I didn't quite know what to put up for today and then I happened to be in the garden stroking Miss Oswin and my fell upon this calcified shell.
So, in I went to get my camera and take some shots. I especially loved the layers the shell is made up from. Doesn't it look pretty?
The other shell was also found in my garden. There are plenty more and I wonder where they came from. Because I would have imagined that if they came as part of a 'gardening project', they would have been smashed. Perhaps the gulls?
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful, especially like the one you took 'side on'.... hmmmmm.... am I correct in thinking that you live on an island? The gull theory is certainly worthy, but I wonder if it simply that there is coast all around and sand/soil may have been brought up to lighten the garden earth? That's the sort of thing folk round here would do - anyway, it doesn't matter, coz you found them and they ARE pretty!!!
Love the blossom header too &*> YAM xx
I do live on an island. I can see the sea and several other islands from my living room windows.
ReplyDeleteDid you notice the big fat (bumble) bee in the header as well. Hanging up-side-down!!
...I didn't but I looked again and now I did! Yxx
DeleteThey are a little garden mystery. Pawhaps they were brought in by dogs or cats...
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. Agree with Yam about the header photo. I missed the bee. We had all sorts of fossilized shells in Missouri. We were several hundred miles from the coast.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think I would be about a mile and a half from the coast. Tops!
DeleteThe bee is in the bottom right quarter.
Mara thank goodness Miss Oswin needed a rubbing otherwise we would have all missed seeing this most interesting and artsy shell
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Hugs madi and mom
They are very beautiful. Mom grew up near the Oregon coast and she still has shells she found when she was little.
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I never really went out and collected shells, even when I was living close to the sea several years ago.
DeleteHow interesting. We have a shell but it came from dad so we don't have a shell mystery.
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
I think if I were to look, I would find at least ten other shells. Perhaps I might do that. I could show the haul next week!
DeleteWow, what pretty photos! You never know what we'll find in nature when we take a moment to look around us. Thanks for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteBTW: Please let me know that you are ready with your Introduction Post for tomorrow 6-1-15! We are all so excited to read more about Miss Oswin and Brom and your bloggie.
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
Thank you. My garden is part wild, part tamed and especially the wilder part can throw up some nice surprises once in a while.
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It sure is pretty. I'm glad you got your camera. It's amazing what you can find in a garden, aye??
ReplyDeleteWhoops ... forgot ..... the header is very pretty too and I see the bee. I catch bees in my mouth. I never miss. It doesn't turn out well for me. Mum watches me like a hawk in gardens now.
DeleteI had a lovely cat once who did that as well: catching bees and wasps. And every time I would wash his face/mouth with vinegar. He didn't like that at all and after a while he realised it was better to just watch them. I think your Mum is very clever to watch you like a hawk.
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