Chesterman Beach PATTERNS

 George, his brother Alan, & I have had several journeys to Chesterman Beach, south of Tofino B.C. We just had another & the drama of the sea, wind, sand & trees continues to be wonderfully good for our souls.

Here's the cast of characters:

The big picture with two kinds of weather

We had sun, clouds, & rain-- all perfectly acceptable.

When I am out there I always get caught up by 'something' that I can't get enough of feasting my eyes on.  So here are the latest various eye-catchers:

"Celery stalks"

Spruce wood posts:

Kelp:I called these Kelp Corpses. 

Then Kelp Ropes.

& another kelp-family-variation

And solo kelp

Eel grass 'fencing': I just loved the delicacy & simplicity of the curves.

Foam: I got completely caught up in positive/negative shapes & I kept on being reminded of dissection class images in my college biology course.

And finally the surprises: I'm always drawn to this natural BOX in the ROX.... I've photographed it more than once.

 & The Chair

We did have two others join us for a few nights & for some food & talk-- Sal & Jobst.

There were some other absent members of this trip: Karl & Sara Thompson who just couldn't deal with all the covid/border/teaching schedule obstacles coming from Boulder, CO. And Phyllis & Ed were originally going to be with us some of the time, except a hernia surgery got in the way.

That's it for now.