Category Archives: Beach

Queen of Burnaby – Not your normal view

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine

Not your normal view of the Queen of Burnaby approaching the  BC Ferries terminal at Little River.

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Kye Bay – Moon Snails

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine

Moon snail shells I found at Kay Bay – homes for  little crabs

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Kye Bay – Sand Dollar

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine

A dead, sun bleached sand dollar at Kay Bay

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Kye Bay – Mr Crabby

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine

Once the home of Mr Crabby…

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Fauxtoart – The way it wasn’t

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Katherine

Kay Bay – looking across Georgia Strait toward Port Alberni

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A crow on the beach – photo truths

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Katherine

One of the great photography truths of photography is that you will rarely if ever have brought the lens you wish you had brought with you. A long telephoto lens would have been handy here, but my main goal at … Continue reading →

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Fauxtoart – The way it wasn’t

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Katherine

Queen of Burnaby at BC Ferries Little River Terminal

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The tide line

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Katherine

The tide line at Kye Bay – a mix of herring roe and sea weeds

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Sand Dollar

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Katherine

Sand dollars have a rigid skeleton (known as a test) consisting of calcium carbonate plates arranged in radial pattern. In live sand dollars the test is covered by a skin of velvet-textured spines that are covered with very small hairs … Continue reading →

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A scallop shell

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Katherine

Scallop shell from Baynes Sound near Buckley Bay

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