These are my shells.
Collected from a beach in France when I was the tender age of just sixteen.
Perfect minuscule specimens.
Time standing still. Saved from being ground into sand by the ebb and flow of the past 19 years of tide.
Sitting on my mantle piece, reminding me of times long gone.
Trapped inside an inch square prison of glass until time and tide takes them once more.
Flashes of memories in a glass jar.
These are my shells.
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This post was written and photographed for The Gallery at Sticky Fingers.
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oh they’re lovely. I love this photo too, it’s wonderful. Shells are so beautiful, I used to collect them every time we went to a beach as a child!
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Cool … shells always remind me of living by the beach…. beautiful x
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lovely memories and nice photo too
lovely photo and love the memories behind it too:) Jen.
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Lovely Memories. I have never been a collector, but I am learning!
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what a lovely photo! and what a FABULOUS discription to go with it!!
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What a lovely reminder of your time there. We brought home a bunch of shells and coral from Vanuatu last year which we keep in the bathroom. It’s reminds Hubby, I and the boys of our lovely trip together there.
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AWESOME. Absolutely love this pic, sort of thing I’d put on the wall in my study.
xxxx
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Love the shells, very poignant!
LCM x
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You’ve done so well to keep them, lovely post and photograph x
Lovely photo! Living right next to the beach here, I have a housefull of shells, but we still collect more!
Lovely. That was such an evocative and poignant post. Love your shells too!
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nice picture and text ! but are you sure you ound those in france ?they seem much more exotic then those I see on my holidays !
A lovely close up image.
CJ xx
This is gorgeous – I’d buy this – I’d hang it in my bathroom I think.
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Gorgeous words and gorgeous pic. We have tons of shells and pebbles from different places. They’re a brilliant way to remember. x
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