Sunbathing – reading

fruits were a real boost. WhoToday was a great day at the beach. The fresh air, a good book and delicious fruit were a real boost. The unpredictability of the weather was a bit annoying, but overall I am in a calm and relaxed mood. After that, there was only one thing missing: sunscreen!

Saintes Maries de la Mer, 2024. 15 May.
I read a book in one day. It was a light summer, real waterfront read. It’s about how the guy, while completely renovating the houseboat, is himself being transformed. Today I was at the waterfront. I love that the French Meteo weather reports are the most reliable and predicted that the sun will shine over the coastal sands between nine and eighteen o’clock today. It almost was. This week (today) Wednesday fell between eleven and twenty o’clock, which is the time of year. It’s ten o’clock at night and it’s raining again. By nine o’clock I was sitting on the beach having breakfast. In the morning I slept in the warm sand; I read and wrote. At noon I bought a melon; but there’s a reason they say you have to eat seasonally and locally; because melons are not in season; they’ve been brought in from somewhere and they were no longer fresh. Afterwards, a swim in the sea, then reading. I got tired of sunbathing at five in the afternoon, I was really just craving an ice cream. While walking, I picked up a new t-shirt, which is made of a summer fabric so thin it’s almost transparent. I got a souvenir – a tea towel, which I will use as a tablecloth because of its huge size. What was good about today? The smell of the sea. For me, that’s enough. What was bad about today? It’s a bit annoying that in a Mediterranean region we are watching the weather hour by hour. Why am I grateful? I’m more thinking about who I should be grateful to; for all of it. For me, that’s all I need for peace of mind: book, baguette, fruit, sea. Lesson? Take sunscreen! A mood chart? Calm, relaxation.