One of our very favorite things to do while at the beach was to gather shells. We walked alone scanning the beach where the waves rolled in and in pairs in ankle deep water, letting out hoots when we would find pieces of sand dollars or unusual-to-us shells. We would do this for hours upon hours...so relaxing!
When we brought home our little bag of memories, I immediately put them in a bowl with a tiny amount of bleach and let it sit for a couple days....
And then we poured them out onto a large clean towel to dry off, play with and sort...
Once again oohing and aahing over the pieces that we had found...
And wondering what some were...
After admiring them on the table for a week or so, we knew we had to find a bowl to display our Texas Vacation Treasures! Of
course I have cool bowls and dishes lying around that could've easily served this purpose. But of
course I used this as another excuse to go browse one of my favorite thrift stores that had been ignored for much of the summer.
Isn't she lovely? Found at Goodwill for a dollar.
Sigh...and our shells have found a forever-home...
Aren't they pretty?
Just one more picture
And then just one more to sufficiently admire them.
So far they have been taken out and rearranged by each one of us at least once as an excuse to play with them once again. As it should be.
