#hidden coves

[downfalldestiny]

Embark on a thrilling adventure aboard a long tail boat in Koh Phi Phi. Explore hidden coves, swim in crystal clear waters, and witness the stunning beauty of Thailand's coastline in an unforgettable experience that will leave you breathless 🌊 !.

Pi Leh Lagoon, Phi Phi Islands, Krabi Thailand🇹🇭.

[fromthemouthofkings]

Nanowrimo 2023

aka: let me ramble to you about my nonbinary lesbian polyam mermaid story

Summary:

When misanthropic marine biologist Belle Fischer moves into the cozy seaside town of Hidden Coves, she is reluctantly amused by the town's kitchy charm...and the town's baker, one very charming butch named SJ Ortiz. However, mysterious forces are moving in the deep, and Belle soon finds herself torn between the land and the sea.

The cast of characters:

Belle Fischer: a pretty, punk marine biologist who loves the ocean almost as much as she is afraid of people

SJ Ortiz: a charming, soft butch cupcake shop owner and overachiever, fun aunt, and smooth talker extrairdinaire

Aen: them that the ocean whispers to when it has bad dreams, priest of the old god speedrunning their religious trauma, an actual real life mermaid

excerpt below the cut

Unfortunately, the cozy little seaside town of Hidden Coves was the only fucking place in the world where the endangered Scarlet Bellied Sea Turtle laid its eggs. Not down the coast in sunny Los Angeles, where the UCLA campus could provide easy access to lab space, equipment, and punk shows. Not up in San Francisco, which at least had a subculture, even if it was kind of a tourist trap. No, the Scarlet Bellied Sea Turtle was a picky motherfucker that insisted on laying its eggs in the kitchiest town on the coast of California.

Belle glowered at the faded sign announcing Come find us Fathoms Below at Fathoms Below Deepsea Adventure Park! One spindly, weatherbeaten wooden roller coaster rose uncertainly above the sandy beach, which Belle immediately vowed never to get on. She could bet that the summer tourists were just great for the sea turtles. Noisy, annoying, disrespectful–they came with their giant SUVs and their litter and their dollar signs for the “local economy” and dug and kicked and poked at endangered wildlife and its precarious habitat.

She was not looking forward to getting to know her new neighbors.

She drove on down Oceanfront Drive, keeping an eye out for the conservation center that was to be her home for the next six or seven months. The main street was lined with cute little shops–an antique shop, an ice cream parlor, a little restaurant with a large, smiling taco above the door–the town even had its own cupcake shop.

Continuing on down the road, she came at last to a sign that read Coves Ocean Conservation and Research Center and took a hard right. A curving drive took her to a small, square building set beside the water on a small cove, with a walkway heading down to a stretch of sandy beach. She parked the U-Haul in front of the door and climbed out, surveying her new home.

She didn't hate it. The beach looked quiet and the water sparkled invitingly. It was a bright turquoise in the bay, dropping off to a dark blue further out. She straightened her shoulders and anchored her combat boots underneath her.

“Time to take names and kick ass,” she muttered to herself under her breath, “time to take names and kick ass–” she stomped up the steps to the front door– “time to take names–”

For just a moment before she pushed open the door, she thought she caught a glimpse of something in the water. It was gone in a moment–was it the flash of a fin? The tip of a tail? She hesitated for a moment, straining her eyes. There shouldn’t be anything that big in the bay–could a shark or a dolphin have gotten caught in the shallow waters? Or was it just a trick of the light?

[localicecreambiter]

there's nothing wrong with starting small

woah boy the quality of these are terrible and I really hope they can be read- i'd try and post all the individual panels but I'm not sure if they're going to fit in one post D:

also I apologize for the shadows </3 I could not for the life of me find an angle where they weren't there

enjoy some fluff @sapphicseasapphire (I have videos of close ups if you want me to send them to you :3)

below is all the text from the panels

1. *convinced legend has a death wish*

Ravio: Ok, I'm ready to go home-

Link: You haven't even touched the water yet!

2. R: Touch it? What do you take me for? I'm a merchant of high standard! Not just any water will-

3. *patented pout* *wind picks up*

R: D-Don't give me that look!

4. *deflate*

L: Then get in already!

5-8. *slump*

L: Come on.

9-11. L: If you don't like the ocean-

R: I don't appreciate when you throw me in the moat.

L: Well, now that you mention it...

R: Don't!

12. R: Where are we even going?

L: You'll see.

13. R in the background: Link. So help me- eugh- gimme a sec

14. L: We're here

18. L:Hey... Ravio..

19. L: Hey. You're crying.

20-23. R: Oh. Oh I'M- I'M the one crying.

Weird... Usually this is the other way around.

I think I just missed this.

Missed Link.

24. *Pluck*

L: Hey!

25-26. *toss*

L: Don't even think about apologizing.

You don't like the ocean? Thats fine. We'll start small. Sound good?

27. R: Yeah.

and now some panel close ups of my favorites

sorry for such a long post </3

[s38s73r]

Postbox, Prussia Cove, Rosudgeon, Cornwall /Kernow

[dotstarstudios]

Photo Projects - No 4 From Above

Just loved this view and the lines created here. Looking down toward the water, again on Capri.

