Nasty little litter

Sunset at Avenue B- Melbourne Beach

I have been up to my elbows in paint and haven't had time for a beach cleanup lately, however, Scotty and I were able to make time at sunset today. (Friday)

Florida is having no winter this year.  Good grief, it was 91 F! (30 C).

Melbourne Beach was looking pretty good.  We did pick up about 5lbs. of trash along with some cool treasure. There was a thick trail of shells along the wrack for our perusal. AND... 10 feet of rope.  New total- 1182 ft. 394 yards.



I'm working on my plastic experiment....... I have a box in my garage for my plastic.  Yipes! Dish soap, shampoo, bleach, caps on beverage cartons.


 I wanted something to drink and I looked at the coolers in Wal-Mart.  All those little plastic caps gleaming at me atop cardboard cartons.
I did find one container that had no plastic cap, the old spout method.  I was thrilled, however, it was 100% artificial- the container proclaimed that it contained no actual juice.
I'm drinking a lot more tap water these days.

Little Nasty 

The worst thing I found today was a hook and some line entangled in a shredded plastic bag.  It had just washed up and I didn't notice the hook right away; I've learned to untangle these things slowly- the hard way of course- ow!.  Some poor sea turtle could have seen that shredded bag and thought it to be a jelly fish, taking a bite he would have had a nasty, painful surprise.

Hamburger sea bean
from Costa Rica

Moon shell
also known as a Shark's eye
for the little eye-like
swirl in the center

Collar made by a moon shell
snail during egg laying

drastic plastic

So close to so many trash cans...

Freshly washed in whelk

Good night beach

Thanks for stopping by.  I have more painting to do but I hope to get back to the beach soon,

Beach Hugger.

Of Moons and Hearts and Flowers

Moon shell collar
formed from sand
when moon shell snails
lay their eggs

KEEPING BREVARD BEACHES CLEAN
FOR LOVE

Not the type of sea heart that 
should be floating in our seas

OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

Ever vigilante in Paradise

The beach was busy on a Tuesday afternoon. Lots of tourists and snowbirds. We cruised Paradise Beach, it was looking beautiful!

Not much litter to be found.  We're waiting on a good winter storm to bring about a plastic purge.

Not that we are having a winter.  It's been 79 F for days,  25 C.  Lovin' it!

Little foamy flower looking thingy

I collected about 4 cigarette butts yesterday and let me tell you, those 4 little butts made my tote bag stink to high heaven! I couldn't believe how strong the smell was from 4 little butts. My hats off to Danielle from- It Starts With Me-(check it out on blogspot.com) who collects many more than I do and must endure a serious stench.

Little stinker

Today we hit Ocean Ave in Melbourne Beach.  Again the beach looked beautiful.  We focused on the smaller bits of plastic and stinky cigarette butts.

Beach hugs;  protecting from protection

Fish like shiny things

Yesterday we found 15 ft. of rope at Paradise Beach, Indialantic and today at Melbourne Beach we collected 3 ft.    The total has reached 1148 ft. of rope or 382.66 yards.  I'm moving in on another touchdown!  We collected maybe 3 lbs. of trash.


Thanks for checking in,
bye for now,
Beach Hugger.