We’re off for our Summer Vacation…and not a moment too soon!
I really feel like I need a rest…this is the first break I’ve had since last year’s vacation…2 weeks off in a year. (Note to self: need to sort that!)
Still, as my Wife reminds me….she works 52 weeks a year, 365 days, 24/7….Now I know why I didn’t put in for that job!!!
This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family. The kids are growing up and my daughter is about ready to start doing her own ‘holiday thing’, so I hope this is one for us all to remember.
Come Saturday morning we head for the unspoilt coast of Cornwall for two weeks of rest, relaxation, sightseeing and reading. And in my case….painting too. Lots of lovely coastal scenes to capture on canvas.
Let’s hope that the weather smiles on us and we’re able to get onto the beach for a while each day….can’t wait to see the kids faces when they see my new Borat-style swim suit!
I’ve set up a couple of posts for while I’m away, so hopefully there will be service as usual here.
In the meanwhile, the trigger is…
Beach [beech]
-noun
1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
3. the area adjacent to a seashore: We’re vacationing at the beach.
-verb
4. Nautical. to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
5. to make inoperative or unemployed.
-Synonyms
coast, seashore, strand, littoral, sands
TRACKS:
- Hot Chip – Beach Party (album: Coming on Strong) [2004]
- Pas/Cal – The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let’s Go) (album: Handbag Memoirs0 [2002]
- Ekolu- Shores Of Waiehu [2001]
- All Saints – Pure Shores (The Beach) (album: Best Movie Hits) [2007]
- The Clientele – From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica (album: God Save the Clientele) [2007]
- Chris Rea – On the Beach (album: Heartbeats: Greatest Hits) [2005]
- Gomez - Hamoa Beach (album: How We Operate) [2006]
- Gabriella Cilmi – Echo Beach (album: Lessons to Be Learned) [2008]
- Santana – Written in Sand (album: Love Songs) [2003]
- Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand (album: Spirit) [2008]
- Little Bastard – Pam’s Beach Balls
- Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach (album: Oh What a Feeling) [1980]
- Flowers Forever – Beach Bum [2008]
- Counting Crows- Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) (album: Films About Ghosts) [2003]
- Bryan Savage- Zuma Beach (album: Jazz FM – Dreamin) [2003]
- Dido – Sand in my shoes (album: Life For Rent) [2003]
- The Rippingtons – South Beach Mambo (album: Pure Smooth Jazz) [2002]
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