Monday, September 02, 2024

Great Lake texture

It was a windy day
Port Stanley, ON
September 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

September always seems to arrive sooner than most months, and for years our family has evolved a rather simple tradition where we spend one of the unofficial last days of summer at the beach.

Because if you’re going to transition from summer to autumn, then you might want to stand beside a large body of water to mark the moment. Because it means far more than a flip of the calendar. (Wait, do we even flip calendars anymore?)

For many of us, it’s an ending and a beginning. Or many of both.

Which explains this photo, because when I’m at the beach I like to get all philosophical by the water’s edge. It’s a resonant place, where land ends and water begins. Or maybe it’s the water that’s doing the ending.

Whatever. It’s a border of sorts, a place where the winds blow unimpeded and the waves go to die. It’s hard to stand here and not feel moved in some way.

So that’s what I do, stand quietly for a while and take it all in with every sense I’ve got. I feel the wind on my face, the waves washing over my feet, the sound of the birds screaming overhead, their wings slicing the turbulent air and adding to the cacophony.

And sometimes I’ll take a picture. Or many pictures. Not because the world needs more beachy pics, but because I do. I need some way to remember what it feels like to stand here because soon enough autumn and then winter will repaint the landscape and all we’ll have are memories.

In fact, winter eventually arrives for us all, and part of me thinks this has nothing to do with actual months or seasons or calendars.

And when we’re shivering through the final chapter of whatever it is that we’re measuring, we’ll need memories to hold onto.

So let’s make them now, shall we?

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