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“shells, please.”

August 7, 2013 by Cynthia

That has been my refrain of late when friends ask what they can bring me back from their travels. Since many of the locales included beaches, I figured it would be okay to ask for shells. Just reach down and stick a shell in your pocket. I am quite honored that my friend D. engaged friends and family in the task. After she showed me pictures of the black beaches of Puerto Rico, I thought it would be fun to photograph some of her shells against fields of black.

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes | Tagged friendship, gifts, Inspiration, landscape, nature, ocean, Photography, Puerto Rico, shells, travels, Vieques | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply steve's pictures

These look so surreal. I love them
- on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply Cynthia
  
  Thank you. 😉
  
  > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:31:50 +0000 > To: cynthiastaples@hotmail.com >
on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply rutakintome

My favorite place is the shore + I have been to those Puerto Rican black beaches = great post.
- on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply Cynthia
  
  Thank you. I hope to visit one day. 😉
  
  > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:53:27 +0000 > To: cynthiastaples@hotmail.com >
on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply marina kanavaki

They look like they’re floating in the stars! Beautiful, Cynthia.
🙂
on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply Sweet as a Picture

Lovely photo; wonderful souvenir! 🙂
on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply hitandrun1964

One of the best gifts EVER:)
on August 7, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply vera ersilia

I also love shells and have boxes of them too….
on August 8, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply Lin

Love shells!!!! May write something…
on August 20, 2013 at 10:45 | Reply shooting stars, cosmic clouds and … | Words + Images

[…] various things this morning, my eyes happened to fall upon the bowl of black sand I used for the recent shells photo shoot. I suddenly, desperately wanted to try photographing something else against that sand, especially […]
on September 27, 2017 at 10:45 | Reply Cynthia

Reblogged this on Words + Images and commented:

Hard to believe it was four years ago that I wrote this post after my friend D. returned from Puerto Rico with shells. Thoughts and prayers to her family and all the people there trying to rebuild their lives. Here’s great link from PBS onhow to help – http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/can-help-hurricane-victims-puerto-rico/