Celebrated the Birth of Jesus Christ this week & Found Lots of Starfish/Sea Stars

The wise men followed a star to Baby Jesus and the day after Christmas lots of starfish wash ashore. The drop in temp killed them, sad to say. Here's my starfish (or sea star) photos...

The day after Christmas and found these along the beach


My fav is the Royal Starfish


Went out again and found some more




Close up... 4 kinds


Later in the day, walked a couple of miles down to the jetty and found MORE...


Close up


Brought these back plus a few more


My starfish haul on the patio drying out


Today brought them inside and already gave away 12 of them


Still Life of starfish, barnacles and oyster shells


ALSO found shells...

Christmas eve got off work early and went digging...




Day after Christmas


Orange Tellin... first time to find one and both front and bottom still connected!


Yesterday morning




Afternoon dig at the state park


My view while perched on a sand dune digging for hidden treasure






This morning




Condo Flyby


This afternoon






By the way, we had a White (sand) Christmas!




Pretty Cockles and Poinsettia