Comments on: O is for Ocean http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/ Thu, 17 May 2012 13:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kim http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20043 Kim Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:47:43 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20043 I grew up near the ocean and then lived right at the ocean .....then I thought I would love to live in the mountains, which I do, but now I miss the ocean. Silly me. Once the kids are grown, I am going back :-) What I miss most is the smell of the salt air and the gentle clanging of the buoys as I lay in bed. Skinny dipping in the dark is scary.....you can feel the presence sharks in the water....hehe Seagulls......I LOVE them! I grew up near the ocean and then lived right at the ocean …..then I thought I would love to live in the mountains, which I do, but now I miss the ocean. Silly me. Once the kids are grown, I am going back :-)

What I miss most is the smell of the salt air and the gentle clanging of the buoys as I lay in bed. Skinny dipping in the dark is scary…..you can feel the presence sharks in the water….hehe

Seagulls……I LOVE them!

]]> By: Liz Kalloch http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20042 Liz Kalloch Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:14:17 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20042 I love sitting and watching the colours of the water changes, as wind anbd clouds move overhead, and as the sun shines through the waves. I grew up very near the coast too, and we used to camp on Plum Island and fly kites all day long when I was a kid. Other favorite beach is just north of Marblehead, can't coome up with the name, but it is less a beach and more an explosion of granite, we would wade in tide pools and collect chells and rocks and take naps on the warm rocks. I love sitting and watching the colours of the water changes, as wind anbd clouds move overhead, and as the sun shines through the waves. I grew up very near the coast too, and we used to camp on Plum Island and fly kites all day long when I was a kid. Other favorite beach is just north of Marblehead, can’t coome up with the name, but it is less a beach and more an explosion of granite, we would wade in tide pools and collect chells and rocks and take naps on the warm rocks.

]]> By: Kim http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20041 Kim Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:39:42 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20041 Okay, now I'm envious. You've always lived near the ocean? Sigh...I've always wanted to live near the ocean. I love everything about it. Rocky beaches, the salty smell, the little critters you can find in the sand when the tide goes out....etc....etc. Okay, now I’m envious. You’ve always lived near the ocean? Sigh…I’ve always wanted to live near the ocean. I love everything about it. Rocky beaches, the salty smell, the little critters you can find in the sand when the tide goes out….etc….etc.

]]> By: Ilene http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20040 Ilene Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:23:49 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20040 OK, here's the thing. I love you for the hats you knit for me but now I have to hate you for showing me that gorgeous beaded bracelet and leading me to the Earthfaire site. Yup, I'm doomed or should I say my credit card is gonna wear out. Really though thanks for the hats, they are so darn cute. OK, here’s the thing. I love you for the hats you knit for me but now I have to hate you for showing me that gorgeous beaded bracelet and leading me to the Earthfaire site. Yup, I’m doomed or should I say my credit card is gonna wear out. Really though thanks for the hats, they are so darn cute.

]]> By: jessie http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20039 jessie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:12:51 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20039 Sadly, I have never lived closer than 4 hours from the ocean. But a trip there every year (okay, not once in the past 6 years) is a major event for me. My stepmother and I are taking my daughter to Maine in August. Only for 2 days, but she's never seen the ocean and is convinced it will be just like the small lake we go to here in VT. I was trying to explain to her the difference between the lake and the ocean and one of the main ones is the sound of the surf. And the saltiness of the water. This kid will be wave jumping within 5 minutes of hitting the beach. (I have intense memories of the salty water smell at the Jersey shore and I've never smelled it like that anywhere else. I'm wondering if it was my childish smell receptors, which hold so many memories, or if Seaside Heights had something nowhere else does.) Spending a day at the beach, then showering and changing (and bringing a sweater for later, of course) and going out to eat on a wharf somewhere and being a total tourist also have great memory associations for me. Can't wait till August. Sadly, I have never lived closer than 4 hours from the ocean. But a trip there every year (okay, not once in the past 6 years) is a major event for me. My stepmother and I are taking my daughter to Maine in August. Only for 2 days, but she’s never seen the ocean and is convinced it will be just like the small lake we go to here in VT.

I was trying to explain to her the difference between the lake and the ocean and one of the main ones is the sound of the surf. And the saltiness of the water. This kid will be wave jumping within 5 minutes of hitting the beach. (I have intense memories of the salty water smell at the Jersey shore and I’ve never smelled it like that anywhere else. I’m wondering if it was my childish smell receptors, which hold so many memories, or if Seaside Heights had something nowhere else does.)

Spending a day at the beach, then showering and changing (and bringing a sweater for later, of course) and going out to eat on a wharf somewhere and being a total tourist also have great memory associations for me.

Can’t wait till August.

]]> By: maggie http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20038 maggie Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:28:57 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20038 Lobster, Clams, Cod and Haddock,the way cocoa butter smells...only at the beach, sanddollars and starfish,the cool from a dip and dripping dry after, sun on my skin...love it all! Lobster, Clams, Cod and Haddock,the way cocoa butter smells…only at the beach, sanddollars and starfish,the cool from a dip and dripping dry after, sun on my skin…love it all!

]]> By: claudia http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20037 claudia Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:33:45 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20037 The smell, but I really hate the sand and the salt. Bicycling past the beach does me. ;-) The smell, but I really hate the sand and the salt. Bicycling past the beach does me.
;-)

]]> By: Helen http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20036 Helen Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:23:55 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20036 I love watching the waves come in and go out, while the sandpipers chase them. I love the smell of the ocean, and how the sand feels between your toes. There really isn't anything I don't love about the ocean; I'm a Cancer, and wish I lived closer to the ocean. I love watching the waves come in and go out, while the sandpipers chase them. I love the smell of the ocean, and how the sand feels between your toes. There really isn’t anything I don’t love about the ocean; I’m a Cancer, and wish I lived closer to the ocean.

]]> By: Birdsong http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20035 Birdsong Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:23:35 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20035 Ooh, I should have guessed that this would be your O! Well, the ocean over on this side of the country is much colder, so loving it for swimming just isn't the thing, but I do love the power of the waves breaking against the shore and the rocks, and of course, the birds. Ooh, I should have guessed that this would be your O! Well, the ocean over on this side of the country is much colder, so loving it for swimming just isn’t the thing, but I do love the power of the waves breaking against the shore and the rocks, and of course, the birds.

]]> By: christine http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-20034 christine Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:24:49 +0000 http://caroleknits.net/2006/07/26/o-is-for-ocean/#comment-20034 I think I like the sound the best, and the breeze when there is one. I remember the first time I was in Plymouth, and saw the "rock." Major disappointment....... I think I like the sound the best, and the breeze when there is one.
I remember the first time I was in Plymouth, and saw the “rock.” Major disappointment…….

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