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.
The beach had plenty of glass today, but the star of this picture is the brick. All smooth and shaped, isn't it beautiful? I was also excited to find two petoskey stones and a nice piece of granite. Not sure of what that smooth, bubbly-looking one is, but I am sure of how pleased I was to find such a fine blue piece of sea glass. (I know, I keep calling glass from Lake Michigan sea glass, but that's okay. It's like calling a tissue a Kleenex.)
Today's Verses for Protection from Isaiah 8:11-14a
Do not think like everyone else does. Do not be afraid that some plan conceived behind closed doors will be the end of you. Do not fear anything except the Lord Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. He will keep you safe.
I zoomed in a little more today because all I have is glass, and I wanted to showcase the smooth, round edges of most of the pieces. Looking more closely, I'm noticing a broken edge on a brown piece in the middle, but it's not sharp, so I'll probably keep it. Still, it amazes me how the surf, sand, and high water pH levels turn brokenness into such beauty (even if it does take at least 30 years to happen).
Today's Inspirational Verse from Isaiah 61:3b (This really goes well with the story of sea glass.)
...He will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair.
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.
