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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Wednesday Vignette: Beach Memories

Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by garden blogging pal Anna at Flutter and Hum.  Click here to join in the fun!

You may remember our recent visit to the ocean (here) during which my pockets were filled with rocks. Often at the beach, these are stacked atop each other to form little towers which I find charming.  According to this article, the practice is frowned upon.

Anyway, I made my own rock stacks (they couldn't really be called cairns) as a reminder of the day. Please forgive me for my environmental alteration.


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14 comments:

  1. Mark and GazAugust 3, 2016 at 6:42 AM

    Sweet, and instantly calming too. Ahh to live near the sea would be a dream...

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  2. AlisonAugust 3, 2016 at 7:15 AM

    Looks like Papa, Mama and Baby! Pretty cool.

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  3. HelenAugust 3, 2016 at 7:34 AM

    What a great idea, Peter. We don't live near the sea-sea, but close enough – the great freshwater inland sea called Lake Ontario. I already collect beach stones, and now you've given me something new to do with them.

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  4. Anna KAugust 3, 2016 at 7:48 AM

    Isn't all gardening a kind of environmental alteration? I love your rock stacks, and can't really wrap my head around why we shouldn't. I too usually return from the coast with rocks - collecting them is a fun pastime. But, the nice flat ones are usually bounced on the waves by the boys. :)

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  5. danger gardenAugust 3, 2016 at 8:46 AM

    I was going to say what Anna did (isn't all gardening a kind of environmental alteration?). After clicking through to the story and seeing that photo of the dozens of "multiplying rock stacks" I have to say I get what the author is saying. However in your own garden (since you've already degraded nature by stealing the rocks*) I say stack on!


    (*and I hope you know I'm only teasing about the stealing...)

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  6. AlanAugust 3, 2016 at 12:18 PM

    Stacks in the garden are great, but I agree with the article: I don't want to see them out in Nature. (we don't have rocks that are quite that stackable here!)

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  7. ksAugust 3, 2016 at 6:38 PM

    those are fantastic rocks and I would have done the same thing !

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  8. Kris PetersonAugust 3, 2016 at 8:50 PM

    I consider myself to be respectful of the environment but I thought that the author of that article took an unnecessarily rigid and narrow view. Building a stack of rocks isn't the same as spray painting graffiti in a national park or altering rock formations in a manner that makes them dangerous to other travelers. It's a way of communing with the space, which seems to me the very point of visiting natural areas, and it doesn't need a codified religious purpose.

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  9. Linda ReederAugust 3, 2016 at 10:08 PM

    Oh, I really like those rock stacks!

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  10. NadezdaAugust 4, 2016 at 12:23 AM

    Good idea to use sea souvenirs, Peter. Did you make it with glue? I love the color of rocks in your pyramids.

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  11. chlorisAugust 4, 2016 at 1:02 AM

    I love your rock piles. I always bring stones home from holidays, I can't resist them.

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  12. chlorisAugust 4, 2016 at 1:03 AM

    I love your rock piles. I always bring stones home from holidays, I can't resist them.

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  13. chavlinessAugust 4, 2016 at 9:14 AM

    Can anyone say Mount Rushmore?
    I'm with Kris; there is a middle ground here. Love your stacks.

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  14. BarbaraAugust 4, 2016 at 1:15 PM

    I love it when I find shells, rocks, glass or wood at the beach. It feels like you bring home part of the positive vibes the ocean creates.

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