see what i see :: beach collections 3

every summer the beach we walk and comb offers something a little different. if you are observant and come back to the same place once a year, you may notice this, too. washed up along the cold wet sandy border of our big lake we have found among the stones and pebbles an abundance of birch bark one season, tiny broken shells the next, and oddly, last year, tiparillo tips everywhere we looked. but 2011 happened to be a very good year for face rocks.

and fossils...

tiny frosted jewels of beach glass,
 

and my favorite; alabaster. both smooth and rough. i may attempt to carve some of the larger stones... more research is necessary.

happy weekend everyone!

Comments

[sosser]

thanks for commenting zhing :) aren't they funny?

[zhing]

some of the pebbles look like they have little faces! :) how cute!

[sosser]

thanks, tracey! fossick! what a wonderful word! i've never heard it before. i had some excellent help spotting face rocks this summer - my niece is a very good beach comber (and fossicker), too :)

[Tracey]

Such wonderful collections! I can't believe all those little face rocks you found ... I love to fossick like that.
:)

[sosser]

thanks, katie! it was a happy hunting week :)

[sosser]

sweet, not crazy - wouldn't it be fun to beach comb all the great lakes and compare the finds from each?

[Katie]

Gorgeous pictures, I love beach rocks and nothing is more beautiful than sea glass! xo

[jen painted fish studio]

is it crazy that i'm jealous of your finds? i want to touch each and every piece. there's a beach on the lake superior shore that i go to every year for picking, but i think your finds top mine!