I took a walk to the beach today and had it practically to myself in the rather cold wind. Undeterred I went down on the sand to get close to the sea and found these peculiar jellies, all along the waterline. They're in different sizes from about 3 to 9 cms across with lovely reddish centres. In the small ones I could see 4 quarter sections but the larger ones looked rather like those clear glass paperweights with patterns in the base. I picked one up and looked at the underside and it was almost as smooth as the top. I wished I had put my sketchbook in my pocket as I had to draw these from memory. Does anyone know what they are? I'm fascinated as I've never seen such creatures before!
Magic, Valerie! And NO idea...
ReplyDeleteWhat??? You went for a walk without your sketchbook??? You did a great job from memory though. I wonder if those jelly things could be some sort of aquatic creature's egg case?
ReplyDeletePossibly some kind of jelly fish? The four reddish circles tickle my ancient memory. I used to spend summers on the East Coast.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful jelly sketches! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely drawing! There's a group on Flickr called "ID Me" - someone there might be able to tell you what species it is if you post the photos from the other entry (and give a location and size).
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/groups/id-me/