Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

September 25, 2014

Scusset & The Stone Church

It sure is nice to have our beaches back again.  Now I can resume my beach combing endeavors!  Headed out to Scusset one day.  Didn't check the tide table and arrived for high tide that was starting to go out. It was super choppy on the Bay with lots of nice rollers.  



I had to crop this pic to show the seagull up close with his head turned to the side.  I had no idea he did that when I took the pic.

I've never walked the Scusset jetty out to the end...well I did once when I was a kid but not as an adult.  I did get up on it today but I'm just too afraid I'm gonna trip and kill myself jumping from rock to rock.

Looking over at the Sandwich jetty.  This was during the full moon so the tide was higher than usual.





I just love shooting waves.


Saucy little sandpiper.

Not quite as impressive as the beach logs of the Pacific NW.

It's so peaceful listening to the pounding surf.  I walked a long way, first to the Canal jetty then pretty far down Sagamore Beach.  Not a lot of glass but a few good pieces.  I'll have to return in a month or so, or after our first storm.


After I left Scusset, I went in search of the stone church that Russell told me was near the Canal. It was pretty easy to find.

The corner stone said 1910.

Out back near the playground I found these adorable mosaic stones made by children.

Clever rainbow!

Even more clever dinosaur!

This was the view from the path where I parked to shoot the church.  Still undergoing painting.  I swear they built the Golden Gate Bridge in less time than it's taking to repaint the Sagamore Bridge!

The beachcombing finds for the day.  That round, white piece of glass to the top right of the largest brown one is one of those flat glass blobs, like the kind I use a lot on jars and bottles.  This was the first time I've ever found one of those and it ranks up there with marbles.  I was pretty excited to get that one!

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  1. Cool! Wow, what a lot of stones used on that building - impressive! Love your wave shots too. ;)

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    1. Russell said the church has been changed a lot so it sounds like there were more stones vs. that more modern looking second story!

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  2. Wish I could beachcomb, I love finding nice rocks, glass and shells. We did that as kids on vacation in Florida, when you could still find the odd conch shells. Great finds, JoJo. Great photos of the water and the gulls!

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    1. Thanks! I didn't realize how much I missed it till I moved back here. Puget Sound was a poor substitute for the coast. And even when I got out to the Pacific Coast, it was either just flat sand or uninteresting rocks and absolutely no glass...except for Willows Beach on Vancouver Island, I never found glass in CA, OR or WA.

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  3. That seagull makes me laugh! And I'm jealous of your sea glass. I used to make jewelry with sea glass - so fun and pretty. Great pix, as always, milady!!

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    1. Thank you Dawn! I have a lot of beach glass but I won't use it for crafts/jewelry unless it's for myself. That seagull is such a derp. hahaha

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  4. Yup great pix. I was thinking some of those of the waves on the rocks would have looked good as video. I don't blame you not going along that causeway. OK for a youngster perhaps. You sure found lots of glass.

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    1. Thank you! :) I just don't trust my knees, ankles or balance on those rocks. Some of them are flat but I'm afraid to go out too far. Last thing I need is to trip, face plant, break my camera and end up in the water. I do wish the glass was more 'cooked' but I only turn it down if it's totally fresh.

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