Sea turtle eating Jellyfish

Sea turtles are the main reason I became a Beach Hugger.  Ten years ago as a member of the Sea Turtle Preservation Society, I learned the damage that trash in the sea can do to these beautiful creatures along with other marine animals.


Today's cleanup was at Avenue B in Melbourne Beach.  It was quiet, a few longboarders riding some small rollers, a couple of joggers, some brown pelicans playing follow the leader and ...

Forgotten fireworks

the Beach Huggers.

Sure, fireworks are exciting when they shoot up into the sky and light up the night.  It's the cleaning up that is a bit of a yawn to some people.
YOU STILL HAVE TO DO IT.

I would love to know what this means,
any Asian language scholars
want to take a shot at it?

The beach looked pretty but up in the dried seaweed near the dunes is where the nasty debris was hiding.  Today was a big rope day; 30 ft.  The new total is 1130 ft. or 376.66 yds.

Thanks for dropping by,

sianara,

Beach Hugger.

Mermaids Keep Sharks in Their Purses

Mermaid purse-
egg case for rays
and some species of sharks 

Keeping Brevard Beaches Clean

Stainless steel hunk o' junk

Rope to be revitalized

For Love of 
People and Animals

Skies have turned grey
 for the Sunshine State

Today there was a little more churn in the sea compared to yesterday.

A bit cooler as well, 60s F high teens C.

Too flimsy to be a catchers mask,
any ideas ?

Cooking Butter
 from Haiti

Lee and I went to the beach access next to the Crown Plaza Hotel, Indialantic.

Rope collected: 13 ft.

New total : 1086 ft or 362 yds, heading for touchdown number 4.

No shortage of litter up in the dunes, tangled in the dry seaweed.   

Only a month and a half until sea turtle nesting season.
Turtles need clean beaches for their
important mission.
Come on down,
we'd love to have you join us for
a Beach Hug for turtles.


Thanks for visiting,
arrivederci,
Beach Hugger.

Plastic, Hmmm. Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time

KEEPING BREVARD BEACHES CLEAN FOR 

LOVE OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

Christmas is coming!  Shopping, sewing, baking etc. has not allowed me as much time at the beach as I would like.


I did, however, do a beach cleanup yesterday with my son; today I flew solo.

Scotty, on the trail of trash.

Monday's cleanup was in Paradise,  Paradise Beach, Indialantic. Awww that sounds so nice and it is but of course all the usual yuck was there. It was  mild around 72 F, 21C. (I still wore a jacket) We made it to the beach as the sun was dimming.

always lovely to find one of these

We collected two tote bags full of all kinds of debris; lots of big plastic chunks.
 I'm sure between us we collected over 10lbs.  The rope count for the day was 37 ft. , elevating the rope total to 949 ft. or 316.33 yds.

Un-natural at the beach

Today I hit Ocean Ave. in Melbourne Beach.  Another sunset session and another day of big chunks of plastic.  It didn't take long to fill my tote. I dumped it and went back for seconds.  Leaving was difficult.  One more thing I have to get, one more thing I have to get. Finally my bag was becoming difficult to carry so I had to pack it in.  Walking past debris on the way to the boardwalk, I tried not to think of the harm it may bring.  I can't get it all.  I did collect 38 ft. of rope moving my total up to 987 ft. or 329 yds.  Moving in on another football field.


Thanks for checking in.


Jingle bells
Beach litter smells
Balloons have gone astray


Pick up your stash
of all your trash
and throw it all away
Hey!

(Yes, I know, it's bad)   County wide Beach Hug, March 24-April 1.  We can clean up the place to celebrate the beginning of Sea Turtle nesting season.  Interested? brevardcountybeachhug12@gmail.com

Parlez vous Francais?

You bet it's long lasting...
this sucker's gonna be on
the planet for ever!

Rings of death

Bowls, bottles, bins....

Plastic, hmmm.
Seemed like a good idea at the time