The sun is rising. Quick! Come down to the sea to witness the dawn of day. Birds are already calling out to one another and singing their wake-up songs.
A male pheasant crows from beyond the alder bushes. Sparrows are already in flight across the path to the shore.
The view of the sky and ocean open up just beyond the spruce trees. It’s not far now to the rocks and stones below.
From the shore, the view is clear across the water. The sun is being coy and staying out of sight behind the clouds. The tide is neither high nor low, half revealing the wave smoothed rock where mermaids arrange their hair in warmer weather.
Waves pound the beach as the sky begins to darken. Rain is on its way. The sunrise show is coming to an end.
There’s time for just one last glance at the dawn from behind the mermaid rock. The mermaids will soon be migrating back to our northern waters for the summer months. Perhaps we’ll spot one this year as she sits on the rock, looking out to sea at dawn. You never know what you’ll find along Nova Scotia’s Atlantic shore.
Flandrum Hill 
Gold dust from South Africa, migrating mermaids, and the Goldsworthy of Flandrum Hill. It’s quite a place, this Nova Scotia. I always enjoy visiting.
I so love that you go down to the sea at dawn. It sounds so mysterious. So filled with wildlife and dreams and mermaids. You are an inspiration to so many of us, dear Amy!
Somehow the deep grey of the sky and water help set off the brilliant band of sunrise gold. The golden lining?
I love sunrises. I just wish they didn’t come so darn early!
Thanks for sharing such lovely pictures. Gloris
I’m with Gloris on this one – I love sunrises too, but why do they have to come so early in the day, when it’s infinitely preferable to snuggle in bed for juuuuust a little longer?
I really enjoyed this pre-dawn excursion with you, though – so thank you for waking me up and taking me along. There’s just that special quality about the light and the air at that early hour, and you captured it perfectly.
And now that the sun has risen – could we go home and have some tea with buttered hot-cross-buns (it being just after Easter, I think it’s still allowed)?
‘Love that verse, Amy-Lynn. I can feel the magic of the moment.
The reference to the mermaids, reminds me of the mystery/magical sense conveyed in the song “Ocean Gypsy” by Renaissance — not that I’ve figured out what that songs about…
I gotta start getting up earlier but that would require me going to bed sooner …
I’m just missing so much by not getting my lazy duff outta bed in the morning and slogging it to the beach for 6 am (?)
Yawn.
Wait.
I’ll let Amy do it and then I can check out her Blog AND sleep in …
Sybil aka sleepy head
Lovely…I don’t see enough sunrises though if I lived near the Atlantic, I would make a point of it. Good Morning, G’day to you.
As I’m never quite up early enough to appreciate the sunrises (or awake enough haha), I usually see the sunsets. After living in NB, Qc and BC- Nothing compares to the sunsets in NS.
And I was able to witness a beautiful one again last week while on the south shore visiting my parents. I miss them here in halifax.
Beautiful pictures- nothing beats the Powerful strength of the Atlantic 🙂
I, too, love sharing sunrises with you, Amy…I’m one of the lazy ones who usually stay snuggled in bed so your sharing of the beauty of morning is a treat!