Posts by Leigh Russell
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to Lilith __,
Far out - thanks Lilith!
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to JacksonP,
An intriguing photo, Jackson - do you know what was going on? Rival starfish? And ah yes, rocks and rock pool dwellers rock!
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Hello Ian, I love your word play! Yes, Cave Rock is a memorable spot in my childhood too, but primarily for evening picnics which were always chilly - but exciting too! Sandwiches and cupcakes out of the big biscuit tin with the painted lid, followed by mountaineering sorties over the rock itself and excursions into the gloom below in the cave!
The use of the term chiton for the Roman garment seems a remote connection at best! And how to get them off, indeed! Regarding the sea creature variety, once latched onto their chosen surface they are VERY difficult to dislodge, whereas they feel rather soft, moist and tickly when moving along one's hand. :-)
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to Hebe,
Those sea flowers are ET-like I reckon. I find them fascinating and repellent.
There are some near where I live south of Dunedin, and I agree with your response! I wonder why we feel that way about them? I haven’t been able to find the name of them from my usual aquatic searching site, the excellent Otago University and NZ Marine Studies Aquarium Guide but not all of the entries include photographs.
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to Hebe,
Fun! :-)
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Why thank you Nora - I'm pleased you enjoy it! I have absolutely loved living so close to the beach over the last year and have written a whole bundle of articles about that, all packed with photos, and which can be accessed via their own heading / contents page: Leigh at the beach
I have enjoyed your photos too, of the silos and of rainy Dominion Road! These Capture threads are just great! (Thanks again, Jackson!)
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Jackson and everyone, I'm just loving this thread and all the wonderful and various images and stories, so big appreciative thank you's to all. It lightened my Labour Weekend, which was in need of it!
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Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?, in reply to JacksonP,
a chiton recovery programme!
Hi Jackson, I'm pleased they interest you. I'm always a bit surprised when others share my enthusiasm for unusual subjects! You might enjoy my story about mussels too, but I won't go on any further!
Jackie, that's a charming photo of you all. :-)
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These are the second lot:
Chitons are surprisingly agile and flexible: -
Today I took three chitons back to the beach. I love these little creatures! The ones you can see here are ‘Noble’ chitons and I see quite a few of them as Rewi often unintentionally harvests them with his mussels. I always take them back, but this isn’t always easy since they prefer to go back to the same exact location, and this is only accessible at very low tide in some parts of the month! While they wait for me to be able to do that I keep them in a bowl of sea water with other sea creatures that are also going back – but they are energetic little locomotives and don’t always stay in the bowl! If they fascinate you too, you can look at what I’ve written about them before in “Chitons on the rocks" See if you can see them in the photo with the seaweed in it – nearly invisible – that’s (close to) where they belong!
