Look and Listen:
(Opening by Trip Shakespeare, from song “The Slacks”)On reading this passage, I knew immediately where to find mounds of sea shells left by early inhabitants of the coastal isles. My grandparents place! Skidaway Island!
Sea Shell Beds by Beth Thompson
On the way to the sea shell mounds I passed Juniperus Americana:
Juniperus has been the subject of one of my signature pieces: Cedar on the Marsh.
Cedar on the Marsh by Beth Thompson
I also walked beneath the majestic Corypha Palma:
Corypha Palma by Beth Thompson
I took a close-up of a young palm:
And finally reached the sea shell mounds, where live oaks (Quercus simpervirens) flourished:
Beth Thompson Photographing Sea Shell Mounds by Glenda Goss
I took several pictures of the sea shell mounds, beneath Quercus simpervirens….
Arm of Live Oak by Beth Thompson
Sea Shell Mounds by Beth Thompson
Shell Mound with Limb
Out of this last image I created another Possible Place:
