Minute, new mussel. Ancient, sea-rounded pebble. Skeletal and worn moon shell. The colors – coral pink, creamy yellow, and the nascent iridescence of the mussel – cluster in isolated solidarity on an otherwise dull patch of tide line.

I never cease to be amazed when I spot delightful arrangements such as this one. Ordinary items, extraordinary in their juxtaposition to one another.

Simple elegance. The tide line’s innate elegance and beauty.