Landscapes

This post was originally published on 22 Jan, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog.

We found this great little stretch of coastline. It has the greatest rock formations, and some of my favorite landscapes, where the arid desert meets the blue ocean. There is something that feels so impossible about such a parched place, where it takes so much effort to be alive, to push roots through sand and rock, and to hang on to this tenuous existence, but to do it on the edge of all the water in the world. I imagine it is like the man dying of thirst floating in a raft in the middle of the ocean. It is desolation surrounded by water and life. 

This site has been set aside, as some sort of protected area, which is great since there is no garbage or building on it. Except that there is this one building. Nobody seems to agree on exactly what it is for, but some people said it was a resort that was started and abandoned when the land was protected by the government. Other people say it is the bathrooms that they built for the national park. In either case, it is a really interesting structure.

Pretty grand for a bathroom!

Shapes.

I love to look for the millions of years of wind and waves left behind in the history of this “solid” stone. Nothing is permanent, but everything has an effect. 

These granite boulders are everywhere. I love these ancient granite coastlines, how they create the most impossible balancing rocks. This one actually has a base of about two square feet of contact. It is hard to tell from this picture, but the boulder is actually about forty feet in diameter. It looks like the wind should be able to blow it over any time.

Shadow play.