Oval, Circle, and Stripes
Spin art (again), golden pebble, and mollusk air hole. Alignment. Serenity.
Tag Archives: tide line
Sentence
I wish my own writing had such flourish!
Contrail
A winter beach, swept by wind and waves, creates dramatic patterns in the sand.
Off-Boardwalk Spin Art
Remember doing spin art at carnivals and on the boardwalk? Remember how your finished piece was the most beautiful one ever created? All these memories flooded back when I came across this shell fragment in the frozen tide line. Not … Continue reading
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!
Shell, Stick, and Pebble
A rose for the warmest day of the week . . . Before the next storm tomorrow. Ugh. Again, a reminder that I never arrange anything in the photos. They are all photographed as I find them. This long stemmed … Continue reading
Barefoot Echo
Celebrating today’s projected high temperature of 45F! I almost never include any man-made item in a tide line still life. This footprint next to a piece of coral evocative of a foot was too much to resist.
Patterns Repeat
Those of you who have been following me for a while know that I love finding repeating patterns along the tide line. Look closely at the pattern on the shell fragment beside the nylon rope. This was hard to focus … Continue reading
Simple Complexity
First glance? A log on the beach, tossed up by the wild winter tide. A deliberate look, though, reveals a complex composition created by sea worms, barnacles, wind, sand, and the blowing snow. Oh, and a small wanna-be reed. I … Continue reading
Tide Line Ice as a Compositional Element
You know that place where the tide ebbs and then retreats? Where the ocean leaves a so-shallow layer of seawater on the sand as it retreats to low tide? I now know that the salt water that is left there … Continue reading
Tide Line Still Life 