Cracking rocks and broken coral.

Where are we? First this is called coral strand , Carraroe, county Galway a place of few rare coral and maerl strands in the county. I knew it was special when I saw it but secondly only really found out when I researched this unique place a few hours later.

I knew the texture was from that which was broken and I thought shells. I found out it was loose sun – bleached calcified fragments/maerl. I noticed how they edged the breaking and broken rocks in water moved waves. They weren’t blowing around much at all.

Then there was the white against red seaweed.

A texture that doesn’t cloy like typical quartz sand does.

A pleasure to walk on.

Here and there these large bolders were buried a little in this course covering of mineral deposits of algae, their large size solid against the broken and breaking ‘ coral’. Dull, dry greys and gold rigid in structure splitting with the weathers of time. Rocks held in such a way that once split one may always know that they once fitted well together. A strange eternal puzzle open to the mischief of the storms at sea.

A whole landscape of green and blue with splitting rocks.

A dependent colour scheme. On what you may ask?

The sky.

It can turn the water grey and navy blue in parts, as well as artificial blue, and as we look to the sky for water colour we look for it to produce the rain for the greens.

Looking up to the sky for our colours to paint our Earth to crack our Earth to interact with Earth…( and our daily needs.)

A little yellow and a little less white of this maerl, under pools of seawater. A flecked back drop to fluffy sage green and heavy deep brown. The blend of water plants and ‘ coral’ on a day of floating clouds, cold wind and sun.

Time spent in Carraroe, County Galway, Ireland. A fine place to be.

‘ I will lift up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD who made (our) heaven and our (beautiful ) Earth.

Take care,

Sandy 🙂