I went hunting dragons on a beach late at night.

To scare off the kelpies, I rattled a bucket of shells.

I saw the ghost of Oyster Rock, but sadly, no dragons.

Then I discovered a cave I had never seen before.

Inside the cave I found a natural bridge.

Moss hung from the bottom of the bridge.

The walls of the cave were pearly, blue coral,

and smooth, white crystal.

I went through a door that looked like ogre teeth,

and found the stone house of a dwarf.

There were two gem stones – one red one blue – that looked like eyes.

Was the dwarf watching me?

I kept going and found what looked like a piece of egg-shell tangled in moss.

I looked more carefully and found many more.

Something was hiding in the moss – a baby dragon?

It was then that I noticed the wall was scaly.

The mother dragon was sitting on her nest.

She was huge.

One of her leathery wings shifted slightly . . .

I ran from the cave as quietly as could be.

Then I picked up the cave and took it home with me.

The mouth of the cave.

Oyster Rock.

I was really exploring seashells with a digital camera that photographs tiny things.

My bucket of sea shells #1 was just a bunch of tiny shells inside a bigger shell.

What you have seen are formations within a sea shell.

All except the first three pictures were taken inside the ancient, broken conch.

If you liked this magical adventure, next time, I will explore something else!

 

These photos are mine – NO – I did not steal them from you.