Remember when you would dig in the wet sand on a beach and those little fish/crab things were in the water? What were those?
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Days like this make you think of...
Remember when you would dig in the wet sand on a beach and those little fish/crab things were in the water? What were those?
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Remember when we used to go and pull the little clingy snail things off the rocks by the wall? I don't think I could do that now...creepy!
ReplyDeletePeriwinkles. The worst is that we would put the starfish in those jars, the little babies that would wrap around a pinky finger, until they stunk, stunk some more, then died.
ReplyDeleteThe little fish/crab things you speak of were probably sand fleas. I would need a more accurate description.
ReplyDeleteDo you also remember that we used to hunt for periwinkles by the wall which was immediately adjacent to a giant outfall pipe of untreated street runoff...sick!
On a side note...one of my childhood memories is of a little girl crying b/c she was afraid to jump off the lifeguard chair into the sand pile. Who was that girl?!
That girl was correctly and astutely aware that it was a long way down from the lifeguard chair, and that a misjump could result in her legs snapping off (or being packed down like slammed cans).
ReplyDeleteThat girl was me.
Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI also seem to remember being very annoyed that, "that girl" was in my way as I was fearlessly throwing myself off of the chair repeatedly.