September 15, 2007

Starfish

The ocean changes every day. Different wave heights, different water colors, different sea life. Last Wednesday when I picked up Sarah from work I watched a pod of perhaps a dozen dolphins playing in the waves. At one point I saw four of them lined up in a row, just beneath the surface of a roller, riding it towards the shore. Another one jumped all the way out of the water, arcing across a breaking wave.

On this particular Saturday we ventured out to Nobby's Beach for one of the warmer days of early spring. After some jogging, ball throwing and cold-water boogie boarding--water temperature is about 60 degrees--we strolled over to some rockpools. As you can see, it was starfish season. One parent said they were migrating. Some young girls were collecting them in their hats and placing them all in the same pool.







1 comment:

julia said...

Another Newcastle site,nice, I have looked in vain for other bloggers here.I will make a link although I am not 'in the big league' blogwise. And I dont surf the net very much and the contacts drop out. I like the layout of your photos and the text etc- I'll have to see how to do small photos. (I usually only make links to city daily photos)