Ever since we moved to Pawleys's Island
Bruce and I have made it a tradition to visit Pawleys Island Beach
on the last and the first day of each year.
Most years, we take a long walk along the shoreline,
but today it's been raining hard all morning.
We counted ourselves lucky to catch a short break in the clouds
which allowed us enough time to dash to the beach.
It was obvious from the dark clouds
which were closing in from the west of us
that there wouldn't be enough time for us to take a walk on the beach
this year.
And judging by the height of the tide on the marsh,
if we lingered too long,
we might even be at risk of the high tide flooding the streets
leaving us stuck on the island
until the tide receded.
So we contented ourselves
with watching the
glow on the marsh magically change,
as the sun slipped in and out of the clouds.
By the time we got home, it was pouring again.
We'll try again tomorrow to take a beach walk,
but the next several days are predicted to have a high probability of precipitation, so we probably won't get to take our first 2021 beach walk
until Monday, Jan 4, 2021, or later.
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