Children are back in school, the beaches are quiet, Boardwalk rides up and down the coast are closed for the season.
Memories remain, like specters.
#therealjerseyshore
Tag Archives: Shells
A Tangle of Textures
And sometimes there is no underlying order, just interest.
A Message from the Tide Line … For Me?
A gentle low tide
Shells and reeds left by the waves
Leave me a message
Conglomerate
There are all kinds of things going on here . . . Bits of shells, pebble, evidence of ocean parasite activity, and an item that I could not identify.
It is a fitting photo to start my Saturday morning because there are all kinds of things going on at home this weekend. I hope they all come together as well as this still life.
Blue, Green, Yellow, White, Yellow
The colors came second, after noticing this remarkable arrangement on the tide line.
Two nearly identical shell fragments. A parallel arrangement. Two pebbles, autumn colors. One brilliant blue coquina. There are many stories here. >
Wave Patterns
The beauty of gentle waves, captured and preserved in the sand . . . at least until the tide comes in.
Like Broken Porcelain
The colors and shapes of these shell pieces are evocative of antique porcelain dishes, lost at sea and washed in with the tide.
Three Against One
Conversation. Argument. Cluster. Combination. Some days I feel like one of the mussels . . . and other mornings I relate more to the ancient shell fragment. This winter it depends on how much snow is accumulated outside the window!
A Rolling Pinecone Gathers . . .
. . . Much more than a rolling stone. I love how the shell fragments and the stick became stuck in the pinecone as it blew across the beach and tumbled to the tide line, where I found it.
All Good Things
Wishing you all much joy and all good things this Christmas Day!
Tide Line Still Life 