Blue

Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.


Blue is at the cooler end of the colour spectrum, where things slow down, allowing you to take time to be still. And to listen to your own voice. To listen to the stillness within and to express what needs to be expressed.

As opposed to emotionally warm colors like red, orange, and yellow; blue is linked to consciousness and intellect.

Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.

Imagine yourself lying on the grass on a beautiful sunny day, looking at the blue sky. How do you feel?
 
Peaceful. Serene. Content. Tranquil.

As a House & Petsitter I am blessed to stay in so many gorgeous seaside towns and villages along the East Coast of Australia. During the winter of 2012 I landed for 2 months into the sunny seaside town of Scotts Head on the mid north coast of NSW. Scotts Head, from the outside, looks like any other small coastal town, but over the next 2 months I am to find out that there is much more to this little patch of paradise than meets the eye.

Upon arriving into 'Scotts' for the first time I am greeted by a beautiful right hand wave peeling down the sandy point and a long golden beach graced by trees. Everyone I pass as I paddle out to catch my first wave here smiles and says hello to me. I am welcomed immediately and I am stoked. It is like I have just rewound to the 1960's. All the older guys are riding mals with such grace and style. I am mesmerised and I realise I have found a little piece of surf history and heaven right here. Little do I realise at this point that I have also just found my passion for longboarding that will emerge from my experiences with the surfing community and the ocean here in Scotts.

Over the next few months I surf every day, and on the days when there is no surf, I am still at the beach - collecting shells, walking along or meeting people. I think that is what has drawn me here the most – the people. Every single person I meet in Scotts has a story, and not only do that have that story but they are willing to take the time to share their story with me.

The spirit of the surfing community here is strong. Everyone looks out for everyone else in the water and shares waves. You just rock up at the carpark with your boards on the roof of your car and even if you don't know someone then someone else will introduce you, and it is like you have known them forever. In the water more often than not I would hear someone call out 'Party Wave' and about 5 people would catch the same wave together! How could you not have fun when everyone is so stoked?

Since that first trip to Scotts Head (where I ended up buying my first longboard) I have returned time and time again. Each time to smiling, happy and genuine faces. It is communities like this in little coastal surf towns that truly inspire me to continue my travels to other little communities, and to spread the stoke of surfing.

The 'Aloha' in the water is still well and truly alive, maybe one day too you can come and share a party wave and experience the aloha for yourself.

Breathe

Laying on the warm sand I breathe.

I look out towards the crystal ocean, not a breath of wind stirs her perfect shimmering surface.

There are people around me but all I can see is the blue of the water and all I can feel is the warm sunshine on my back.

Sometimes when I am busy I forget to breathe.

Until I stop and I look around and it is then that I don't want this moment to pass me by.

I breathe in, I breathe out. I am blessed to be here.

In this perfect moment I breathe.