prickly

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Busy with my art work this week but tired and jet-lagged, I must say that I dislike daylight saving time! Tell me again what we are saving.

tracks

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CARcass on shore

   
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Walking along Chesterman Beach (on our trip a month ago), we were intrigued by something in the distance, hulking half-buried in the sand and washed over by the waves.
   
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Horrified to see that it’s a rusted frame of an automobile… how did it get there?
Yet morbidly fascinated by the interesting rusted shapes of the frame and the almost organic center.
   
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Like a beached skeleton of some sea monster…
   

earthworks #4

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Still remembering McKenzie Beach, near Pacific Rim National Park, BC, February 3rd, 2008

Happy Birthday to my best friend and husband!
We are heading out for a celebratory lunch and a long walk along the seawall.

small things

   
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exquisite tiny treasures on the beach
like fallen wings
captured by camera only
burnt into my memory

guess

   
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guess what this is….

earthworks #3

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on McKenzie Beach, near Pacific Rim National Park, BC, February 3rd, 2008

nature’s sculpture

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found sitting in a tidal pool
on a beach in Pacific Rim National Park, BC
how I wanted to take it home
make a meditation pool for it in the garden
but ’twas way too big and heavy to move!

earthworks #2

   
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on Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, February 3, 2008

earthworks #1

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on McKenzie Beach, near Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, February 3rd, 2008