I'm rather fond of this snailshell perhaps because there's no snail inside! It stays in the garden getting prettier and prettier, looking like pretty china.

Many thanks for your friendship, comments, invites and good wishes. Also thank you to those who have made me their contact. Due to poor health, eye problems and low energy I regret I can't take on any new contacts but nearly always manage to reply to your comments.

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Under the Brick I saw a myriad creatures scurry...

I spent a lot of time with the girlies on the beach. We collected snail shells, hermit crabs, crabs, sea glass, and rocks. We left the live creatures on the beach.

a snail on the go

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Snail on tomb

Northern Kelp Crab, Pugettia producta, aka Spider Crab, in a tide pool with a lot of hermit crabs at Point of Arches at the end of Shi Shi Beach along the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

This was for a selective desaturation challenge. It's losing.

found and captured:)

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i collected some pretty snail shells

Empty snail shell

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In addition to raising fish, I raise (!) two or three varieties of aquatic snails. I found this snailshell in the tank one day. From tip to tip it's less than 1/4" long. I shot this with a 300mm macro, and the plane of focus is about 1/8" wide.