title: Beach Blessings: A photographic journey of awakening to the beauty and blessings of the ocean
author: Jackie Tury
description: Jackie Tury is a mixed media artist, teacher, retreat leader and ocean lover!
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  THE BIG SPILL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  KENNETH EADE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To the bees, who sent me on a quest to save our environment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s
  greed.”
  
  
    
  ― Mahatma Ghandi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  PROLOGUE
  
  As the sun went to rest below the Santa Barbara horizon, the spectacular hues
  of fiery red and orange gave way to a cobalt blue sky. Soon after, only the
  twinkling of the harbor lights could be seen, along with the offshore lights
  of the oil rigs, which looked like stationary boats a few miles off into the
  ocean.
  
  
  The spring morning in May was like most others along the coast, known as the
  “Riviera of the Pacific.” As the palm trees swayed in the early breeze, the
  sunlight glistened and glinted off the gentle rolling waves. A lone pelican
  drifted perfectly parallel to the sparkling water, as if its flight had been
  programmed by a flight managem