on the beach

washed ashore

f/8, 1/160, ISO-200, A-Priority, 35mm

CUT, SEW, WEAVE, repeat ...

NEW PROJECT:
hit and miss placemats

SUNNY AFTERNOON in NYE BEACH
visitors have arrived.

FINE SUMMER DAY

 really low tide again

a SEA STAR not a STAR FISH

There are some 2,000 species of sea star living in all the world’s oceans, from tropical habitats to the cold seafloor. The five-arm varieties are the most common, hence their name, but species with 10, 20, and even 40 arms exist.

Beyond their distinctive shape, sea stars are famous for their ability to regenerate limbs, and in some cases, entire bodies. They accomplish this by housing most or all of their vital organs in their arms. Some require the central body to be intact to regenerate, but a few species can grow an entirely new sea star just from a portion of a severed limb.

Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as the sunflower seastar, is a large sea star found in the eastern Pacific. It is the largest sea star in the world, with a maximum armspan of 1 m (3.3 ft). Sunflower seastars usually have 16 to 24 limbs, their color can vary widely. They are predatory, feeding mostly on sea urchins, clams, snails, and other small invertebrates.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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JULY 4

FARMERS' MARKET in Corvallis

PARADE in CORVALLIS

      

STREET FARE on the RIVER FRONT

with Jumping "castles"

HOME

and tonight some BOOMs!! on the BAYFRON in NEWPORT

CAMPING with killer mosquitoes

Jacob and I hiked about 3 miles to Roasary Lakes in Cascades along the Pacific Crest Trail.
My pack weighed 28 pounds, Jacob's more.
My first time camping since the year 1888 or so.
The mosquito attacks were many and furious.
We met only three day hikers and one fisherman on the lake.
No bears, chipmunks but lots of ants, birds and mosquitos.

Still some batches of snow on the ground, elevation 6000 feet or so.



Our campsite in the woods just left of the white stump.

 

 

On the other side of the lake is a large rock slide:  Good spot for swimming,

climbing

and skipping rocks

There are three small lakes in a row.  About one mile from the first one  the second and the third right next to each other.  Great view of the Pulpit Rock. 

 

 
Another view of the Pulpit Rock this time from the First Lake.

Morning was overcast, no wind, few rain drops, calm and quiet.  Some fishes jumping and

and this poor duck.  He slpashed onto the water, swam around and took off near the shore, missed his landing on the tree, crashed down to the ground.  He was OK after a while swimming and streching his wings.

Breakfast with a view.   The water in these lakes is amazingly clear and turquoise  color.



music

Stopped to have lunch in Yachats watching the tide come in.

These two women were sitting quietly, watching the ocean:

 then one of them started to play the flute...