I just grabbed this picture from Bamabeachcams.com.  It's a webcam from Sea-n-Suds right on the beach in Gulf Shores, AL.  The oil is splashing up on the beach with winds from that hurricane near southern Texas.  It's pretty dirty but I have to say I've seen beaches in other places that were as dirty in normal times.  The heartbreak has to do with the fact that the sand there is usually the color of sugar.  Very white.

Like this.  This was taken last January.

Man, it is wet. The Boulder Creek is running deep and fast!

Three new things:  lots of great finds from Junkengruven; a bunny on a bike (also a chicken and a mouse that I didn't catch soon enough); and Blogger has a new way to upload photos.