Keeping it clean for turtles

Sunday, Soggy Sunday...

Palmetto Scrub at Coconut Point, Melbourne Beach

Scrap strap

With rain pouring down, it's not a beach day today.  However, yesterday was a gorgeous beach day. 

Melbourne Beach was looking pretty good, we probably collected less than a pound of trash, two cigarette butts and this heavy duty plastic...

Meals Ready to Eat-menu 6- chicken with noodles

We heard a lot about these MREs during the hurricanes of 2004.  Some people were without power for weeks.  We were out for 10 days and later for 12 days. Thank goodness we had a gas stove!

I picked up 4 ft of rope, bringing my total to 1186 ft or 395.33 yds.

Beauty at the beach-Coral Bean plant

Of course there were bottle caps and plastic chips and evil jellyfish imitators; which were removed and disposed of.  




Sea Turtle nesting season has begun. The massive leatherbacks are the first to begin laying eggs. (they can be over 1100 lbs) In May the Logger Head season will officially be underway.
Check out the Sea Turtle Preservation Society website for more information. www.seaturtlesspacecoast.org. 


Have you hugged your beach lately?
Keep it clean for turtles!
Thanks for stopping by,
Beach Hugger.

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.

Plastic Planet/Plastic Experiment

KEEPING BREVARD BEACHES CLEAN FOR LOVE OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS
I'm painting a house this week, new beach cleanup soon.  Please check out this video about what plastic is doing to the planet and learn about the Plastic Experiment.

Thanks,
Beach Hugger

Got milk? Probably not.

KEEPING BREVARD BEACHES CLEAN FOR LOVE OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

A spot just for you,
Sunrise Park, Indialantic

I scream, you scream, we all scream for... fish hooks?  My poor thumb.  I wasn't thinking as I enthusiastically ripped at a clump of dried seaweed to release the fishing line within. The discovery of a hook was announced by my scream.  It's only a flesh wound. 

The offending hook

Chop sticks with 'training wheels'

Can't blame drunkenness
for littering...
non alcoholic cider

This soldier has been
relieved of duty

Got milk? Probably not

Goodness only knows what was actually in this milk jug.  The date was Feb '97.  It could have some horrific chemical in it now.  I learned from a city beach cleaner to never open anything, just throw it away.

He shared the story of having to close down half of Miami Beach years ago after some workers found a container that had washed in.  It looked like water, however, it was some awful chemical.  The guy that opened it passed out and fumes found their way into A/C units, causing mayhem.  

And really, who likes mayhem. 

Today we collected about 8lbs of trash and 24 ft. of rope.  New rope total: 1172 ft.  That next end-zone is coming into view.

Thanks for checking in on my blog.  The weather is still gorgeous.  Leave winter behind and join us for a Beach Hug here in Brevard.

Bye for now,

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.

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.

Jack in the Wrack

Exterior Decorating

Keeping Brevard Beaches Clean

For Love of People 
and Animals


Some people load up when they come to the beach, umbrellas, chairs, tents but trees? Going for that real tropical feel I guess.  


Millennium Park in Indian Harbor Beach has been adopted by our local beachside Wal-Mart.
Many of the beaches in Brevard County have been adopted by organizations which do regular cleanups.  It's great to see so many people getting involved to keep our beaches clean.
I was there yesterday for about an hour finding all kinds of junk.  Weather- gorgeous, around 80 F- 25C.


I spent about 15 minutes ripping dried seaweed to get to a big snarl of fishing line. Into the recycle tube with you.

Jack in the wrack

Lee has a theory that the seaweed that wraps around rope and fishing line does so as a naturally defensive move to make it less able to entangle and injure sea life.


I collected a good 10 lbs of debris along with 22 ft. of rope moving my total to 1095 ft or 365 yds.

The remains of the prey

Grampa's beach,
we miss him

Today it was down to Seagull Park in Satellite Beach, grampa's beach, in honor of my late father-in-law.

Boat bumper

Big plastic chunk of
could be anything junk

Much more litter has been on the beach lately.  I filled a good full tote today along with another 15 ft. of rope.  The total is now exactly 1100 ft. or 366.66 yds. of rope collected since I began keeping track two months ago. I don't know if people realize how much is out there.  A LOT. And what it does to wildlife is not pretty. I want to get it off the beach so it can't wash back out and entangle marine animals.


 Two months until I walk the county in a county wide Beach Hug.
I would love company if anyone is interested in walking a section with me and my Beach Hugger crew.


Thanks for stopping by,
Do svidaniya
Beach Hugger.