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doire ([personal profile] doire) wrote2007-02-08 03:18 pm

Amber

I've got the job applications off and only have 25 (eek!)say-something bookmarks. I should get my OU essay done first so I'm procrastinating again.

On Sunday it was sunny so we decided to go to the sea side.
Half way there it began to look like less of a good idea.

But we pushed on and the weather improved.

The scree isn't natural. The sea sorts the spoil by size, but there was a man on the beach sorting it by colour too!

Impressive stripy cliffs though.

I used to think these blocks were man made when I was small. Then I learnt it was natural jointing.

Now I've seen colour coded spoil heaps, I'm not so sure.

And I achieved a long held ambition. I look for sea worn agates and other semi-precious stones. I didn't find any, but J did and gave it to me. It's about 3mm long.

Then I found the bigger pebble. And I could tell when I picked it up that it was different. It was light and warm; I've found a piece of amber at last.

Now what do I do with it?