April Beach Walk by the Bay of Fundy

 

  You're welcome to come along.... breathe the fresh salt air... beachcomb... take in the sunshine.

 The tide is going out and there is plenty of pebble beach to wander on.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The dogs get so excited when they find we are going down here.
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Desideratum Art and Jewelry Studio, St.Martins, on the Bay of Fundy,

New Brunswick.

Treasures

High tide wrack lines...

Treasures from the Sea...

Bleached by the sun...

Gathered from the shore...

Sitting in a shell...

Beauty on my windowsill...

Atlantic Rock Crabs... Cancer irroratus... marine arthropod... crustacean class... grow up to 13 cm. or 5¼" across the carapace, the crabs thick defensive shield...
A body enclosed in an armor casing of tough protein called Chitin... This exoskeleton must be periodically shed to permit growth...
Found in intertidal and subtidal waters... on rocky and sandy seashores... among kelp beds
Carapace varies in color from red to purple.... underside is pale white/gray to yellowish