Clamming

This was a calm day for clamming at Wollaston Beach.  Happy Skywatch Friday!

Blazing New Trails

It's always interesting to see what treasures the sea leaves behind when the tide recedes.

Bow Wow!

Happy Monochrome Monday!

Boston Skyline

Happy Skywatch Friday from the mud flats of Squantum Point Park!

Final Summer Holiday

This is officially the last weekend of the summer here.   This view of the Boston Harbor Islands and surrounding coastal areas is from Sea Street in Adams Shore.   Enjoy every moment of this Labor Day Weekend!

Beach Front

This view of Houghs Neck is from the Sea Street approach.

Shoreline Artifact

I wonder how long this weathered wood piling has been here on the shore of a local island . . .
Happy Monochrome Monday!

Island View

Staghorn sumac fills the foreground of this view of Peddocks Island from Nut Island in Houghs Neck.   Nut Island is a 5-acre former island in Boston Harbor that was joined by landfill to Quincy's Houghs Neck peninsula in the 1940s for use as a sewage treatment facility.

Sweet White Beach Blossom

This is the flower of the sweet scented Rose Hip plant found along the shores of Quincy.  I gave this one a cutout effect in post processing.  I hope you like it's silkscreened look.  These flowers also come in a pink variety.

Scrapped

The remains of a few old docks are rusting away on Raccoon Island.  There could be a few dollars in that metal . . .

Low Tide Stroll

Happy Monochrome Monday!  I hope you enjoy another view of the walk to Raccoon Island.

Beach Day

And There Was One . . .

Happy Skywatch Friday from Raccoon Island!   Quincy Public School children are on summer vacation beginning today -- happy summer everyone.

You can see more interesting skies from around the planet HERE.

Life At The Beach

We got close and personal with green crabs, Asian shore crabs, razor clams, limpets and periwinkles.  Naturalist, Peter Fifield, helped find and identify what the tide left behind;  he was a wealth of knowledge.

Foreshore

All kinds of trash and treasures can be found in the intertidal zone. Boston Scientific, former site of Jordan Marsh Warehouse, can be seen in the background.