sea leavings

[aslant]

what we found on the shore today:



not pictured: a 12-inch fish skeleton, crab shells, razor clams, a single scallop shell, regular clams, dozens of seagulls, two mounted policeman, a handful of seawall fishermen, assorted adorable dogs and old folks and small children out walking as well, plus one marmalade cat in the neighborhood who studiously ignored us on the walk back.



it was this big:


(a quarter for comparison)

Comments

[beamishgirl.livejournal.com]

wow! how cool! what coast do you live near?

[(Anonymous)]

thanks :) i live in lynn, massachusetts, a.k.a. the north shore.

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

I grew up in lynn, there fore i am adding you :)

[aslant.livejournal.com]

i added you back!
i live near goldfish pond, do you know of it?

also, i think we must have been at the same rained-out-delayed-till-sunday derby bout several weeks ago. yes? i was there.

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

yes i know goldfish pond!

I was at that bout :)I will have to come to a Boston Bout sometime!

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yessss, come to a boston bout! but not this weekend's, because the venue unexpectedly cancelled this afternoon and we may not find a replacement venue in time :( i don't think the announcement is public yet, but in any case the online ticket sales were halted...

[restartsmyheart.livejournal.com]

well thats a bummer, but i will be out of town this weekend anyway! so, next time!

[aslant.livejournal.com]

(bah. that anonymous was me, forgot to log in.)

[bruisesroses.livejournal.com]

[aslant.livejournal.com]

i've been to beaches like that, where everything is in miniature! when i was little i used to collect pockets full of tiny shells.

the beach we were on yesterday, the tide throws up a fair amount of rocks and shells, plus there are lots of seabirds always eating clams and sea snails and crabs and leaving the shells behind. it's unusual to find them so big and so whole, though. this is the same beach where we found all that seaglass after the storms a couple months ago, too.

i wish you could see it! we were there around 8pm, sky rather grey with clouds but enough light to beachcomb without needing sunglasses, my favorite time of evening.