Marine Life

On our recent trip to Newfoundland, we drove up to New Melbourne, on the east side of Trinity Bay where Kelly's brother has bought a house. It is right on the road, but it has a beautiful garden, and it is also a five minute walk from the beach.


Most Newfoundland beaches are full of rocks (Eastport and Golden Sands being notable exceptions), but New Melbourne takes the cake. It is grey rock upon grey rock upon grey rock. With a few signs of marine life popping up here and there. Such as seaweed:


Crabshells, or in this case, a crab still in its shell:


A devil's purse (the casing of a skate egg):


"You may know them as sea urchins, ma'am."


The surf broke in cold and grey.


And Michael and Sue decided to surf.


Newfoundland. April 13. 4 or 5 degrees, if that. The paddle out looked long from my perch on the beach.


The wait for a decent wave looked longer. And frustrating.


But then she was up, if only for a second before going back down in the icy bay.


All in all, a frustrating day for the surfing set. But I'm not sure what else one could expect in Newfoundland in spring.