My collection is small but growing. I hope it is the type of collection that by the time I am gray-haired I can look at it and smile because of its variety and depth. It is made up of sea glass, small rounded stones, and broken shells that are smoothed to perfection by years of being tossed through sand and waves. The contents of the jar are pieces collected from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean coasts, as well as from the banks of Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. My compulsion to pick up these pieces was at first annoying - I felt that I was too old to be fascinated by wet stones, yet as an adult I was literally leaving beaches with sandy pockets full of them. Now I find them to be treasures that are almost like secrets that only I understand. I know the time I spend looking for the perfect stones and trying to find the tiny nuggets of sea glass. I never know in advance exactly what I am looking for until I see it, so the ones that make it into the jar have an extra special something that made me reach for it among thousands of others. And they are mine.
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Oh, I love the sea glass! The colors are wonderful and will always remind you of your adventures. I really like the perspective of capturing the glass from above, too---made a very interesting picture with all the rings of the neck of the jar.
ReplyDeleteI love two things about your collection; it is colorful and it doesn't take up tons of space! How fun to 'give in' to the desire to pick these these pieces up, even though you thought you were 'too old' for that. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's already a nice start for a beautiful collection !
ReplyDeleteThey are so colorful and pretty! I sometimes bring back little stones I see at the beach, just because they look nice.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! They look almost like gumdrops!
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