Word Challenge Wednesday

Using all five senses- sight sound taste touch smell-describe your happy place. 

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I felt the sand, warm, pressing against my feet with a gentle kiss. The scent of salt and that deep, murky ocean was there, strains of seaweed beneath mountains of water gone stale. Somewhere, a child was laughing as he plunged headfirst into the water while a lonely seagull circled overhead, weaving its body through the crystalline sky. And still, I could taste summer on my lips, as heady as a citrus and as long-lasting as dark, red wine. The day was gold.