What a Great Fall Morning

I like mornings when the tide is out and we can take our time on our walks...not feel rushed. This morning was not one of those times. We only had an hour and a half at best, so we had to complete our mission on time. Wouldn't you know it. There must have been 4 or 5 lines of shell beds all along the beach. How in the world was I going to check each location out in such a short period of time. I figured it best to start where the waves were breaking due to the tides moving back in...What a great day for sea glass. I could not go two feet without finding a piece or two. Lots of green this morning. A lot of plain white pottery....a little turquoise...one piece of cobalt blue and the rest white and brown....Out of a hundred pieces of glass, I'd say there are 25 pieces that are good quality for jewelry...good finds today....It was interesting because you would think the beach would be desolate so early in the morning. No such luck...other beachcombers checking out the finds...lots of photographers taking family pictures. I guess the season is upon us and those Christmas cards must get out with smiling faces and sand all around...I felt fortunate to find all that I did....we'll see what tomorrow brings...

Tidal Pools

Rough seas, rain, a little sunshine (all in one day) ---- Few days ago decided to try my luck when the seas had been very rough...Sun came out very briefly, so me and the Papillions decided to head to the beach and see what we could find. Good news...only one other person beachcombing. This should be relatively painless. We walked briskly for awhile (Pappies needed the exercise and so did I) ..... started looking down for sea glass. There it was...in abundance....turqoise, green, white, brown...No cobalt blue or cornflower blue...BUT...very old rounded, frosted sea glass...bottoms to old bottles, bottle rims...I even found a gorgeous pink which later fell out of my pocket while retrieving gloves. Darn!!!! It was so pretty...My consolation is...hoping that another sea glass lover found that piece of glass. I want someone that appreciates sea glass to have it to enjoy....We had an interesting experience further up the beach. The tidal pools stretched 1/2 mile or longer along the beach. On the other side was the nicest stretch of a shell-bed you'd ever want to see. How do we jump across the rushing water to get to the shell bed? Hmmmmmmmmm....the only way seemed to walk further up and try to get across the narrowest part. Okay...I stepped across the water...and yikes...my left foot sunk up to my knees. Holy Cow!!!! What am I gonna do now? I had no choice but to fall on my other knee and crawl out of this mess (all the while holding onto my Papillions). They were troopers and knew that I was in some kind of trouble. They both stopped and waited until I was up on my feet and able to walk again. Almost lost my shoes in the process. Now, we walked along with squishy shoes and very wet legs. Oh well...At least it was a worthwhile adventure. We now found lots of turquoise pieces of glass. Thank goodness the effort was worth every minute. Since we backtracked 1/2 or more to enjoy this shell-bed..it was now time to find a way back. I WAS NOT going to chance going back the way we came. Instead, we walked 1/4 mile or more further east and then turned south toward the dune line. Once we were at the base of the dunes, we were able to walk westbound staying close to the dunes. It was our only option. It worked...On the walk back to the car we noticed more beachcombers making their way in our direction. Sure enough, they too...were looking for sea glass. I can only hope that someone found that beautiful pink glass. I'd like to think it's sitting in a window sill somewhere with the sun causing the colors to dance or maybe someone turned it into a nice necklace for all to admire. No matter what, we had an adventure...that's what life is all about...

3 days of hunting in a row

The past few days have been very relaxing getting back to the routine of searching for that perfect piece of sea glass. The Papillions were anxious to get going on Saturday morning and they seemed to love every moment. The beach was scarce of people, but plenty of glass. We defintely got in a good hour and 20 minutes of searching and came home with our pockets full....

The alarm went off early Sunday morning, but I hit the off button and kept on sleeping. Made it in time for church and decided to take the walk in the afternoon hours. The Papillions seemed okay with the change of routine. We ended up walking further than usual...since we were finding lots of glass it was difficult to make the decision to turn around. When the skies started turning to dusk, we knew it was time to make the 180 degree turn...After arriving back to the boardwalk I turned and looked at the sky...The moon rise was awe-inspiring and the ships against the red sky took my breath away.

This morning we dropped Lex off at school and continued on to our favorite beach....only one other car in the parking lot, so off we start on our morning jaunt. We were detained for a very short period of time when a park employee stopped and asked about the dogs. We engaged in a lively conversation, but soon we were on our way.....I felt my heart sink when I saw my "sea glass competitor" coming back from her walk...I bet she got all the good glass. Geeshh.....why bother going. I felt so sad, but I put on a smile and said, "Good Morning"...is there much glass out there?" to which she replied, "no, the tide is too high"...I walked 10 more feet as she passed by me in the opposite direction and there, right before my eyes...the most gorgeous large piece of cornflower blue you would ever lay eyes on...What in the world? How did she miss this? So I continued on....Motivation has become my friend...I found purple, white, turqoise, brown, green, pottery shards....unbelievable...No more will I allow feelings of despair to take over when I think there's no reasons to push on...

Came home today and decided to organize some of the colors. I had a very large, round vase and decided to put all my white pieces in this particular vase. Wow...what a statement this makes...I'll post pictures in a future post...

Until then.....happy sea glass hunting....