Only weekends

I've only had weekends to walk the beach and look for the glass. This past week I did run down to the beach close to our house and near the Bay Bridge tunnel....no glass at all...looks like a lot of new sand, so if it was hauled in...they probably covered any seaglass that may have been lingering. The dogs and I had a chance very early this morning to take a quick walk at First Landing....found the usual white, brown, some different shades of green and several turquoise selections....couple pieces of pottery and a cornflower blue "frosted" piece shaped in an elongated triangle. Overall, it was a very good morning for finding glass. Leave for Atlanta tomorrow, so won't be able to beachcomb until next weekend...

Unbelievable Morning

The alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. Crawled out of bed and dressed in my comfortable beachcombing clothes. The Papillions were stirring and ready for the morning. We were on the beach by 6:15 a.m. Wow...the beach was perfect. Tide was out and there were a lot of shell beds all along our walk. When you start finding cobalt blue and turquoise the minute you start your walk, you know its going to be a great day....That's what happened. Pottery shards, tile, glass......it was GREAT. We walked for over an hour before turning around to head home. It was pretty amazing. On the walk back, we found almost as much as when we started out. Just when I was getting ready to give up and head up to the ramp, I looked down. What in the world is that along the shore...It was the top of an old bottle with the handle intact...that was a great find...Yesterday, I purchased a nautical chart of the area where I search for glass. What amazed me was the fact that old wrecks of ships are depicted on the chart. What was even more amazing were the number of wrecks off Cape Henry and the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Just imagine how much glass might have been on those ships and its now making its way in pieces to the shoreline. I can't help but hope that it continues for many years to come.

Early Morning "Bonanza"

What an interesting week on the beach. Last Tuesday was an exceptional afternoon...Rough seas, wind blowing a bit...so I thought if I took the Pappies for an afternoon walk, we might have some successes...Well, I don't know how successful you could call it, but we made it down to Fort Story Beach and lo and behold, there it was...the most gorgeous driftwood and it would go perfectly where I had in mind in my kitchen...I've been dreaming about this project for a month now. Okay, how do I get it home...It must weigh 75 lbs and was huge...Here I am walking two dogs and dragging a "tree" home...I'd drag it 20 or 30 feet and stop and drag some more. Finally, I called the Park Ranger and he rescued me with his John Deere tractor. By this time, I had walked at least 3/4 of a mile. Great cardio workout....Only a handful of seaglass, but a backpack full of driftwood (not to mention, the "tree") -

Wednesday wasn't much better in the seaglass hunt...Only a handful. Okay, I'm not one to give up, so I went out this morning at 6:30 a.m....what a gorgeous day. Sunrise, wave action AND seaglass everywhere...the usual white, green, a few brown and a very few aqua pieces. Found a few pieces of nice pottery. Some of the clear glass had writing and designs. What a refreshing morning. We made it almost to the rocks and I realized that "Mother Nature" was about to call...so we headed back...We still had a couple more miles to go, but when walking on the beach a mile goes by and you hardly notice. End of the morning walk and we came home with over 100 pieces of glass. I'd say we had a great morning....