submerge

in Costa Rica: In two hot springs, in a frigid river below a waterfall, in some pools, and in the ocean. I’m back in my desert (water restrictions due to a five-year long drought limit the use of water) and want to submerge again.

for the winter.

i could / should get a wetsuit cos sea swimming in winter is awesome and really wakes you up, but i don’t see myself doing it.

summer will be back

for now this mermaid will just have to get wet in the rain.

but in the bathtub at my mom’s house – i don’t have a real bath so it’s a treat.

something lovely about a mid-afternoon bath on a rainy afternoon while the rest of the household sleeps.

i read, washed my hair, floated in the warm water, lay down under it so that the sounds of my hands against the sides echoed in my eardrums.

myself a free hour, a book, coffee and an empty bench at the beach this morning, for an hour, after dropping Raph at school.

the air is hot, muggy. the water calm as a lake and the temperature of tea that’s been left standing.

i floated on my back with the light tingling on my closed eyelids, warm on top, cool underneath, salty.

i do love the sea.

and coffee:)

saw an actual shark this week end, WHILE IN THE SEA.

was on the look out cos of the fishing boats pulling in nets nearby and the gulls giving away the exact location of likely sharky activity.

got myself and Raph plus various neice and nephew people on to the beach pretty damn fast.

in the sea at sunrise is awesome – the waves lap all pink around your tummy
:)

yesterday

in parts of the Cape Today.

i thought i would die in the no-aircon car on the way home from work.

at 6pm i was in the sea which was a wild as a wild thing, pounding, hitting, tumbling, dumping with every single huge crashing cold wave.

IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

meant a fun, wild swim tonight…the waves were hitting us before we had time to catch our breath from the previous one.

fabulous

today’s post-work, post-traffic swim in the Indian Ocean. sitting here in a wet bikini shivering, waiting for raph to get out the shower.

22 degree c water today, washing all the grime away and temporarily making the moment feel like the only reality that it is.