[thorsenmark]

Whispers of Wind Across a Meadow’s Embrace (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At a roadside parking area location along main loop road in the Cades Cove area with a view looking to the northeast taking in the setting of a grassy meadow with ridges and peaks in this part of the Western Great Smoky Mountains. This is in Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the John Oliver Place Parking (with the cabin area off in the distance in the image left of center).

[neothing]

A glitch a day keeps the players away

[m1rthal]

hey here is a really stupid an non-canonical idea for Bonnie after ruin. spoilers btw

so, you know how a lot of speculative fanart of Glamrock Foxy made him a metal artist instead? what if, after ruin, Foxy reactivated for some reason, found Bonnie, and fixed him. Then, they both form their own metal band because, you know, there isn't exactly a band for them to go back to.

I just think a repaired Bonnie design would be cool, with the welds over his chest clearly visible and the metal over the scars off color from the rest of him. Like, well, scars. And replace his lost limb with a model from an earlier endo so it looks like a prosthetic one or something.

I just think it'd be cool. They'd be in Kid's Cove, now renamed Pirate's Cove, and they'd call their duo band The Coven. It just seems sick.

[breatheoffline]

Island-Hopping Without the Crowds: 7 Underrated Archipelagos

Discover 7 underrated archipelagos for a crowd-free island-hopping adventure. Explore offbeat beaches, vibrant marine life, local culture, and mindful travel experiences.

[lenamerr]

[nico-the-overlord]

I am also bored, english is a language I already know.

Nico, what is your favorite biome?

Desert? Definitely not bias.

[lanoyadeduphenix]

Meat and Poultry - Hidden Cove Puff Pastry Chicken Pot Pie This chicken pot pie is a step away from the traditional, as it uses puff pastry, rotisserie chicken, California blended vegetables, and a special lemon-garlic seasoning blend.

[dotstarstudios]

Photo Projects - No 4 From Above

A view of a private (or semi-private) cove on the road to Amalfi.

[thorsenmark]

Journey Into the Woods and Mountains of Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park at a roadside pullout along Sparks Lane. The setting is looking east across a grassy meadow and farmland with ridges and peaks of the Western Great Smoky Mountains as a backdrop. In composing the same image, while I did want to include some of the meadow to my front as foreground interest, my focus was on the sun beginning to rise into the skies that morning. As the skies were slightly overcast, I found it a little bit easier to meter the image to not blow any of the highlights from the sun and skies while still being able to later pull out the more shadowed areas in the forest and mountains. While I had thought about pulling back on the focal length to capture a wide angle view, I chosen instead to zoom in with a focal length a little, having portions of the mountain ranges on both sides of the image with the sun in the sky above, but still centered in between. I did some initial post-processing work making adjustments to contrast, brightness and saturation in DxO PhotoLab 7. I then exported a TIFF image to Nik Color Efex Pro 7 where I added a Polarization, Foliage, and Pro Contrast filter for that last effect on the image captured.

[thewriteadviceforwriters]

🐚⚓️🫧List of Random Things For Your Dark Coastal Settings | For Writers🐚⚓️🫧

Since you all loved the list of random things for Dark Academia, here’s a list of items, things, sights etc.. you might find in a Dark Coastal setting.

The Cliffside 🌊

Jagged slate-gray rocks jutting out from the churning sea

Swaths of wild, windblown grasses and mosses clinging to the cliffs

Crumbling stone ruins half-hidden in the fog

The eerie cries of seabirds circling overhead

Gnarled, salt-weathered driftwood scattered across the shoreline

The Cove 🐚

A small pebbly beach tucked into a sheltered inlet

Seaweed-covered tide pools teeming with mysterious marine life

Centuries-old fishing nets and lobster traps hung to dry

Weathered wooden rowboats moored at a rickety dock

The salty, briny scent of the sea lingering in the air

The Lighthouse 🗼

A tall, round stone tower with a flickering lantern on top

Faded nautical charts and weather-beaten log books inside

An antique brass telescope trained on the horizon

The heavy thump of the lighthouse bell in the distance

Coils of fraying rope and a tarnished brass spyglass on the windowsill

The Shipwreck 🛥️

The rusted, half-submerged hull of an ancient sailing vessel

Tangled knots of kelp and barnacles clinging to the metal

Fragments of shattered wood and twisted metal debris

The eerie, echoing creaks and groans of the wreckage in the waves

Fragments of weathered, sun-bleached bones glinting in the murky depths

The Coastal Cottage 🏠

A small, weathered wooden house with peeling paint

Tattered sheer curtains fluttering in the salty sea breeze

Shelves lined with antique glass bottles and driftwood sculptures

A wood-burning stove with a teapot whistling softly

The distant sound of foghorns cutting through the mist

The Shipwreck Cove 🚢

Jutting black cliffs, their bases strewn with the bones of broken ships

Seaweed-covered ribs of an old shipwreck, barnacles clinging to the wood

Rusted metal and shattered glass glittering in the crashing waves

Cawing of crows circling overhead, their shadows flickering on the rocks

The hollow, echoing sound of the wind whistling through the caves

The Seaside Cemetery 🪦

Rows of crumbling tombstones covered in moss and lichen

Twisted, windblown trees casting long, ominous shadows

The faint scent of night-blooming jasmine on the breeze

A rusted wrought-iron gate creaking open to the path

Fog rolling in, obscuring the distant sound of the surf

[knittcartoon]

The best beaches in