What are you looking at? is the question I asked myself at the beach last week to challenge myself to look at the beach in different ways. I used my DSLR, my beloved big Canon PowerShot, my trusty little Canon PowerShot, and my Christmas gift the iPod to look again at those things I love so much. That big, blue, beauty the Atlantic tossed up some amazing things.


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Like this strange shell or fossil or whatever it is. I have not seen these kinds of shells anywhere else. I was once told they are fossilized shellfish. Maybe so.
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This snail shell seemed to be in the process of disappearing while the scallop shell seemed to be in the process of becoming a fossil.
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Then there's this clam shell which seemed to be an undercover agent for the ocean, filtering water and slipping into the sunny sand. It's funny to me that the ocean is gigantic, yet the gifts on the shore are so small, tiny really--whispers of the great mysteries that lie deep below the surface.
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Happy New Year, one and all!