Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Heartworks

The last beach we visited while exploring Palawan Island was Papaya Beach—the private, pay-for-use beach. All the girls and I found it to be the best beach we spent time on. The sand was fine and felt both precious and soft under our feet. The waters were calm and shallow, protected on both sides by enormous rock cliffs. Best of all, there were very few people on the beach. For a time, we virtually had it all to ourselves. While there, Desiree and her daughter, Heart, excavated (appropriately enough) a heart-shaped pit in the sand. Later, Desiree made a heart-shaped cake from the sand, and then she and I gathered a few bits of coral from where the waves rolled up against the beach so we could spell “LOVE” atop the cake.

Today, I am sharing a few photographs of the “Heartworks.”

Desiree and Heart Digging

The Finished Heart Excavation

Looking Down into the Sand


—Mitchell Hegman

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