qu'est-ce que c'est que ça? by summerfield

qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?

ça, c'est une bernache!

that there is a barnacle. on the back of a crab. there are bigger barnacles on that crab. but this one is right on its back. where's the crab? gone, i ate it a long time ago. but i kept this shell. why, you ask? because i know it would be of use one day, and that day is today.

it must be a lazy crab for barnacles to grow on it. or maybe this particular barnacle likes crab, too. in any case, i'm not eating crab for a while. not because of this barnacle, but because i have to behave and bring that darn cholesterol down. although no one can tell me how eating a crab once in a while could bring my cholesterol up.

zut alors!
nice macro and the color of the shell is beautiful.
March 21st, 2014  
Seafood is good for cholesterol! I wonder if a barnacle is a shellfish? Is there something inside this shel! Its very interesting seen up close like this!
March 21st, 2014  
Brilliant close up, at first glance it looked like burnt sugar on a creme brulee but then as I do not like eating any seafood that to me is what it will stay:0)
March 21st, 2014  
I though the barnacle was an eye ball at first! Great macro shot and lovely colour shell.
March 21st, 2014  
Brilliant capture! The narrative makes me lol. =)
March 21st, 2014  
I don't know if I could eat a crab with barnacles on it! Cool shot though!
March 22nd, 2014  
The Lazy Crab. Also a good name for a Seafood Restaurant. hee hee. When we went to France the first time, we took our son. He was 16 years old. The only French he knew was qu'est-ce que c'est ? So he 'd say it ALL THE TIME. And then they would answer him. And he had no clue what they were saying. Sometimes, Dan or I would..we know un petit peu ....WE took it in HS and College. We still do a lot of "qu'est-ce que c'est -ing? in our house? Just as as joke. After being attacked by trinket selling thugs the first trip, I added to my French with this phrase: "Laissez moi tranquille!' But I never had to use it. The second time, I did not have the film SLR with zoom lens on my neck all the time, just a small digital camera in a bag...and we walked with more purpose. But I was ready!
March 23rd, 2014  
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