Sand and Sea

Welp, i spent a lot of time on the coast this week, not doing too much of anything. I thought i was going to be learning to kayak, but messages were misconstrued (or miscommunicated...) and i thought wrong. It was still really nice to get out from behind the computer for a while though. I spent a lot of time combing the shore for interesting little rocks or pebbles. Turns out i found a bunch of sea glass instead. I didn't even know about sea glass untill now! I thought you bought it Wall Mart or a craft store or something.

And i thought the sea glass was real cool. Pieces of glass were littered all along the shore  and  in a variety of colors - blue, white, brown, green ( green being the most common), and even some ruby red.  But i need to clarify, because when i say green i mean like every shade of green imaginable -  sea foam green, emerald, sage dust, kelly green, medium key lime, fern green, pond scum, lotus green, tarragon, deep forest, peacock, granny apple green. You name it. Walk a short distance thinking of a certain shade of green, and chances are you will stumble upon a tiny piece of sea glass that very color. Very cool, indeed. 

And each piece of sea glass was a different shape, a different texture, a different clarity, a different size, and in a different state of of the erosional process. Some were jagged and dull while others were smooth and polished. None were the same, kinda like finger prints or snowflakes. What was even cooler was picking up a piece and trying to figure out where or what it came from. The neck of a beer bottle? Part of a vicks vapor rub container? The bottom of a wine bottle? The screw top of a ball mason jar? A polished shard from an old time Coke a Cola bottle? Hard telling, not knowing. But it sure was a good way to pass the time.

Language Lesson of the Day: Here by the sea and sand, nothing ever goes as planned... Say it with me now! Aquí en la costa y la mar, nada según lo previsto...