Brrr! it's getting cold outside!!

Black shell found at the North shore of Ohau

Turquoise!

More Turquoise!!

Sea Glass and Coral

Sea Glass and Crochet

Mother of Pearl Shells, Fresh water Pearls

Shells & Pearls & Shells

Silvery bluish black mother of pear shells, in this piece, found over on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii

White Mother of Pearl found at several beaches Oahu, Hawaii

Mom's and Mother's Day

 Mother's Day is Sunday...  I don't have my Mom with me any more, but last week I was watching The Long Island Medium, on TLC.
  One thing she said that made me pause...  When you see someone, and for a minute you think it's your loved one... who is gone... Something about the way they move...  look, reminds you of  your loved one...  For a split second you think it's them... Then you remember... they are gone...  It's their way of letting you know they are with you... watching over you... 

  

  I see my Mom everywhere, when I least expect it... Her face on a stranger... as I pass them on the street, The elderly Hula dancer, last week... as she turned on the stage... the hand movements,

 the face...  I would like to believe it's true....

Happy Mother's day,  make sure you give your Mom a big hug.. Let her know how much you love her...   

Sea Glass & Sea Urchin Shells

Lately I have been really obsessed with Sea Urchin shells.  We see lots of Sea Urchins living on the reefs, while snorkeling... but if you go early in the morning, when the tide is out you can find lots of empty shells.  Usually if you find several in one tide pool... some are broken.  If I am lucky I will find a chach of shells along with some white or purple brown, Sea Urchin splines, and sometimes the tiny white Sea Urchin pearls laying in the sand of the tide pool next to the shells. I have spent hours digging through these tide pools searching for treasure.  Last week while walking on the rocks digging in tide pools, we came upon on a gray Hawaiian Monk Seal.  The only two other people on the beach said is was a bull.  He had wedged his big body between the gray blue rocks and was sleeping.  I just stood there watching him marveling on his beautiful coat, but he didn't seem to like that I was behind him, he kept eyeing me over his shoulder, so as he moved to face the ocean I went back to searching for more Sea Urchin shells.   

Hawaii

 West side of the Island....Oahu, Hawaii

 Mother of Pearl shells found mostly on the beaches here on the west side.

Sun, Sand, Sea...

I Fell Asleep and Dreamed I was Swimming under the Sea....

I fell asleep and dreamed I was swimming under the Sea... The Coral reefs were bright pink and turquoise, the fish were black with bright hot pink poka dots, and rainbow strips.  Black Sea Stars curled thier way in and out of the Coral fingers...