach walk the four of us went and had lunch. You can see my glass of water which is my ticket to T day this week over at Elizabeth"s and Bleubeard's blog . You can also see my sandwich which was a pulled pork grilled cheese. I could only eat half of it, since the fries were pretty tasty. I managed to devour them.

But that meant I had  half a sandwich for later. 😏 

That's all for me today. I hope everyone has a super T day and week ahead.