Hi Alex,

There is the other point too, mentioned after the photo (great photo!) which people who've read the book (The Stone Summons - - - - also on Kindle )
will realise.

Sorry, will get back to beachcombing soon - promise! (Though, it is YOUR blog!)

Hello Anonymous!

But I think I know who you are!

The photo is relevant to beachcombing because:

• Moon affects tides
• Tides bring in Flotsam & jetsam
• Flotsam, jetsam and other items are what beachcombers collect (along with the odd treasure or two when the gods are kind.)

Super Lunar Perigree

This photo is everywhere on the net, so I hope Anthony Ayiomamitis. does not mind that I share it also. See his fantastic website at http://www.perseus.gr/


I looked very hard, but there were no signs. Yes, I know it is the wrong side, but it felt like you should be able to see.

It's out to get you!

It's a pebble!

When I first saw it on the beach I thought it was a lamb's head, but then I thought a calf, it made me think of Keat's Ode on a Grecian Urn for some reason. Maybe because I have to learn it for school, and trying to learn it, I wondered it it was describing Alex's village.

In a fret!

"'T'is beginning to rain

"No, 'tis only fret off the sea."

["Rudolf the Red knows rain Dear!"]

At first sight the seagulls almost look like writing on the sand (yes, sand!)

Bad photo!

This is a very delicate shell, with the letter 'S' quite clearly showing on it, but the photo makes it look m ore like a fish!

Is this someone famous - or is it you?

Beachcombing with a vengeance

Cannons found in Panama believed to be from Sir Henry Morgan shipwrecks
Archaeologists have recovered six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer Sir Henry Morgan, the first artifacts found in Panama to be linked to the man who remains a legend there...................

At the edge of the Lajas Reef, the team found what appeared to be a field of six cannons, all covered with layers of sedimentary rock that had built up over centuries...............................

At least two more guns are buried in the sand, along with an anchor, ceramics, bottles and other artifacts

Apparently this is a freaky flicker!