Flotsam

Or is it jetsam? And how do you keep that straight, anyway?

The cowrie shell is from Paradise Cove. You don't see them much any more, not since the last El Nino. I found the blue sea glass on Broad Beach. You don't see that any more either, not since the residents tore up the shoreline with tractors a few years ago, to keep you off their beach. The little sea star was a gift.
sea glass

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