My eyes search the sand underfoot partially for some treasure from the ocean and partially for the jellyfish that are common this time of year. ... What treasure will the ocean bring me today? ... Perhaps a bottle with a romantic message inside? ... I continue shooting until the feast is over, and the sharks have returned to the oceans depths. ...

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I consider the lecture on whole messages when I think about these types of observations; "What you see, what you think, what you feel, and what you need.... He gave me the location of his fishing spot, which was at the mouth of a river at Natural Bridges that ran out to the open ocean; claiming that he has caught sharks, stingrays and a wide array of fish. ...

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