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Since I was little, I was so excited by the original ….”melodious symphony” of an ….”angry” sea!!! Going to sleep or awakening somewhere close to the sea, and listening to the …”angry” waves splashing onto the beach, has been one of my beloved sounds! But not only : WATCHING this spectacle in action, has been EVEN more thrilling! Plus, the special sea-smell, plus, the salty breeze or wind, plus, the seagulls’ “songs”!!! Wow!!!! What an irresistible scene of the Nature Forces ‘ enchanting , wild Beauty !!! And, sometimes, I would even dare to swim into such “angry” waters, but only under Mediterranean Summer temperatures….

These last 2 days I have been again with my husband and young Nicholas at Oostende , up to the Northern Belgian Sea -- not under Mediterranean temperatures…And I did enjoy again those beautiful, wild, grey, and majestic salty waters, the huge sandy beach, the beloved sea-smell, and sea-sounds!! But with neither romantic sunset this time, nor swimming (of course)!!! But , on the other hand, with lots of Artistic inspiration , created by the magical Nature Movement, and Action!! The majestic Action of the “angry” sea, and the re-action to it : the re-action of lots of creatures, those sea-lovers, humans and animals -- the Seagulls , of course! I saw human babies with dads or brothers, even alone, utterly enjoying themselves into the cold and “angry” waters !! Others, enjoying just the splashing melodious sounds, sitting comfortably, or walking on the beach (like me and my family)…The sun was not generous this time , playing the hide and seek all the time , but the whole atmosphere was really exciting and uplifting!! Thank God!

The Flora and Fauna of « my » Château (de La Hulpe) in the Summer time, is a non-stop inspiration and a childlike joy for me!! The…..”wild” world over there, gives me an indescribable, …wild joy, especially, when a colourful Lady (Peacock Butterfly) like the one of my main photo, suddenly lands in front of my very eyes (my camera’s eyes more precisely) , onto my model bloom! What a ….wild surprise! But just look also at the rest of my beeee-sy models!!! Don’t you find them adorable, too????

Have you ever been surrounded by the magical colours of a summer-sunset during the low tide? I can tell you, the feelings and sensations are … divinely mystical!

This has happened to me 2 weeks ago, when I was with my family at the huge Oostende beach, in the N. Belgium for a weekend!!! It was a glorious summer sunny day, with ideal temperatures and a soft breeze…The long and large sandy beach was almost deserted by the visitors…It was so calm… We were walking with my family along the beach, while the waters were becoming lower and lower, and the sun was getting all the more brilliant, and colourful …I started taking photos non-stop, mesmerized…

And then, I left my family for a while, and rushed upstairs to my hotel room, in order to capture the rest of the sunset moments from the balcony…Oh, dear! The spectacle was even more divine!! Cause the sand and the waters were creating magical interchangeable , ultra colourful, reflections and forms! The few human and bird forms among them, were filling me with the magical sensations of a colourful dream! .......And it lasted not long, like all dreams….

*** In LARGE!!!

My beloved Lake Genval near my house has a lovely yachting-club, with many …big and little Members! And not only…Two exceptional Members, the twin dog-brothers, are my favorite posers in there!!! All smiles, and cute, adorable looks!! Just look at them!! I cannot tell you exactly which one is which in my photos… But I can only tell you, that one of them has one of his front legs missing…An accident?....Who knows… What I do know is, that they are both gentle, sugar-sweet, and so affectionate with each other and with any other creature around them…The missing leg does not play any negative role in their brotherly or social lives, since their angel hearts are filled with innocent, pure Love!!....

The Mediterranean Sea countries with their sunny villages and cities by the sea, are blessed to have a wonderful plant growing around them, either cultivated in their gardens or by itself in the wild, the “Bougainvillea", or Bougavillia, like it is called in Greece! This magnificent Nature Creation has tiny-tiny white blooms , blooming among their top growing leaves, turning brilliantly colourful, mainly having this magical brilliant dark pink, or Indian Pink colour!! The variety growing in the wild, even among rocky grounds(!!), has only a lovely purple-pink colour, and smaller dark green leaves!! But the cultivated varieties could be orange, red, white, cream, very soft pink, and brilliant pink , of course, like the one of my photos, growing on the island of Corfu!!

It had already started a magnificent sunset those moments, and the strong sun-light and shadows, caressing all those lovely blooming creatures, were adding an exceptional , divinely graceful look to them…