The coquina is positively BRILLIANT on the winter beach! 
Tag Archives: winter
And the Thaw is Underway
The frozen sand begins to give way …
Wisp
Not just a wisp of snow is due here today, though!
Winter Composition in Black and White
On a Snowy Horizon
Snow’s Silent Approach
Sometimes You Just Get Lucky
A biting cold day on the tide line in heavy snow. Ferocious weather all around, yet there was a singular, magic moment of utter peace. I have no explanation as to why this one flake was so large and alone, but I am so excited about capturing it with my camera that I can barely contain myself!
Nature Imitates Art
With single digit temperatures, ocean water had frozen along the upper tide line this past weekend. This small shell fragment would be insignificant along a summer tide line. Buried within the frozen and crystallized sea water, though, it transformed into a small piece of impressionist art – painterly, indistinct – drawing me into the image.
I love beautiful landscapes and still lifes, but I also love gentle, almost mysterious compositions such as this one.
Frozen in Time
It was really quite cold walking the tide line yesterday, but it was also almost magical. The ocean spray had frozen over the rock jetties and the pilings, and the high tide’s standing water had frozen solid over the sand.
Today it is colder – 12 Fahrenheit, snowing, with 25 mph wind making the wind chill temperature -9. … But the wind is from the west and the storm is clearing out. That combination might be making for a fierce, furious, and magnificent ocean this morning. It would be dangerous to spend any time walking the tide line, but I hope I can manage to at least see the beach in its furious glory!
Old Man Winter Roars!
It is Bitter, Biting Cold on the Beach Today!
With wind chill temperatures plummeting into single digits and below 0 Fahrenheit, this shadow pretty much sums up the mood on the tide line today. Long walks this weekend are not in the cards …
Tide Line Still Life 