More ‘refurbished’ old photos, this time with machine embroidery as well as hand-coloring. The embroidery is a lot of fun, if you are patient and don’t try to rush it. There were a few (well, more than a few) photos…
A few years ago I sorted out the enormous stash of old photos from the days before I went digital. Some went in the trash, some I liked just as they were, and others became raw material. I liked the…
I rarely go to the Shore Path in the summer because it’s so crowded. But Treasure Beach was sort of under construction, and the Bar was full of people, and I go there all winter anyway, but I never beachcomb…
Dirty Glass, September 2010 Every now and then I lose my temper with my house. It’s a nice house with a little bit of garden, not too big and not too small. It’s pretty old for an American, though, and…
These were a gift from a friend who lives in Florida. They are tiny; some are only a 1/4 of an inch tall! But I love the way this photo came out. I think it is one of my favorites…
My husband wanted hen clams for chowder, so we packed up the family and headed to Clark Cove for the evening’s low tide. My husband and son got their snorkel gear on and started hunting, the girls splashed around and…
Seal Harbor Beach, August 6, 2010 With the kids home from camp and the town filling up with all the wonderful friends we see only once a year, my beachcombing has been unusually social for the last month. Earlier this…
Bob’s Camp, Union River Bay A lot of people in a wide range of tax brackets hereabouts have seasonal houses on a beach or lakeshore called camps. When I was growing up in Massachusetts they were called cottages, and my…
College of the Atlantic dock, August 7, 2010, originally uploaded by quercus design. The companion photo to yesterday’s ‘happy rocks’ post.Weathered periwinkle shells (Littorina littorea), beach stones (granite, basalt, and schist, I think), sea glass, coal.
