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Sandpiper

The briny's ebbed and out of reach and in its wake a fresh clean beach but left behind and snagged on rock are slimy strings of bladder wrack. In rock pools some creatures marooned and bits of bygone life abound, like skeletons of crustacean that once thrived in this vast ocean. A sandpiper struts on mudflat as that is where his food is at. For cone shaped casts he keeps keen eye knowing that's where a lugworm lie. His pointed beak is poised to stab into the mud a worm to grab. He must be quick to win his fill for soon returning tide will spill.

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Date: 4/3/2021 11:16:00 AM
Living by the sea, I can relate. Well done!
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Tony Hargreaves
Date: 4/4/2021 11:59:00 AM
Thanks Deborah. I love to walk there early morning, before the tide returns. So much to discover. Sadly, no longer live near the seashore. Best wishes. Tony
Date: 3/22/2021 2:14:00 PM
Tony, this is fine writing. I enjoyed the scene you painted very much. You took me there to the seashore.
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Tony Hargreaves
Date: 3/23/2021 9:58:00 AM
Hi Milton. Many thanks. Pleased you enjoyed the seashore. Just seen your 'Silently seeking solitude'. Brilliant, you are the master of alliteration. Best wishes. Tony
Date: 3/22/2021 1:27:00 PM
A very descriptive write, Tony! Blessings, Kim M.
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Tony Hargreaves
Date: 3/23/2021 10:05:00 AM
Many thanks Kim. I love your nursery rhyme 'Becky the Baker'. I always think there's a certain magic in these rhymes. I still remember many even after six decades. All the best. Tony.

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