Life, to play with a familiar phrase, is a beach. At least in the summer.
When you live in the northern hemisphere, there’s nothing that exemplifies the good living offered by summertime as much as the sandy shores and coastal waters. It is life at its best, with all the good feelings and images that go with it — the soothing sensation of warm sand on bare feet, sunshine melting away aches and pains, the joyful sound of children at play.
I have been one of the lucky ones who for many years spent summers at a lake retreat. Our children enjoyed carefree months running in a pack with friends. My husband and I enjoyed a more relaxing lifestyle. For all of us, it was lazy starts to mornings, afternoons whiled away on the sand and in the surf, evening walks by the water, friends by the campfire.
Memories of life at the beach are clearly a variety of images — rustic cabins and castles in the sand, curling whitecaps and stunning sunsets, people at play and people at rest. They are all good, all perfect and all here in these terrific collections of illustrations:
