a gem. moonlight bay bedrock beach is a dolomite beach that is sometimes covered by water and sometimes not. we had a fabulous time walking along the shore, in and out of the water, onto dolomite boulders looming out of the water, rock hopping, etc. an incredible habitat, very unique.

first ids of painted cup paintbrush, hidden spike moss, low calamint, narrow-leaved loosestrife, little green sedge, american three-square bulrush, and meadow anemone.

a.

hopkins’s flame-catcher

here and there

hunting on the bay

b.

a spare claw pale blue

gulls feeding

dolomite island

c.

just me and the toad

admiring

wind-waving paintbrush