Scary!!

Like many, I didn't know what was going on yesterday. I was worried when I couldn't log into steemit. I wondered if I had done something wrong, or my key was corrupted, or steemit didn't want me anymore, or steemit had died and gone to heaven, or maybe it had all just been a big, beautiful dream? It could have been anything and it was scary for a moment because you don't want to lose someone/something you have just met and grown really, really fond of (just like you don't want to wake up from a beautiful dream).

Phew!

Luckily it wasn't scary for long thanks to my wonderful friends @andysantics and @bluefinstudios (@dreemsteem was asleep on the other side of daytime) on the @welcomewagon discord channel who cleared that up for me very quickly. Phew!! We went on to have a lovely chat about nighttime photography, beaches and lotions and potions while I was contemplating what to do with the unexpected extra time. It was about 4pm in my corner of Australia.

What to do?

I love being outside in the fresh air, so naturally I decided to go for a walk along/on the beach. The weather was dark and gloomy, quite uncharacteristic for this time of year. But I'm not complaining, after all my winters are like most people's summers. Except yesterday. Yesterday it was gloomy and looked like rain. Nonetheless, the walk was beautiful, very representative of the surroundings I live in.

The following is a recount in (unedited) pictures and I hope you like joining me on this walk. There's a bit of ocean, water and sandy beach, a bit of creek (i.e. crocodile habitat), some mangroves and some of our fascinating crabs (who mostly decided to stay in their muddy holes, probably because of the weather).

And then there's one of my favourite trees that had to be cut down after it was uprooted by a storm earlier this year. I was sad when that happened but at least it was taken by nature and not deforestation perpetrated by greedy humans.

Finally, if you like playing Where's Wally, you can even spot my other half in one of the pictures, haha.

Clifton Beach with view to Double Island off Palm Cove

Yep, dogs loooove the beach too

In that exact spot in the bottom right corner picture, I once spotted a baby saltwater crocodile sunbathing

Only a couple of crabs were out today (usually you can see lots of bright red claws)

Our beautiful footpaths, my other half, and my poor tree

Peace and love to all you beautiful steemians, and gratitude for @welcomewagon, @teamaustralia, @Ulogs and everything that makes steemit the great place it is!