Beauty in the mud flats...

Last weekend I went geocaching in Martinez with zahraa. It was a picture-perfect day, just right for enjoying the local shore life.

Delicate avocets:



Along the shore there were these dried mud beds, all crackled and separated in the heat.





I couldn't resist walking on them. The ones closer to the grassline were very dry and hard, like solid ground. Then the ones a bit further out felt like those spongy playground mats, solid but with a bit of sproing. Closer to the shore, though...

( Lustrous blooms, flitting butterflies, and yours truly covered in mud )