South Haven's Treasures in 2009

After not finding much on the beach today, I'm using a beach picture from 2009.  The tiny pieces that I found this morning were not even close to the size you see here.  Plus, I have another reason for showing where the treasures come from, rather than just the treasures by themselves.  These past weeks of blogging about my findings have felt more like a job than something I should look forward to doing.  I've felt pressure to come home with a full bag of rocks and glass and even more pressure to be able to identify the contents.  I think it's a good idea to hunt and collect whenever I can, and then write about it, as a whole, about once a week.  That way, if the weather is bad, or if appointments or visitors need my time, I won't have to come up with something for the daily post.  If you've been following, I apologize and hope that you will continue to check in now and then.  I'm sure I'll find some good stuff, and there is always, no matter what, plenty of encouragement and inspiration in God's Word.

Have a great week-end and a wonderful summer!

Today's Inspiration   from 1 Corinthians 2:9  

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.
 

Beach Rocks and Eyeballs

I admit that this picture is a little odd.  It almost appears to have a couple of eyeballs in it!  The one on top is a small Petoskey resting on a wet piece of white sea glass, and the other is a dime-sized quartz rock with a cloudy "pupil" of basalt (I think). 

While the four rocks on the left may not show it as well as I'd like, I picked them up for the green stripes of Unakite going through them.

Back on top, there are two more Petoskeys and a really nice clump of horn coral.  The glass pieces in the middle were exciting to find, as well.

Today's Inspirational Verses   from Isaiah 40:30-31 

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not grow faint.
(This is one of my favorites!) 

Great Rock Day

As you can tell, the beach was covered in rocks today!  That would account for the over 40 pieces of sea glass that got stuck as the waves pushed them inland.  I'm used to finding lightning stones, Petoskey stones, and crinoids, but I've never found an almost egg-shaped rock with such perfect rings as the one in this picture.  The two rocks above it are unusual, also.  The two-toned black basalt looks as though it had been dipped into a darker black.  (That's not a shadow!)  I don't know what the other rock is, but I'm hoping to break it to see if it's an agate.

Oh, I almost forgot!  There is a small piece of white quartz in with the glass.  Can you find it?

Today's Inspirational Verses   from Isaiah 40:28-29 (NLT)

Do you not know?  Have you not heard?  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.