It’s been a bit warm for me the last few days, nearly reaching 60*F (16c). I took my socks and shoes off and headed for the beach to do some target practice with my pistol and then some walking in tidepools and taking a few shots with my camera instead. I hope you guys enjoy.
Huge slabs of coal on this section of the beach.Barnacles, limpets, neptunea, clay, cool rocks, and seaweed abound.Some tidepools look like a whole different world.A larger pool cascades over the edge of the coal and makes its way into the ocean while mussels cling to the coal’s surface.Itty-bitty baby neptunea leave trails in the wet sand.Barnacles, barnacles, barnacles.Sooo many neptunea. These about the size of a large kumquat or strawberry.Clay covered coal. Stretching up to the sand/clay on the beach, and the cliffs beyond.The coal several feet thick, at some point cracked and the movement of the tides has worn it apart and allowed it to shift.Neptunea, limpets, seaweed, and a broken clam shell, all clinging to the side of the coal slab.I found it interesting there were baby barnacles lined in a row along the edges of the mussels’ shells. Watching each of the creatures open and closing with the heat of the sun and the moisture evaporating was quite interesting for me to observe.
They certainly used to. Thirty years ago there was life all over the beaches, alllll types and kinds. Now it’s almost a desert. No starfishes. No sea anemones. No little fish. Rarely crabs or clams. Sickly seaweed. Hardly any limpets or mussels. This is the first year in over ten years I’ve seen this much life…. and there was barely any. It’s a sad state of the world that no one really talks about. But I see it first hand. Makes me sad so enjoy what little I find.
We have the same problem with the beaches down here in Santa Cruz, they just don’t have the amount of life that they used to have. Once I saw two coho salmon swimming up the San Lorenzo River and I was absolutely delighted, seeing spawning fish in our river which once numbered around 2 million is like seeing bigfoot.
Yes, exactly! I subsistence fish for salmon every year and you used to get the net just full with every tide and now you can fish multiple tides and get 8 salmon. It’s such a sad situation.
I know the California beaches used to be teaming with life. And now it’s barren. It saddens my heart to no end.
Well it’s a couple miles to the beach and then I drove down the beach… I dunno… a mile or so. I wanted to do some target practice with my pistol, so I go down where it won’t bother anyone.
Wonderful pictures, Tara. You’ve really captured another world with those. 16c sure is warm. Alaska could become a package beach holiday location if this global warming thing continues. ‘The Benidorm of The North’, ‘The Alaskan Riviera.’
Hahaha! Oh goodness, I hope not! I like the fact there are very few people here! As it is, King Salmon fishing in the rivers opened and suddenly there are a thousand people here that weren’t here two days ago. ahhhh summer in Alaska.
my kinda day out, I love the beach for beachcombing, paddle the tide line, seeing what’s been washed up and just resting my weary eyes on the distant distance 🙂
Amazing clicks of those beautiful little creatures.
nature has so many beautiful things to offer!
The sea has always roused a lot of curiosity in me and it has never failed to surprise me with something new each time.
Did you discover anything new at the beach this time?
Well the huge slabs of coal were bigger than I’d seen. We have coal all over our beaches but in over 40 years being here, I’ve never seen any that large. It was very cool.
Raw Earth Ink 
You must have lost a day walking along the beach. Beautiful nature and 16c is warm for you, gee wee 😳😁
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, well, I’m a lover of winter so summer is hot lol. I’ve lived where it gets twice as warm. It was okay.
LikeLike
You are adaptable! 👍
LikeLike
Utterly gorgeous.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I agree. Such a lovely day! 😍
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Tara Caribou takes us to the beach.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely views, so similar to here and yet different.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful! Tide pools teem with life.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They certainly used to. Thirty years ago there was life all over the beaches, alllll types and kinds. Now it’s almost a desert. No starfishes. No sea anemones. No little fish. Rarely crabs or clams. Sickly seaweed. Hardly any limpets or mussels. This is the first year in over ten years I’ve seen this much life…. and there was barely any. It’s a sad state of the world that no one really talks about. But I see it first hand. Makes me sad so enjoy what little I find.
LikeLiked by 1 person
We have the same problem with the beaches down here in Santa Cruz, they just don’t have the amount of life that they used to have. Once I saw two coho salmon swimming up the San Lorenzo River and I was absolutely delighted, seeing spawning fish in our river which once numbered around 2 million is like seeing bigfoot.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, exactly! I subsistence fish for salmon every year and you used to get the net just full with every tide and now you can fish multiple tides and get 8 salmon. It’s such a sad situation.
I know the California beaches used to be teaming with life. And now it’s barren. It saddens my heart to no end.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hope we change our ways before it’s too late.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Agreed.
LikeLiked by 1 person
… almost warm enough for a swim … great photos!
LikeLiked by 1 person
HAHAHA! riiiiiight!
LikeLiked by 1 person
they are great photos! 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks!
LikeLike
So stunning, I love seeing the photos, raw and unedited – seeing how you would.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: Soul Food – Flicker of Thoughts
Thanks, Cassa 💕😌
LikeLike
I Love your photography posts, offers another side of the sphere.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you Mark! They’re just for fun but people seem to enjoy them. 😊
LikeLike
I know i do, nice to see the environment of an artist and how it influences..
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am most certainly influenced and inspired. 💕
LikeLiked by 1 person
Really pretty. How far away from your house is this?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well it’s a couple miles to the beach and then I drove down the beach… I dunno… a mile or so. I wanted to do some target practice with my pistol, so I go down where it won’t bother anyone.
LikeLike
Wonderful nature and colourful corels 👌🌹🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderful pictures, Tara. You’ve really captured another world with those. 16c sure is warm. Alaska could become a package beach holiday location if this global warming thing continues. ‘The Benidorm of The North’, ‘The Alaskan Riviera.’
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hahaha! Oh goodness, I hope not! I like the fact there are very few people here! As it is, King Salmon fishing in the rivers opened and suddenly there are a thousand people here that weren’t here two days ago. ahhhh summer in Alaska.
LikeLike
Always a complete pleasure to view the visuals you capture!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Matt! I also like it when you share a photo here and there as well.
LikeLike
my kinda day out, I love the beach for beachcombing, paddle the tide line, seeing what’s been washed up and just resting my weary eyes on the distant distance 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes! Me too!! 💕
LikeLiked by 1 person
These aren’t photos, they’re works of art! Fantastic tribute to the joys of the beach 😄
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have to agree!! It’s so beautiful.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful! You know how to capture the perfection of nature!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nature does all the work. I just try to show it off.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You do it well! Good job!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Amazing clicks of those beautiful little creatures.
nature has so many beautiful things to offer!
The sea has always roused a lot of curiosity in me and it has never failed to surprise me with something new each time.
Did you discover anything new at the beach this time?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well the huge slabs of coal were bigger than I’d seen. We have coal all over our beaches but in over 40 years being here, I’ve never seen any that large. It was very cool.
LikeLike