The best things in life....

I've just been reading Jane's post over at Marigold Jam. It's entitled 'Santosha' which apparently means to be content. I think she and I shared the same sort of contentment today, albeit on opposite sides of the water. I met up with a couple of friends for a walk in the glorious sunshine we're having this week. Vickie lives in Penally, about 20 minutes from me, and she looks out over the view to Lundy from her house. Three of us trundled down to the beach at the bottom of her road and walked from Penally into Tenby, seen here in the distance. It was so hot you could feel the sun burning you as you walked along. There were a few people about, mostly dog walkers. My friend Di had her Border Terrier, Scruff with her but he never stood still long enough to be captured on film!

I spent most of the walk picking up shells and various bits and pieces like mermaids purses, seaweeds and the odd crab and scallop shell. It was all hanging out of my jacket pocket but now it's all in a bucket losing the sand covering everything. I want to pull some of it together to draw this weekend but if the weather continues like this it will be spent in the garden or going for another walk. Today was a day to feel glad to be alive. I was with great friends and in a place I love living in, doing something for free in brilliant Spring like weather that couldn't be bettered. Thank you for the new word Jane, it was definitely a day of 'santosha'.