Beachcombing
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Beachcombing
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
My son and I went to the beach and enjoyed hours of seeing, smelling and feeling what we were in the midst of in our area.
Many modern beachcombers follow the "drift lines" or "tide lines" on the beach and are interested in the (mostly natural) objects that the sea casts up. For these people, "beachcombing" is the recreational activity of looking for and finding various curiosities that have washed in with the tide: seashells of every kind, fossils, pottery shards, historical artifacts, sea beans (drift seeds), sea glass (beach glass) and driftwood. Items such as lumber, plastics, and all manner of things that have been lost or discarded by seagoing vessels will be collected by some beachcombers, as long as the items are either decorative or useful in some way to the collector. (However, this usually does not include the great bulk of marine debris, most of which is neither useful nor decorative.)
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September 24th, 2014
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Nancy Kane Chapman
Great portrait. I collect sea glass and well, I'll confess to a huge shell acquisition also.....I have to go down to the shoreline and walk for miles...and I do need to bring some home. Every time. Like I want to bring the beach home with me!! F/L
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