I found this on the beach last week, and although I detest littering, it did allow me the opportunity to take this photo, which I really like. After taking the photo, I did the needful, and picked up the can, and found a nearby bin to dispose of it. What kind of can was it I wonder? I think it was a can of Coke Zero, but cant be sure..
Littering is something that drives me crazy though, when I see people throwing litter on the ground, or worse still throwing it in the sea, it really gets to me. As a race, we need to have a good hard look at ourselves - there is no reason why the majority of our packaging cant be bio-degradable. We don't need all of this plastic and tin, of course sometimes it is necessary, but where it is practical, let's use bio products.
But, let's get back to the sea, such power and beauty. I love the sea, often I battle it when surfing off Ireland's West coast. But like many things in life, it must be respected, the moment you stop doing that, you will be caught out by its incredible power and force.
It is with this power it turns another item of litter and something quite dangerous into something beautiful. Broken bottles somehow end up in the sea, no idea what kind of person allows this to happen, but it does happen.. From this broken glass, the sea and the rock and the sand erode and polish the the broken pieces of glass, and create "gemstones" as my little 4 year old son calls them. He collects them when we go to the beach. Here is part of his collection.
He was given this box, by a lovely shop keeper in our village - it is perfect for his little collection of "gemstones" or sea glass, and some other stones he found.
It's very endearing that he thinks that they are gemstones :o) So thank you to the sea for that...
This was one of our happy "gemstone" hunting grounds.
Sometimes it's the simple things in life, which are free, that are most enjoyable, and searching for gemstones with my little son is one of them for me.
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