There's a little beach, on a peninsula not far from where we live, that we visit from time to time so that our boy can search for sea glass. Fragments of blue, green, amber and white that are washed up on the shore, rough and sharp edges tumbled and smoothed by the waves.
Little gems of weathered sea glass.
While I watched my boy wandering the shore, head bent down towards the sand in earnest concentration, I strolled the path above. (Beach walking is strictly prohibited for my sore feet right now:( Although I found no sea glass along my path, there was a lot that was beautiful that caught my eye.
The wooden stairs that lead down to our sea glass beach.
The tiny, calm waves of the sea.
A view of the sea framed by a tree.
The soft, lemon-yellow petals of a flower.
The crumbling pickets of someone's back beach fence.
The colours and spikes of a lizard.
Under a tree's arch.
The red fireworks of a flower.
Tall pines like this one reach for the sky.
A heart shape in the mesh. Xxx
My boy has been collecting sea glass here since he was around four years old. He still gets just as excited, when he finds a "special piece", as he did back then. If it's deemed a keeper, he brings it home!
My son's sea glass collection.
(There's a few stones and some sand in there too!)
These pieces of once discarded bottles and glass have become someone else's treasure, my boy's precious gems. It wonder what else we throw away that would have value to another?
Meg
p.s. The links below are to little projects you can make with sea glass.
Is that near Caloundra, Meg? Lucky son, finding so much sea glass, I love it too, but have never found any on our northern river's beaches. What a lovely peaceful day you had meandering along the beach path, so much to see.
ReplyDeleteThis beach is on the Redcliffe Peninsula, Nanette. Not too far from the main Redcliffe jetty. We always look out for sea glass whenever we go to the beach but rarely find pieces like we do here. Meg:)
DeleteThat's so interesting because when we are at the beach we only look for shells. The glass looks great. It's such a great place to go for a walk there we love it. Love the heart in the fence and the lizard, some great pics Meg.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kathy. The lizard was very co-operative when I was taking his picture. I think he was showing me his best side! Meg:)
DeleteLovely pictures Meg, it looks like a wonderful place to spend some time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jan. A walk on or near a beach is a lovely way to spend some time. Meg
DeleteIs your foot still sore?? That's taking a long time to settle, you poor thing!
ReplyDeleteYes, very frustrating. I miss my long walks very much and my beach walks even more!! Meg
DeleteGoodmorning Meg,
ReplyDeleteMy darling sister used to collect sea glass from Queens Beach at Scarborough. She made me a beautiful mirror decorated with gathered shells and sea glass which hangs in my laundry. Love your sons collection, so special. Have a lovely day,
Fi
I thought you might recognise the beach, Fi. You live in a beautiful part of the world, so close to the sea. Your special mirror sounds gorgeous, a lovely way to use sea glass. Meg:)
DeleteMeg I love the sea glass. Redcliffe was a popular holiday destination when I was little and we would go there every year. I can remember red cliffs from that time but couldn't find them when I visited a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen red cliffs there, Chel. There's areas of red soil back from this beach and homes built at the top of the slopes above. Meg:)
DeleteLovely photo's in your post, I love your son's treasure jar. I love it when our grandsons come and they have tins with their special things in, their imaginative minds are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteMy son's treasure jar is just perfect for all his pieces of sea glass. His collection takes pride of place in a cupboard in the bathroom where the morning light makes the colours of the glass shine. Really beautiful! It's lovely that your grandsons come to visit and bring their treasure tins. There's something utterly delightful in the imaginations and collections of young children. Meg:)
DeleteSpecial memories, made in a beautiful location, with the love of family, watching over. I can't imagine a better way to grow up, or nurture a hobby. What a fine collection he has. :)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has a small, sea shell collection, adopted from our last rental. The owners were putting the house on the market, and noticed our daughter loved hunting around the yard, collecting the sea shells, her (long grown-up son) collected from their various beach holidays.
I asked if it would be okay, to take het little treasure trove, with us when we left. She was happy to hear, another child was delighted, by what once, delighted her son. So who knows, how many generations will come across these wonders of nature, collected by a child's curiosity.
How wonderful that your daughter loves that shell collection anew, Chris. That it's now treasured by another child who finds beauty and interest and wonder in those small shells. Meg:)
DeleteSea glass is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love how you captured the heart shaped torn mesh. You have an artistic eye. :)
Thanks, Nil. I think that heart is saying, "Love this little beach!" Meg:)
DeleteHi Meg can you go to my blog and try and post a comment on my latest post. I've moved it to "approved comments" as I found a spammer who commented on several posts with the same message which I've had to delete.
ReplyDeleteps..just testing it because I haven't done it before.
ReplyDeleteI've added a comment, Kathy, and it's come up with the message saying it will be published after approval. Looks like that function is working! Meg:)
DeleteI love the pics Meg, especially the tree framing the sea. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe tree made for a lovely view out to sea, Laura. Meg:)
DeleteThanks Meg for your help re my comments...xx
ReplyDeleteI love seaglass and used to collect it myself as a child. Your post brought back wonderful memories for me Meg. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat's lovely, Debbie. Do you still have your sea glass collection? Meg:)
DeleteGosh, I'm at the beach all the time here and I dont think I have ever seen sea glass. I must look closer. I am always picking up shells and fragments of shells for future projects, needless to say I have so many jars around full of shells.
ReplyDeleteShells are very beautiful too! I imagine you could make many beautiful things with your sea shell collections. Meg:)
DeleteAh...the beach looks so relaxing. Wonderful photos, as usual. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly a relaxing visit to the beach. I had lots of time to wander the path and take photos of the little and lovely things I found. Meg:)
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