Maple Seeds and Beach Blessings

Yesterday's picture was done indoors, after dark.  I apologize for the starkness of it all.  This collection for today includes seeds not from the beach, but for the mere fact that they are all over my balcony where the sunlight is the best.  As a sign of spring in Michigan, the maple seeds also indicate the timing of this to be in May. 

To the left, there are some nice aqua pieces and other colors of glass.  To the right, you'll see one lonely crinoid, a black basalt with quartz waving through it, an interesting granite rock, and what I thought was a fulgurite.  Back at home with my Lake Michigan Rock Picker's Guide, I found that for this tunnel-shaped rock to have been shaped by lightning, its insides would be burnt black and shiny like glass, because lightning is estimated to be hotter than the sun's surface! 

Today's Inspirational Verses  (I chose this because in the original King James Version, the word, "children" is "seed".)

From Psalm 112:1-3  (NLT)
Happy are those who fear the Lord.
Yes, happy are those who delight in 
doing what He commands.
Their children will be successful everywhere.