CHESTERMAN BEACH AGAIN

George & I have come here many times, & love it every time.

Patterns galore, new discoveries, & the on-going presence of surf, tides, & walks in fresh air.

This time, because we were here for the 2nd August full moon, the blue one, we have had extraordinary low tides. I have been able to explore a bay around a point to the east of us. It has many rock slots. Well, that's what I call them. Some are cavernous, some are pathways to adventures I don't dare to have, & some lead up hill.

I have also been able to have a really good look at Life on the Rocks.

This one shows the amazing gooseneck barnacles in a colony, part of which is exposed by some event.

And here's a view of starfish slowly ingesting large mussels.

I see these starfish in an entirely new way.

Surprises on the beach.

                                       This crab was caught out in the open. It froze! No place to run to.

In that photo the critters below the crab are very small shells, slightly larger than a pill capsule. They make all kinds of patterns in the sand as they feed. Snail calligraphy!

I found a set of wheels. I think of them At the Surprising End of the Road.

This is the first time out here I have run into a migration. The birds in question are Sanderlings, the little ones, & Greater Yellow Legs are larger & darker, both shorebirds heading for South America.

Their footprints were everywhere! 1000 or so on this beach alone.

The very low tide exposed a bed of eel grass. I'd never seen that before.

Finally George & his brother, Alan at sunset last night.

And yours truly the night before.

That's it for now.