Is Shell Collecting Wrong?
Jam jars filled with sea-glass, pebbles, shells and shrimps regularly accompanied the family back home from damp weekends in Hastings or Bexhill.
Jam jars filled with sea-glass, pebbles, shells and shrimps regularly accompanied the family back home from damp weekends in Hastings or Bexhill.
The downside (one of them) of living full-time on a boat is the lack of space for things like laundry.
I have only ever seen two Architectonica perspectiva shells inhabited by live animals. Of course, I carefully put them back where I found them.
I tasted sea urchin for the first time off the northern coast of Java, but I won’t eat them again because some of their numbers are dwindling.
You could find one on almost any beach in Southeast Asia. Or in a rainforest.
There are quite a few species of conch in Indonesia, but this is the most difficult to find, because each finger is long and delicate (reminiscent of a scorpion’s tail).
We sailed Esper from Turkey across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea, then across the Arabian Sea to India.
I could have used a more elaborate shell, but I want to start with one of the common or garden treasures nature shares with us.
Jamie gave me this website. I think he thinks I need a project, or at least something to keep me occupied. So here goes…