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Waves and Rocks with Algae

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Photographed August 2, 2013

This entry was posted in Beaches and tagged Algae, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Rocks on September 16, 2013 by Heidi.

Face Down In Cladophora

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On a rocky shore

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Face down in Cladophora

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Rests a sad zori

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Photographed August 2, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Algae, Flip-flops, Found objects, Great Lakes, Haiku, Lake Michigan, Poetry on August 13, 2013 by Heidi.

Cladophora Warning

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Cladophora is a species of green algae that grows on submerged rocks.

After it dies, it washes up onto the beach and rots. Unfortunately, rotting algae (and any dead animal trapped in it) smells like raw sewage.

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Ick.

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Photographed August 2, 2013

This entry was posted in Beaches and tagged Algae, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Sand on August 13, 2013 by Heidi.

Well-Worn Flip-Flop

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Alone again.

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Photographed July 25, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Flip-flops, Found objects, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan on July 26, 2013 by Heidi.

Flower Sandals

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Sandals decorated with a pink flower design.

They lie between a parking lot and a catwalk that goes out to the breakwater.

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From the entrance to the catwalk, you can look down on rocks and waves.

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Malodorous seaweed accumulates.

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Photographed July 23, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Breakwater, Found objects, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Rocks, Sandals on July 24, 2013 by Heidi.

Sand and Vegetation

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Photographed June 7, 2013

This entry was posted in Beaches and tagged Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Sand on July 23, 2013 by Heidi.

Beaded Sandal

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An attractive beaded sandal abandoned like Andromeda on the rocks.

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Awaiting its fate on the group of rocks at the water’s edge:

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Photographed July 18, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Found objects, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Rocks, Sandals on July 20, 2013 by Heidi.

Flip-Flops Walking

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These flip-flps look as if someone stepped out of them right into the water.

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Here you can spot them abandoned on a beach that is near this boat launch:

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Photographed July 18, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Flip-flops, Found objects, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan on July 20, 2013 by Heidi.

Insole #2

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Photographed July 11, 2013

This entry was posted in Shoes (on the beach) and tagged Found objects, Great Lakes, Insoles, Lake Michigan on July 19, 2013 by Heidi.

Bluff Above a Pebble Beach

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Photographed June 7, 2013

This entry was posted in Beaches and tagged Bluff, Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, Pebbles on July 19, 2013 by Heidi.

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