Driftwood Beach

I love trees. To me they are very spiritual not to mention big, beautiful, old, and sometimes ancient, let me start with saying that! In my new home north when we went to pick out our lot I noticed right away six huge pine trees that would be our view every time we would look out our window and knew our house that we would make a home needed to be there. My husband was more concerned with drainages, sewers out front so on and so forth, you know all sorts of husband things. Me, trees … I just have a thing for trees! Yes we are on that lot and we have named those six pine trees and I have bonded with them and love them!

As we are heading north for the summer we like to make like a weeks vacation time out of it and take our time driving home and stop at different places. Sometime we venture out and try new places or we will go back to some our favorite places we have been too. Today we stopped off at one of my favorite places in Georgia on Jekyll Island called Driftwood Beach. We have been there quite a few times. We are called to be there every few years. You could never know how amazing it is there until you’ve seen it in person. First of all it’s a photographers playground. It’s what is call "A thin place” a place where the boundary between heaven and earth is especially thin. It's a place where we can sense the divine more readily." It’s just sacred and fills you up with all kinds of emotion.

Due to the effects of decades of erosion, what was once a lush, maritime forest has become a boneyard for ancient oak trees and pine trees that have fallen victim to Mother Nature. Over time, as the ocean crept its way into the forest and strong winds and saltwater ate away at tree roots, the soil cover needed to keep it alive became stripped away. This caused the trees to uproot or to die, some of which miraculously remain standing while others lay half-buried in the sand. And because the tides along this part of the coastline aren't strong enough to sweep them out to sea, the trees remain. Together forming the hauntingly beautiful landscape that Driftwood is known for today. It really is the beautiful of imperfection!

#thinplace #ancienttrees #sacredplace