Seaweeds

    After a few days of beach walking I started to notice the seaweed on the shore between the high and low tide marks. There were wonderful variations in form, color and texture and I took it for granted that seaweeds were plants  [they looked like cuttings from the garden] only to learn that seaweeds are not plants, they are algae, because they lack the many distinct cell and organ types found in land plants. Whatever they are called, they are beautiful; the dark ones reminded me of William Morris designs.

a flowering bouquet drapes a stone

Fingers reaching out to touch

Feathery tendrils

looking like pine needles

And my favourite

which reminded me of "Acanthus", a wall paper pattern designed by William Morris, about 1875