Yesterday there was a plethora of shells, tiny shells, tiny pumice, tiny sticks.
All beautifully arranged for the mornings exhibition.
We never do see stones on this beach and I am still looking for a stone with a hole in it that I can hang around my neck with a string. I have only been looking for YEARS! Combing the beach for treasures is age old. I bet you do it too.
The more we walk along the beach now the slower and more solitary we are becoming. Less of the striding out and more of the sauntering. The kids drift behind like little pigs, dragging sticks and picking up treasures. Making up little piggie songs so we all know where we all are. But softly. The sea becomes our sound track.
Did you know that pumice is fire proof? And also does not transfer the heat. So if you want to light a fire inside on the floor light it inside a big pumice bowl. I am on the lookout for a huge piece of pumice. I am sure it will be useful. I will carve it. I wonder if I could carve lanterns. Hmm.
There were horses. And dogs and sea gulls.
And piles of drift wood.
Always a picture for you.
It is siesta time here. Do you remember when all the farm interns and woofers had siesta after lunch so i could write. I do this with kids too – though it is much shorter for the children. Even though they are lying on the couch next to me it does give me a chance to write to you.
I have one on the couch and one in bed. This is a Social Media Free family so there will be no pictures.
Renting a little beach house while I am visiting has turned out to be an excellent move. I always wanted to buy a bach back here in NZ but the post pandemic price hike took care of that dream. Do you remember those little beach houses I was showing you? They start at a half a million New Zealand dollars and go up from there. The average is $750k. We looked at a few last night. Soon owning your own home will be a rich persons game. Or luck.
My daughter in Melbourne said that recently there was a price hike in rentals and almost everyone she knew had a rent adjustment up 20%. She was one of the lucky ones but we do wonder out loud how a little family with a single income manages at all.
OK! Siesta time is over. The clamour begins.
Now we embark on Walk Three of the day. This walk is the one that leads all the way through the playground, down the flying fox up the beach through the dunes down the beach road and round to the Blue Shop for icecream.
Have a great day!
Celi
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16 responses to “The sea leaves us something new every morning”
like you, I love to discover what the see has left for me
It is such a lovely positive thing as we dream our way up the beach.
Aww Iwould love walking that beach ~ looking at everything!! Bring me a few pieces of driftwood!!! Maybe a nice good sized piece of stone to drill a hole in it for a necklace!!! Continue to enjoy!!!
The magic stones already have the hole: my godmother found one.
Love love love beachcombing! Would love to do so in NZ! Most familiar with Washington State beaches…
Do you get the beach glass up your way? I seldom see that over here.
We got beach glass when I was growing up every time we went to the beach. Not nearly as much now. Funny how a bit of trash becomes a lovely thing.
I do I love the beach glass. I’m Italy it was marble tiles!
That’s super cool! Makes sense.
Beach combing, forest treasures, creek overflow treasure…
I look for and love all the gifts..
Yes! They are gifts.
One of my very favourite things about the beach at low tide here is the amazing patterns that the small beach creatures create in the sand. I have dozens of photos, none of which do justice to any of it because the camera simply cannot capture enough detail. My favourite activity, though, is searching for sand dollars, which are rare and fragile, but so beautiful.
I love finding stones with holes in, they are relatively easy to find on the pebbly beaches of Suffolk. When my children were young some of them even made a “toilet chain” when we had an old fashioned cistern. Beach huts here are now an unbelievable price and as for rents for young people!! Continue to enjoy your well earned family time.
I love beachcombing and seeing what treasures the sea has left. We have sea glass on most beaches here in Cornwall U.K.
No social media would be a blessing for a while, enjoying the peace and listening to the wind, wildlife, etc, x
Stones with holes in them were not uncommon in Cornwall, but perhaps that’s down to local geology or currents.
I could never do siestas when I was little. It’s only old age that has made me tired in the daytime.
The sea offers the most amazing treasures. I recall taking my prairie grandson to the beach for the first time. (he had never seen the ocean before at age ten) He filled his and my pockets with treasures. the next day we brought a shoebox.