Tag Archives: Shell Beach

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Shell Beach is one of the public access trails on The Sea Ranch. Amy Ruegg photographed the sights there recently.

View at Shell Beach by Amy Ruegg Shell Beach by Amy Ruegg

The Sea Ranch public access trails are under the auspices of Sonoma County Regional Parks, so an annual parks pass is a great idea for locals and frequent visitors.

Thanks to Amy for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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A beautiful native plant, Hooker's Evening Primrose, is blooming rather late this year. Amy Ruegg found this plant near Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch.

Hooker's Evening Primrose by Amy Ruegg

The plant has formed seed capsules, which Pine Siskins love to feed on. Here's a photo of the entire plant Amy found, and a close up of the flower.

Entire plant of Hooker's Evening Primrose by Amy Ruegg Hooker's Evening Primrose blossom by Amy Ruegg

Thanks to Amy for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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One or more of the stone masons who were here recently for a symposium sponsored by Anchor Bay resident Peter Mullins might have paid a visit to Shell Beach.

Rock art at Shell Beach by Roxanne Holmes

Stone art by Roxanne Holmes

Adrian Bennett wrote, “Bill and I took a walk  and came to the south end of Shell Beach to see a true and hardworking artist had been there. There were hundreds of rock art with touches of other objects such as seaweed and driftwood. My neighbor, Roxanne Holmes, was kind enough to get some photos to share.”

Thanks to Adrian for this unique sightings and thanks to Roxanne for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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Paul Kozal has trained his camera on high and low tides on the Mendonoma Coast. The contrast is amazing. The top photo shows a King Tide, a very high tide at Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch.

King Tide at Shell Beach by Paul Kozal

And the bottom photo shows the exact same place at low tide. Paul also photographed Iversen Cove's high and low tide. I will share them with you here tomorrow.

To see much more of Paul's photography, here is his website: http://paulkozal.com/

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A towel with Japanese characters washed up on a rock at Shell Beach on The Sea Ranch last week. Lynda Frye was walking with a friend when she found it. Of course we don't know if it is from the tsunami but it certainly could be. This is a very unusual item to find on the beach.

We will be alert in the weeks and months ahead to see what might show up on our beaches from a terrible disaster half the world away.

To see several other photos of possible tsunami debris, here are the links: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/06/21/the-first-wave-of-tsunami-debris-has-arrived-on-the-mendocino-coast/
http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/09/17/a-few-more-views-from-our-day-at-manchester-state-park-including-possible-tsunami-debris/

Thanks to Lynda for allowing me to share her photo with you here.