The winter beach...

Earlier this morning I stopped by the beach...frozen, icy-cold Nauset. It was beautiful...the dunes are drifted with snow and the tidal flow is frozen to the beach, embracing the sea-polished stones which are encased in ice. Even one's footprints were hardly discernible on the sand, leaving a clean slate for any who walk there. Were it not for the frigid temperature and gusty wind, I could have walked for hours, enjoying this serenity and beauty which will be gone all too soon.