beach – bushboys world

It’s plastic (not fantastic)

Published on January 27, 2024 by bushboy23 Comments

A re-boot for Fandangos One Word Challenge: Pollution from Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Plastic of a while ago.

Where to begin
a plastic bin

filled with
rubbish
humans left
on the beach
or
washed in on
the tide
from ships at sea

collected by us
the bucket
a handy find
a toilet seat
blew my mind

A lost toy
sad little boy
Sorry little boat
no longer to float
into the bin
never seen again

The beach
a place for
us and the birds
not you
you dirty turds

Enjoy the beach
relax
but please
you bought it down
take it back to town

and we
in tern
will thank you.

Pick a Word – January 2024

Published on January 26, 2024 by bushboy28 Comments

Thursdays Special: Pick a Word January 2024

Here we go with my favourite challenge. Paulas words to match with one of my photos are –

FAR-REACHING

PANORAMIC

SCENIC

ALL-ENCOMPASSING

WIDE-RANGING

#1 – A view of Bondi Sydney in the evening
#2 – The Raspberry Lookout
#3 – A beach in Victoria
#4 – Sculpture from the Sculptures by the Sea 2023
#5 - Coloured pens in a stationery shop

At the beach (after a storm)

Published on January 8, 2024 by bushboy26 Comments

RDP Monday: Sludge

Waves
turbulent
wind whipped

Swirling
twisting
splashing free

Rocks
veiled
life extinguished.

A bit about what you just saw. This sludge is called Sea Foam created when storms roll in and the ocean is agitated by wind and waves.

Seawater contains dissolved salts, proteins, fats, dead algae, detergents and other pollutants. The creation of sea foam can occur often in gargantuan proportions when all these ingredients are mixed together rather violently.

Most sea foam is not harmful to humans and is often an indication of a productive ocean ecosystem. But when large harmful algal blooms decay near shore, there are potential for impacts to human health and the environment. During blooms popping sea foam bubbles are one way that algal toxins become airborne. This algae is a form of Blue-green Algae, one of the oldest life forms on earth.

REF: https://www.oceanwatch.org.au/latest-news/coastal-marine/what-is-sea-foam-and-why-does-it-happen/

Wordless Wednesday – 20 December

Published on December 20, 2023December 21, 2023 by bushboy12 Comments

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Running on empty

Published on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 by bushboy49 Comments

Lens-Artists Challenge #277: Empty Spaces

Unsure of what to do again. I had to discard some as I call them minimalist.
Does Minimalism fit into empty spaces? This is one I discarded.

So on I went, and went on a gallery search…….yeah lazy I know but I have lots of
stuff to do. I picked a few gave them a sort and started to do descriptions. That’s
when I got a bit carried away. I still am not sure what is wanted but here’s a
selection of photos that have an empty feel I hope.
I have a couple I wanted to post but can’t find them, oh well, get on with it.

Uplifted by clouds
sunlit daytime
our moon

Look about
the art of
empty space

Once there be slaves
wild beasts
in the Verona Arena

Long ago
people roamed
these halls

A century before
Parisiens ascended
these stairs

On the horizon
swallowed by swell
sail on sailor

Contemplation walk
alone
shifting sands

Sunrise awakens
waves rolling
morning has broken

Sunset calls
take wing
return to roost

To satisfy the earworm given to the Jackson Browne fans

Overlooking the ocean

Published on November 3, 2023 by bushboy62 Comments

Lens-Artists Challenge: Symmetry

When I was in Sydney I had the chance to visit the historical Waverly Cemetery.

What? Oh I am sorry, I did misunderstand. I thought you said……well never
mind. Perhaps I can find a few symmetries quickly for you.

Sorry once again

Pied Cormorants roosting

The float ball in my dam for my pumps foot valve

A branch on the beach in the morning

Thought I’d get away from water and throw in some black and white

A stairway in Bologna

and for a colourful finish a Banksia flower

I knew I would find a cemetery symmetry 😁

Down by the sea

Published on October 19, 2023 by bushboy14 Comments

CMMC – October: Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s image is of water behind sandhills with the sea in the distance and vegetation in the foreground. Off we go to see what I have………I decided to go with just the coastal theme.
To you that may seems like a nanosecond.
To me, almost an hour as I went down a coastal/seascape/beach/sand wormhole of moving photos, adding some sub-folders and labeling photos. Time well spent, but didn’t find what I thought I have.

Probably my best attempt. Algae counts as vegetation doesn’t it?