Teasing me

Had to wear my little black chinese shoes for my walk to the beach today because the straps of my sandals had broken again. I just now bought my 3rd pair of the very same sandals at Shuk HaCarmel. The first pair I bought were size 39 and those made me trip all the time since they were too long, so when I bought the 2nd pair I made sure I took size 38. Since those sandals have been totally outworn and a strap broke as well and the basta at the Shuk didn't have size 38 anymore I am now wearing 37. And they fit nicely. Strange though how 3 different sizes fit me...

The sea had a glimmer on him I had never seen before. Like a glaze over the surface, a thin film of not shining shine... (photo 1).

Though quite late (left at 06:30) There were practically no people at the boulevard (boardwalk). I could actually "sing" (I call it singing) without anyone hearing me. I enjoyed that :p When I reached the end of the ramp and did my usual check-up on the crabs at the rocks a bird I have never seen before came to sit less than 1 meter away from me. He was soooo beautiful. He had a brown/white patched chest and deep-blue, very shiny, wings and a long, thin beak. He also had a little fish in his beak. I so much wanted to photograph him but knew the moment I reach for my backpack he'd fly away. And, that is what happened.... But, that's not all. It felt like he was on a teasing mission. Teasing me that is... Because when I started to walk towards "my" mezah I saw him again. He was sitting there as if to say "look, and see that you cannot photograph me" - and he was right. (photos 2 & 3) - Hardly noticeable but the best I could do..... And still that wasn't enough for him because later on, after I had spent a few hours on "my" mezah and was walking towards the "commercial" stretch of the sea towards Shuk HaCarmel - I bent down over the balustrade of the boardwalk to look down to the sea and up from underneath me he flew.... less than 1 meter away from me - who was totally unprepared for that. He was definitely teasing me...

The underwater rocks near "my" mezah are covered with whatever - and look very pleasing to the eye so I tried to make a photo of that as well - only to discover that soon as I took out the camera the rocks that had been uncovered by sea water until then were continuously being drowned by the sea again :D (photo 4)

In the little puddle at 'my' mezah I always see crabs of all different sizes, colors and designs, except for white crabs - but when I see dead crabs they are always 'white'. I wonder if white crabs are just more vulnerable and accident prone or if crabs, of all colors, turn white after they die? I can't find anything on internet about that...(photo 5)

At first the clouds were all over but when the day turned into "your regular" August summerday again - the skies were amazingly high. (photo 6). That is one thing about Israel (perhaps the Middle East?) - because those high skies I never saw in the Netherlands for example. I love high skies...

And then, just before turning into the Shuk, I decided to make 2 photos of the grafiti (rather wall paintings) that I see every time I go to Shuk HaCarmel (photos 7 & 8)...