beachcombing

I’m one-half of an old married couple with two teenagers, so we’ve got pretty flexible ideas about what constitutes a good Valentine celebration. We agreed that cards and chocolate are kind of boring after all these years, but the romantic…

Sometimes I just can’t stop playing. I started to clean up after arranging that obsessive central heart, but the next thing I knew I’d spent a couple more hours working with the rest of my white shell stash.

I think these are Common Dove Snails (Columbella mercatoria).

Shark Tooth Valentine (available in my etsy shop) I’ve made three valentines this year. This is the first one. I started out trying to make a heart out of sea urchins, because I liked the christmas tree I made with…

Hulls Cove, Maine; January 2, 2012  (Beachcombing series No.59) It was the last day of winter vacation, and I had just dropped my daughter off at her friend’s house for the afternoon. On the way home, I stopped at Hulls…

Harborview Park, Bar Harbor, Maine; December 2, 2011 (Beachcombing series No.56) The Bar Harbor Harbormaster’s office sits on a small wooden dock next to the Town Pier. It’s a little tricky to get down there, and you have to watch…

We were supposed to drive south today so we could spend Thanksgiving with my family, but a nasty storm blew in overnight and we decided to stay put. It’s wet, driving, sleety, slushy stuff; not the kind that’s fun to…