I photographed these Oyster shells outside a restaurant in Apalachicola, FL (which explains the lemon rind!). Oysters live in shallow beds in the bay and are harvested by fishermen. The animals are filter feeders and are highly sensitive to pollutants in the water. The beds were opened early in May 2010 to allow the fishermen to begin harvesting the oysters before the oil spill reached the beds.
Navarre Beach, FL Sept. 2, 2007 This plant was growing at the base of a dune-retaining fence on the beach. The dunes were washed away during the storm surge of Hurricane Dennis in 2005. Sand was pumped onto the beach in 2006 and Sea Oats these plants were planted to stabilize the dunes.
Pink Family June 26, 2006 I found these pretty flowers blooming on a cliff at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Beach in California. These flowers are much bigger than most other sand spurreys.
