Biloxi, MS

Dennis wrote me a message in the sand. When I was a kid I went to Biloxi a couple of times with my grandparents for vacation. It was nice to visit again and things look waaaaay different than they did way back then, lol.

Shark Teeth Macro Monday

When we were in Florida last winter we spent some time combing the beach for shark's teeth. We had a lot of fun and found hundreds in just a few hours time.





It was fun watching them wash in and trying to catch them before they were taken back out.





A few people have wondered which beach we went to, well I happened to snap a photo of the sign so I wouldn't forget, lol.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. :) MM started on Sept 29, 2008 - THANX to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!

Snow & Sand ~ Macro Monday #121

When you think of a sandy beach you probably don't think of snow too.

But it's a common occurrence on Wisconsin beaches!

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Happy New Year!!

December 31 ~ Ready to leave the old year behind and start anew!  Happy, refreshing New Year to you!

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shark's teeth

I didn't understand why my husband and son were so eager to hunt for shark's teeth in the sand of a Florida beach when we vacationed there earlier this year, I carried my camera to the beach to snap photos.  But the boys took a lot longer in their search than I did and eventually I ditched my socks and waded in to seek too.  It was a lot more fun than I imagined, watching little triangles wash in in a wave and trying to snag them before the wave took them back out.  I found more than 200 all by myself, topping both boys! :0)~  Now when I look at them I remember laughter and fun with people I love.

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You might as well plan on seeing a lot more of these - now that I've finally gotten around to taking my camera to them I keep seeing more I want to snap.

This is a turkey platter with about 500 shark's teeth on it. We found all of these while in Florida way back in February.

Terns on the beach

I don't know a lot about Terns, in fact I had to look them up in my bird book to even know these were Terns.

I thought I was shooting a mama and baby here, but now I'm not so sure. Are they just two different kinds of Terns?

Or is he a baby, just starting to get the color in his beak?

taking a bubble bath

I'm sitting here at midnight, preparing my post after a kinda rough couple of days (although things are looking up now), so I hope you don't mind that I am just going to share my photos today without a lot of elaboration.

Run Sanderling Run!

By now you've probably concluded that I am enamored with the Sanderling. We saw them at each beach we went to and I could not resist watching their antics.

They stay at the edge of the water, going towards the ocean as the water goes out . . .

. . .and, running like crazy towards shore when the water came in. Isn't he darling?!

No matter how many times I watched him do this I never tired of it. And he never got swept away by a wave, believe me, I held my breath with anticipation each time.

Btw, this beach was more broken shell (is that called shale?) than it was sand. It sure made for a beautiful color!

I guess he got full. Doesn't he look coy?

Royal Terns

I think these fellows are adorable! The little feathers tufting up on the backs of their heads makes me think of little old balding men. They just need tweed jackets. :)

Ruffled Feathers

Sanderling, at least I think that's what he is. I love his reflection in the water too.

A Laughing Gull laughing at me. lol

Yellowlegs or Willet?  I'm really bad at identifying these birds.

I loved chasing bigger birds with my lens while in Florida.  The challenge of Wisconsin bird is that most of the ones I see are small and they're very flighty.

Hosted by Cecily

But, as you can see, this gull seemed as intrigued with me as I was with him.  Now I suppose he could be a juvenile Herring Gull, but due to the time of year, I'm assuming this is a Ring-Billed Gull in his winter plumage.