Here is my submission for the 1st ~newfoundland contest. Basically I went through my numerous photos in Newfoundland, and found that this one felt not only interesting, but meaningful. Naturally, it immediately had the connection to the sea that we as Newfoundlanders have always had, being an island, and also due to our rich fishing industry's history. I also felt that this shell represented Newfoundland fairly well, not only because it is a very common site on our shores, but because it was the home of one that had to drag itself through the sea as our ancestors did, no doubt through some hardship, to take residence on this welcoming land. I would expect that the inhabitant of this shell may have had offspring who would leave and come back to one of Newfoundland's coasts, which also is a similar and common pattern to our own people.

This photo was taken in Shallow Bay on the northern coast of Newfoundland on my way to St. Anthony.
No alteration was done to this photo except some minor level adjustment, and of course, the border.