by beachcombing
On this visit “our” beach was almost bare of the usual fascinating stones and shells that I love to collect. I did find a few lovely arrangements of kelp and other sea plants to collect digitally.
Into my pocket went a small fragment of a shell which made me think of the top part of a pan flute, or an ancient comb. The scan shows it larger than life and rather surreal…
March 21, 2015 in Canada and BC, Nature, Photoworks by Marja-Leena
What I like about these pictures is the sense that although I think I know what they are, I am also aware that they could be something a whole lot different. That challenges what I see as physical reality.
Tom, I’m so glad you see these images in that way for that really is my hope – thank you!
I not only like the collections, but I am entranced by the colours: those blues and that lovely grey! I agree about the pan pipes!
The blue sand is interesting, isn’t it? I think I took those photos in the early evening of a cloudy day.
I agree with Tom and Olga both. The colors and shapes are enigmatic and exquisite. You do find the loveliest things.
Thanks so much for your kind words, you are always so supportive, Susan.
Wonderful finds!
I was very pleased with finding these. Thanks for visiting, Meta.
The first three struck me immediately as strange sea creatures rather than plants, and so I read the fourth that way as well, even though it is less clearly creature-like! Perhaps the twilight color of the sand helped with those illusions.
And I like your pan pipes, redolent of the music of the sea and wildness.
When we first visited the far west coast of BC a few decades ago and saw all these weird things on the beaches, I thought they were strange creatures too, especially what I learned to be different kelp plants. The huge bull kelp is most amazing. This McKenzie Beach we stay on is a more sheltered bay so it doesn’t see quite as much of the ‘wild life’ as say Long Beach.
I love your words about my little souvenir pan pipes, Marly!
Oh, but we did see a disturbing scene on end of our beach: a decomposing, ribs exposed and fly covered carcass of a large antlered deer, killed by wolves. Not a nice photo to share (taken by husband)!
So cool and soothing. Thank you.
Hattie, glad you like!
These are lovely. I too was looking for jellyfish!
The deer carcass sounds rather horribly fascinating. When we were walking on one of the wild beaches with our friends and their dogs a month or so ago, there was a dead dog in much the same state, probably washed up by the extraordinary tides we’ve had lately. But when something’s been sea-washed like that, even if not fully decomposed, it never seems quite so bad, like it’s been cleansed a bit.
Yes, sea-washed and cleansed sounds much better and perhaps would be less smelly as this was!
This discussion reminds me of one of my favourite images from one of our much earlier visits, on the next beach over, called CARcass. You may remember this since I see you had made a comment there!
I love these! Makes me long for the seashore – it’s been too long.
Thanks! I hope the weather warms up soon for you folks in the east so you can enjoy your own beachcombing. What a winter you have had.