All sorts of unexpected things on the beach on Saturday, at the very low tide.
beach moose
All sorts of unexpected things on the beach on Saturday, at the very low tide.
Walking the beach Saturday at the -3.0 tide, the first bird we saw on the beach was… a pair of goldfinches. Only one in this picture. But there were two down enjoying the sun and the water and the seaweed. I don’t think of goldfinches as shore birds, but they didn’t seem to care what I thought….

For the Daily Prompt: tide.
Blogging from A to Z,Β the letter T! T is for turtle and teenage and travel!
On Hawaii we went to a park and saw green turtles. They are born about 1000 miles away on a different island. They travel in the sea and now come to Hawaii to rest. The ones who rest on the beaches are 20 to 140 pounds. As mature adults, they will be 200 to 400 pounds and live back in the sea.

We both have zoom lenses. We are not supposed to go closer than 20 feet.

And here is one just arriving for a rest:


Blogging from A to Z about happy things, the letter r. R for relationship, red and real.
I’ve been down to the same beach twice in the last 2 weeks, and both times there have been a trio of great blue herons. Two adults and a teen? I don’t know, but right before the second one wandered over, I took this shot:

Caught something, hooray! And then the other heron comes to ask, “What did you catch? Tasty? Are there more?”

I love walking outside, it balances clinic. I am just present and real. I don’t speak heron well enough to worry about their blood pressure. Time just to watch.
And red, my son is visiting.


Welcome to Mundane Monday #156: our theme today is serendipitous light. Does serendipitous light contradict mundane? I don’t think so. We were walking on the beach in the evening and as the angle of the light changed, Marrowstone Island lit up under the lowering clouds. I stopped taking pictures of the flock of brant and took pictures of the land and sky instead.
What picture do you have of serendipitous or accidental or fortuitous light? Link and I will post them next Monday.
Last Mundane Monday #155, the theme was close color.
The Wishing Well sends this: https://bedressed.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/photo-challenge-yesterdays-mundane-capture/.
And K. L.Allendorfer: https://klallendoerfer.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/mundane-monday-embassy-suites/.
Happy Monday and I hope that your sky and horizon light up more than once this week.
There, I managed to mess up links to #155 at least three times….learning.
For Wordless Wednesday.
BLIND WILDERNESS
in front of the garden gate - JezzieG
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Or not, depending on my mood
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain!
An onion has many layers. So have I!
Exploring the great outdoors one step at a time
Some of the creative paths that escaped from my brain!
Books, reading and more ... with an Australian focus ... written on Ngunnawal Country
Engaging in some lyrical athletics whilst painting pictures with words and pounding the pavement. I run; blog; write poetry; chase after my kids & drink coffee.
Coast-to-coast US bike tour
Generative AI
Climbing, Outdoors, Life!
imperfect pictures
Refugees welcome - FlΓΌchtlinge willkommen I am teaching German to refugees. Ich unterrichte geflΓΌchtete Menschen in der deutschen Sprache. I am writing this blog in English and German because my friends speak English and German. Ich schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch, weil meine Freunde Deutsch und Englisch sprechen.
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Books by author Diana Coombes
NEW FLOWERY JOURNEYS
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From the Existential to the Mundane - From Poetry to Prose
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