coffee on the beach

yesterday i came to frankfort (a town not too far from home) to visit an old friend. we have somewhat of a tradition of walks to the beach and our staple homemade breakfast whenever i go to visit. so this morning we left the house with coffee in hand, strolling past the colorful summer homes to the town's calm stretch of lake michigan shoreline.

the unusually warm winter has left the shoreline without ice, a rare sight this time of year. with only a few scarce patches of snow on the beach and clear blue skies, one could almost imagine it was summer. so bundled in our down jackets, we laid in the sand with our coffee. closed our eyes, looked towards the sun, and basked in the glory. calm waves on the shore providing the perfect soundtrack.