Elderly couple have a dip in the ocean

We spotted this elderly couple walking hand-in-hand towards the water’s edge and grabbed my camera.   I felt like an intruder, actually, by taking photographs of them, but it was so very sweet to watch them as they went a little deeper, holding hands and not letting each other go ..

 It was so dear to watch as the husband held his wife’s hand while she dipped in the water  ….

… and held on tightly while she jumped in the frothy waves ..

They walked back to their spot on the beach … dried themselves and sat in the sun for a little while before leaving

They came down to the beach, every morning, for a couple of days … he, holding her hand, while she dipped in the gentle waves.  On their last day, he asked a young mommy to stand with his wife while he went in on his own.  He braved the deeper waters, after I took this photo, ducking under the waves.  I didn’t take any more photographs but sat and watched them both

It was very, very sweet  🙂

Ballito, KwaZulu Natal: May/June 2014

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