Downshore Today

For Paul and I there is no better way to spend a nice sunny afternoon than downshore on our favourite beach.  Today we saw the local lobster boats on the water pulling their traps. 

  

 

Of course if we are downshore, we are combing the beach for treasures.
 

 

 

We had another afternoon of great finds.  I still have to sort mine a little to weed out some of the less perfect pieces.

 

Paul has even inserted a Toonie with his collection so you are able to see the size by scale.  Between us we found 70 blue mermaid tears.  At one time we would be happy to find a couple of pieces of blue but now we are getting spoiled with all these finds.

 

A few of my great finds today are:  several pieces of pottery, one piece of light grey, one piece of mauve, sea foam greens and a piece of what is referred to as "black" glass which is actually a very dark green. 

 

Another great day in our simple life.

Blue Jay

 

The first Blue Jay in our yard for this year.  We put out some peanuts hoping he will return.

My Garden Yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lobster Season is Open..

 

Our first meal of lobster for the season.



Another Great Day for Seaglass

  

Since it was cool and the ground too wet to do yard work this past week, Paul and I decided to do a little more beachcombing and what a great day for treasures it was.  Paul still has not sorted his collection, but I have.  I was very happy with my blue seaglass finds, as well as my white milk glass and a piece of pottery.

I couldn't believe that I was lucky enough to find another bottle stopper in the rocks.  Although the top is partially broken, it was still a GREAT find.

 

This piece of pink seaglass may be small, but it's a keeper, as well as the piece of teal and this round white piece with the interesting design that looks like a large button.  I'm not sure what it is but it will become a piece in my rare finds collection.

 

We are hoping that all the wind we have had the past couple of days will stir up more seaglass for us to find this week.

Seaglass

Paul and I were downshore taking a stroll on our favourite beach and looking for seaglass.

  

 

The start of our search

I think he sees something

Hope it's a rare find

There must be more treasures here

He's still looking

Maybe he has settled for these nice red bricks, as I would love them for my garden

Homeward bound after a great day of seaglass hunting (and bricks)

Yes, here is Paul's collection for the day, all nicely sorted

And here is mine, with only the nicer pieces sorted

This piece of "green/blue" on the large white glass was my rare find of the day but we are still trying to decide the colour.



Lobster Season

  

Earlier this week, Paul and I took a drive downshore to our favorite beach.  The local fishermen were busy preparing their lobster traps for the upcoming season (1 May in our area).

 

 

 

 

We will be at our local fish market on 1 May to buy fresh lobster.