Rough Sea by Kaartijer

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Mar 23, 2010

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A shot from Galveston, a day when the ocean was really rough... Today's joke: As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost and being a typical man, did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. I saw the backhoe and the crew who were eating lunch but the hearse was nowhere in sight. I apologized to the workers for my tardiness and stepped to the side of the open grave where I saw the vault lid already in place. I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long but this was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. I played out my heart and soul. I played and I played like I'd never played before, from Going Home and The Lord is My Shepherd to Flowers of the Forest . As I played the workers began to weep. I closed the lengthy session with Amazing Grace and walked to my car. As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another... "Sweet Jaysus, Mary 'n Joseph, I have never seen nothin' like that before and I've been puttin' in septic tanks for 22 years."

Comments (47)

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alessimarco

11:31PM | Tue, 23 March 2010

Wow...those almost look like hurricane waves! Very dramatic capture!!

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Darkwish

6:08AM | Wed, 24 March 2010

Remarkable pic.

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SIGMAWORLD

10:29AM | Wed, 24 March 2010

Excellent shot!

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Flint_Hawk

11:43AM | Wed, 24 March 2010

Those waves look angry! What a story!

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Zazou

2:21AM | Thu, 25 March 2010

Splendid capture and great joke :)

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jocko500

11:55AM | Thu, 25 March 2010

do look rought for sure

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emmecielle

12:33PM | Thu, 25 March 2010

I love the sea in all its forms! This is fascinating though dangerous! Excellent capture! :)

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MagikUnicorn

9:58PM | Thu, 25 March 2010

NOT FOR ME... :) I"LL BE SICK ON THIS MOVING WATER

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anaber

7:37PM | Fri, 26 March 2010

Wonderful capture,Eddie!I love the sea and this view is fabulous! What incredible power of nature,indeed!Congrats!

BertDes

2:32PM | Sat, 27 March 2010

Fantastic sea sight.

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FunkyShaman

8:09AM | Tue, 30 March 2010

Beautiful caputre! I can totally see why it was chosen for the 'pics of the week'!! And awesome joke too!

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Richardphotos

8:45PM | Wed, 31 March 2010

awesome seascape and a hilarious joke

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Ms.Johannah

10:19PM | Wed, 31 March 2010

I've been in the ocean when the waves were that choppy. Driving a Navy ship of all things... it's not easy to remain on course when the waves are trying to tackle you. lol.

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