June 30, 2018
Forgotten February
The plan was, to get to my beach Fri. morning. But when I re-checked the weather forecast, there was a 65-75% chance of rain so I reluctantly decided to cancel my plans. Hopefully I'll get to the beach in a few days . . . In the meantime, going back to my catch-up posts, I think the last month I never shared was February. I don't have very many photos so this will be short . . .
Sunrise . . .
I did find this very unusually colored ark (L) that I thought was really pretty . . . and nearby a small auger.
A piece of barely "turned" sea glass, a green bottle neck . . .
A pretty lettered olive . . . I usually find at least one.
Found all in the same spot ~ (Top) an aged/worn lettered olive and (Btm) two shark eyes. It was a chilly morning but I still managed to enjoy finding some goodies.
June 23, 2018
Sunrise & Slim Pickin's
Tuesday I made it to the beach well before low tide. Enjoyed a nice sunrise, but the treasure hunt wasn't very fruitful . . .
I did find one nice piece of aqua (Coke bottle) sea glass . . .
And a very pretty, dark lettered olive . . .
There were a few "minis" like this shark eye . . .
And even a rare find, a Florida spiny jewelbox. These are fairly common on the Gulf side, and they start out white with a pretty pink interior. In top cond., they do have spines coming out of them. This one is orange due to being buried in sediment awhile.
Another nice olive . . .
I did find one nice piece of aqua (Coke bottle) sea glass . . .
And a very pretty, dark lettered olive . . .
There were a few "minis" like this shark eye . . .
And even a rare find, a Florida spiny jewelbox. These are fairly common on the Gulf side, and they start out white with a pretty pink interior. In top cond., they do have spines coming out of them. This one is orange due to being buried in sediment awhile.
Another nice olive . . .
June 16, 2018
June Beach Therapy
After a month away from Florida, I'm back and made it to "my" beach for some much needed beach therapy, yesterday morning . . . First off, a post storm sunrise with a shrimp boat included...
Very unusual find, ocean side . . . the king's crown is fairly abundant on the Intracoastal Waterway, but this is only about the 3rd one I've ever seen make it to the Atlantic side from the Matanzas Inlet...eventually I'll post before and after shots once I've cleaned it up.
Dark green sea glass, no doubt a wine bottle...always a thrill to find sea glass since it's kind of rare at this beach.
The only lettered olive (R) I found Fri., and a cream scallop (L) . . .
A pretty piece of a shark eye . . .
A more "classic" calico scallop shell . . .
A golden shark eye piece . . .
Both sides of a nice rock snail . . .
A prickly cockle (L) and another scallop (R) . . . both have discoloration due to spending some time buried in sediment. Orange on the cockle, gray on the scallop.
This is a piece of a true tulip (gastropod) shell . . banded tulips are more common; both are very rare finds at "my" beach. I do have one large true tulip that still needs more cleaning.
On my way back up the beach, I found another dark green piece of sea glass . . .
One more cream-toned scallop . . .
While in Calif., I had a discussion with my brother about the types of crabs found in Florida...including the blue crab. I thought they were smaller; this arm/claw alone is about 5".
Very unusual find, ocean side . . . the king's crown is fairly abundant on the Intracoastal Waterway, but this is only about the 3rd one I've ever seen make it to the Atlantic side from the Matanzas Inlet...eventually I'll post before and after shots once I've cleaned it up.
Dark green sea glass, no doubt a wine bottle...always a thrill to find sea glass since it's kind of rare at this beach.
The only lettered olive (R) I found Fri., and a cream scallop (L) . . .
A pretty piece of a shark eye . . .
A more "classic" calico scallop shell . . .
A golden shark eye piece . . .
Both sides of a nice rock snail . . .
A prickly cockle (L) and another scallop (R) . . . both have discoloration due to spending some time buried in sediment. Orange on the cockle, gray on the scallop.
This is a piece of a true tulip (gastropod) shell . . banded tulips are more common; both are very rare finds at "my" beach. I do have one large true tulip that still needs more cleaning.
On my way back up the beach, I found another dark green piece of sea glass . . .
One more cream-toned scallop . . .
While in Calif., I had a discussion with my brother about the types of crabs found in Florida...including the blue crab. I thought they were smaller; this arm/claw alone is about 5".
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