Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

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Snails, Shells, Anchors, Clams, Starfish, Angels, Sand Dollars, Apothecary and more....Oh MY!!

I just don't walk on the shore and watch the waves or search out far to see if I can spot some dolphins, I'm busy looking down at times also. I go out on the beach, and carry my little plastic bucket sometimes...always searching for the perfect shell. I have purchased throughout the years, many apothecary jars, and since we've moved to the Gulf area, I put the jars to good use. I started putting the seashells inside them and then proceeded to use it all in a grouping along with Bud's Brass Anchor....

I love to find broken ones also...they too have a lot of beauty in them. At least I think so. I think it was Mustang Island where I found the perfect ---all in one, starfish. There's a trick to get them hardened once you get it home with you. I've found a lot of clam shells, angel-wing shells [they have the most beautiful 'abalone' iridescence on the inside with all the silvers, blues, greens & turquoise colors] --they are way too fragile. I can't tell you how many times they've shattered and crumbled on me from the beach to home! The sand dollars? They too are extremely delicate --so very easy to break. And to find one all in one piece, complete, is not only a miracle...it's good luck!! I've read somewhere that the best time to go beachcombing for shells is after a storm. But, no matter, it's all luck I think!! By the way, the brass anchor is about 12 inches long and VERY heavy. Bud had this before we married...I think he told me once he got this when on liberty from the ship he was on during his Navy days...stationed in the Caribbean somewhere. I like it! LOL



Oh, and the box the shells are all sitting on was made by dear man of mine...he restored an old chest, added rope handles on each side and carved the three ships' names and numbers. One in front...and one on each side. These ships are the three he was stationed on during his Navy tenure. USS O'Hare, USS J.D. Blackwood, and USS Tabbererer. And the bird painting above the box is one I painted called "Afternoon Repose"...seen in full here.

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Envious, I'm green
Passionate, I'm purple
Sad, I'm blue
Pure, I'm white
Silent, I'm golden
Mellow, I'm yellow
Sometimes hues; stormy & dull...
But as witnessed, at the end, when all subsides;
in twilight years, after all the turmoil and strife,
it can be found by the horizon
As it betokens; the spectrum of the rainbow!







[rainbow image courtesy of National Geographic free wallpaper]

Posted: August 21st, 2009
5:40 A.M.