Again, not a still life, but my husband spotted this as we walked the tide line. May we never grow too old to imagine!
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Beauty in the Broken
Beauty does not require perfection. This small piece of brilliant color attracted me from several yards away. Stunning color and tidal lines!
Gape
Not Tipped
Perfectly balanced.
A Bowl of Sunshine
The days are so short in December … How about a bowl of warm sunshine to start the day?
I love how the very early sunshine makes this ancient shell look like carved marble. What luck to stumble upon this right at this moment! The mussel serves to draw the eye to the center light.
Halted
No place to go, so they might as well pose for my camera.
Tidal Wash and Moon Shell
The tidal patterns were absolutely lovely last week when I took yesterday’s photograph and this one.
Spirals Exposed
A moon shell and a whelk, each abandoned and long-eroded, side by side showing off their delicate spiral interiors.
Peach Erosion
Tumbled by the sea, this moon shell has been polished by the glassy sand to a peachy spiral. Together, out of the water, the quartz sand and shell create a lovely still life. The tiny, white clam makes the peach … Continue reading
Eye See You
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 … Continue reading
Tide Line Still Life 