While walking on the beach this morning, I came upon, what I can only describe - for lack of any other term - as a fusion of a coral and a stone. After spotting a number of similar ones, I began photographing them as I came upon them.

I don't know exactly what to make of these things; I'm a bit con -fused myself.

I photograph approximately two dozen. Nearly all were located in a relatively small are of the beach. I'm breaking up the photos into two groups to be published in different posts.

Twelve in this post and twelve more in a post to follow.