"I am carrying this scrap of paper that can crack the darkest sky wide open."

[greygirlbeast]

And, on the thirteenth of March, I awake to snow and a wind-chill of -2˚F. I am utterly exhausted by this goddamn winter. It was 17˚F when I got out of bed about 10:30 a.m. Now it's 18˚F, and the windchill has risen to -3˚F

Comments

[shanejayell]

Nice pics. Wish I could hit the beach, but work...

[greygirlbeast]

Wish I could hit the beach, but work...

Wish I could hit the beach, but sub-freezing temperatures, snow, and gale force wind.

[everville340]

Love the detail of the whelk shells that you are able to get with Nemo!

[greygirlbeast]

Yes. It came out very nice.

[martianmooncrab]

meant by the acronym "ikr."

I never have seen that before, maybe they cant spell ichor..

[greygirlbeast]

maybe they cant spell ichor..

There's a thought.

[ashlyme]

Thanks for the shells. The columella is beautiful.

[greygirlbeast]

You're welcome.

[witchchild]

Somehow I never knew limpets were also known as slipper shells. New thing learned today.

Did you have snow stick? We had flurries this morning but nothing on the ground.

[greygirlbeast]

Somehow I never knew limpets were also known as slipper shells.

It's complicated. To a zoologist, "true limpets" are members of the Patellogastropoda, which does not include slipper shells. The word "limpet" gets applied to all sorts of snails that are not actually limpets. This is the trouble with common names.

Did you have snow stick?

We got maybe half an inch, but it's melting.

[witchchild]

When I was a teen my dream was to be a marine biologist but apparently my scientific education never went far enough that I learned this. Thank you. (and reminds me of my past enjoyment of collecting from the beach and pulling off the shells from rocks and such.)

Stay warm today.