Most of you know by now that we are outdoor people, summer people, beach people, and I love to sleep in until 7:30 in the morning.  The only time I wake early is my days I go to work, and the days we are on the beach.  The days on the beach, I will wake up before the sun rises and make some coffee and head down to the beach.    Normally you are just getting the first rays of sun and the photo is fairly dark and grainy.  You will find the Plovers at the edge of the water looking for breakfast.  I enjoy watching the wave crash over as the sun sparkles on the droplets that rise from the pounding of the wave.

Standing under the dock as the sun breaks the horizon is always a sense of awe for me, as the sun glitters on the water, shimmering brightly.

The sand glistens with tiny radiant drops of light, gold in color.

And among those glistening drops of light, a little friend slowly emerges out of his home, to a brand new day and a new adventure.

I am easily drawn back to the beauty of the morning as the sun radiates off the surface of the water turning everything golden in color.

Back to the little crab and up much closer .   He ventures out into the new day.  A day that is bright and warm.  The sun shining on it body, and the promise of a good day ahead.

Of course he does have to watch out for the plover who is on a food mission at the edge of the water.  Crabs are fast though and if I moved a fraction he was back down his hole.

It was a fascinating experience to watch him clean house.  Perhaps it was a her, but cleaning house was what it did.  Scooping up balls of shiny wet sand he would bring it from down in its house, up to the surface level of the of the beach sand.

The day has begun, the sun is glinting on the water,  the surf is up, the waves are ready to challenge, and we are ready to play.

The downside of this day was that the surfing experience cost Amy her Go Pro.  It was not fastened securely enough to withstand being dumped by a killer wave.  Ok so killer is a bit of an exaggeration, but you get the picture, scraping along the bed of the ocean while the Go Pro videos the fishes in the big big ocean.

I hope that you enjoyed my interpretation of glitter – the shimmering, reflected light.