Memorial Day

It was a beautiful weekend where we are. It deserved a beach trip, and the sea glass was calling, anyway.

It was low-tide for the time we were there. The beach was wider and flatter than most recalled seeing in many years. That's a good sign. Winter was good to the beach this year. We'll have to see what that does to the surf, though. Hopefully its not too smooth this year.

Upon my first look down the beach, I thought the sea glass hunting would be weak. It was so smooth and flat -- and the waves very gentle. I did find two peices right in front of where we set our chairs (in a populated area), so I was encouraged. When we all set out, everyone followed their usual patterns of placement on the beach and speed down it.

I find I have to be in a Zen frame of mind: open to seeing what's revealed, rather than trying to actively see what I want. I prefer the strand (waters edge) and the slowest speed. The sea glass "reveals" itself to me better there!

We had a great day as far as total count was concerned: 64 pieces. That is not as high as the one day in April (see previous post), but more than last season's total. There were no pebble fields this time, so I'm sticking to my geology/hydrology theory. Some of the peices were tiny, but a few are the chunkiest we've found. Nice.

The days will start rolling now. Hopefully every day will be as nice as yesterday.

Interesting Article

Visit this article (Smithsonian.com) for an interesting story on sea glass. See also the reader comments. Pretty interesting.