………..A May Day treat………………..Beach Glass has always been a source of inspiration……………….Growing up on Long Island, the beach was my summer playground. Long Island can boast having some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The sand has a fine white grain, and the beaches themselves are long and wide. The Atlantic ocean can be as calm as a lake and as powerful as anything on Earth. It is magnificent. I started collecting beach glass early on……nothing serious……….just intrigued by the variety [if you were lucky] of sizes and colors you could find. I always wondered about each piece I found…..each piece had its’ own history. How long had it been tumbling at the ocean bottom, smoothing out the edges, giving it a cloudy, milky effect……finally to be washed ashore into my hands….Where did it come from? Was it from a sunken ship…..maybe a pirate’s ship!….The photo above has a small portion of my collection mixed with the new Beach Glass necklace…My parents migrated to Florida in the winters, and when I could visit we spent the days at the beach. My mother would say, “Lou, lets go for a walk” and off we went. Our eyes were focused on the shore line looking for beautiful shells, and beach glass. She was a collector of sorts too. We got great tans………….Beach glass always brings back wonderful memories of those times walking and talking with my wonderful mother…………………………….enjoy……………….much Love…………………………Louis
Louis Having spent 6 years in Hawaii (dad in the navy) I too have alot of memories of walking beaches and finding beach glass and shells. To this day I have a box of shells and sea glass that my dad collected when he was tdy in Alaska. He would just walk the beach and collect them and he gave me the box when he came home. Of course I was a daddy”s girl. thank you for your memories it brought up all of mine and what wonderful memories they are. I look forward to trying to get the sea glass necklace and earrings like many of the linea ladies. God Bless you Cheri
Louis, your vivid and beautiful memories of the beaches on Long Island and Florida remind me of my childhood summers at Montauk (long before the celebrities discovered it!) This beach glass set you’ve created will bring back all those precious summers every time I wear it. What could be better than that for a beach person!
Spent many many wonderful days at Montauk.
Thank you for sharing such touching memories, Louis. It is apparent that you treasure the time spent with your mother as you roamed the Florida beaches.