Skip to main content

Two Shells

Sometimes, not very often, I find a near perfect shell on the beach.  By perfect, I mean in good shape and with no one living in it.

Apple Murex


Other times I find a shell that is far, far from in perfect shape and yet I am so fascinated by it somehow that it ends up in my pocket.  I loved the spirals visible inside this shell that I would not have seen had it been whole.

Junonia


My lesson for the day is that even our imperfections serve a purpose.
Labels:

Comments

  1. LindaFebruary 2, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    I have quite a collection of shells from the Florida beaches and I love every one of them. They wew given to me by a family member living in Florida.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Arkansas PattiFebruary 2, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    I used to love the unusual ones also. I never found a sand dollar however. Think you might be on the best coast for shells.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Muffy's MarksFebruary 2, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    Imperfection is the uniqueness of the things we find, and each other. Happy hunting for unique things.

    ReplyDelete
  4. TaborFebruary 2, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    I used to collect shells living in the South Pacific and fell in love with texture, pattern and shape. I keep this in view in my home and enjoy them everyday.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Sally WesselyFebruary 2, 2012 at 6:17 PM

    Nice reminder sent to us in a very beautiful visual form. Thanks.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Grandma Yellow HairFebruary 2, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    Just reminded me that I left my shells from South Carolina in my landlady's RV. I guess their in Nevada by now. lol
    I love picking up shells but never have I found any this pretty and unusual. I had hoped big for some like these in Myrtle Beach but no luck.
    Every time I come over here I miss living on the coast so much. Maybe in the future I can only hope
    Have a wonderful weekend
    Love
    Maggie

    ReplyDelete
  7. BarbFebruary 3, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    And sometimes imperfections can be very intriguing and beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  8. laveta'splaceFebruary 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM

    I think imperfections; whether in nature or people; make us stop and look closer.And we usually find wonderful surprises hiding in there.

    ReplyDelete
  9. MargaretFebruary 4, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    Lucky you to find such beauties.ss

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I appreciate readers' comments so much. You don't even always have to agree with me.

Popular posts from this blog

It's TIme

 It's been a while since I have posted anything and even my reading your posts is falling by the wayside. I am in Florida now. I have a yard where little attention was spent on landscaping for the past years so I am slowly and (somewhat) methodically addressing that. I also volunteer to work at the pollinator garden and the edible garden I helped install at the UU grounds and I took over the volunteer job of cleaning out the overgrown community garden by my neighborhood mailboxes. The neighbor who was doing that got sick and could no longer attend to it. It's a bigger job than I'd thought at first -- not only overgrown with weeds, but the plants that are wanted there are in life and death competition for each others' spaces. And two walks a day, morning and evening, so Levi can keep up with addiction to canine social media and a daily rousing came of stick or ball midday take up another chunk of my time. I have a weekly meditation group that I co-facilitate, and my own ...
10 comments
Read more

Life Goes On

There is nothing like a visit from the grand children to remind one that life goes on.  I spent Friday night at my daughter's and then brought the kids back home with me.  I did not get to see so much of them this past summer and it was a birthday gift to my daughter (who just turned 40!) to have a couple of days to herself. She probably spent them in her son's room playing Lego StarWars.  Dane tried to teach me how to play this video game--a hopeless task if ever there was one.  "Concentrate, Grandma!  You have to concentrate!"  I do have a hard time with sustained concentration lately, but in this case I had no clue what it was that needed concentration.  He finally took the controls away from me (thank-you!). It's amazing how long he can amuse himself at my house being out side on a scooter or helping me in the yard, especially if it involves a hose.  Inside, they both sit and draw or craft for hours.  Just before bed, Dane did say, "N...
41 comments
Read more

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Okay, Linda Reeder .  Okay, Arkansas Patti .  Yours is NOT a club I wanted to join.  But I did anyway. Bike meets car; face meets pavement.  Olga meets EMTs, gets ride to ER, meets nurses, doctors and X-ray technicians, and friendly police officer who issues a citation for negligent bike riding.  Not pretty.  So very not pretty. Are you ready for this? Yes. I was wearing my helmet. Plenty of bruises and swellings, but no broken bones, no concussion.   I will take it easy for the next few days, but first order of business is to go out and purchase purple eye shadow.
23 comments
Read more