Having so recently waxed eloquent (I mean, I tried) about the beautiful colors of the sea here, in heavy clarifying winds, and in the aftermath of rain, we went down to the Mediterranean again on yet another windy day. My cough was bad enough that I had not gone out at all the day before, something I have done every day since we moved here. Thrown a little by the bright day and impending Summer, I was underdressed, but the sun helped. And seeing the same kind of sea I had tried to describe to you, perfect and wild, I thought it might be nice if I could try to show you the colors if I could.
So we walked down to the shore. I took pictures and dodged the waves. I thought maybe I would end up with something I could madly augment to make my case to you. But looking at the pictures, even though in some ways they are a little plain, I did not think there was any honor or manipulation I could enter them in that would give any better sense of the sea today.
So at the risk of being a bit plain, and only because I am so eager to show you the strange and wonderful colors and texture of the sea here lately, I present these photos as they are.
They still lie, but earnestly, and only in the sense that they undersell it.
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