Well, here we are – closing in on the last of the new mandala images! The sea star pieces were inspired by a tide pool walk we took during our trip to Oregon. It was so amazing seeing all the sea creatures in the natural habitats!
I couldn’t resist using one of my favorite words in the entire world, dream, for this piece. 🙂
I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing these new creations. Check back to see what takes shape next, it’s often a surprise – even to me!
Lynne
Our seventh day on the road was started with a tide pool walk.
Not at all how I had mentally pictured it, walking on sandy beaches peering into puddles full of interesting sea creatures! No, it involved clambering over kelp covered, slippery rocks, practically standing on your head to peer into the cracks & crevasses, reaching under slimy rocks in hopes that when you flipped them over there would be an interesting creature or two.
All that while keeping your balance and trying your best not to step on anything living. I failed at the last two several times, including one thudding fall onto a jagged rock. Ouch! But in between the challenges it was so awesome to view all these interesting creatures in their habitat.
We were lucky to be there on a day of extremely low tides so there was lots to discover!
In addition to the critters we could see up close the sea lions were off shore just a bit, playing and making quite a racket! It was great to take this walk with one of the park rangers, she was great at helping us discover things and explaining how the different animals lived in this rocky place.
This was probably one of our favorite days of vacation! We saw & did so many things I’m breaking the day into three blog posts just to get it all in! Next post we’ll move from the rocky shore to the sand dunes, stay tuned!
