It's really been great weather for the beach lately,
but about as close as I've been able to get to it is
to look at my sand collection! You might have
caught a peek of it before.
I started collecting sand as a souvenir of travels
about 12 years ago. It took a while to get them
organised into bottles with labels and then to find
corks to fit the bottles, but eventually they
came together.
There is sand and pebbles from pretty far flung places,
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| Nerja, Spain |
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| Green's Pool, Denmark, Western Australia |
but some of my favourites are Australian beaches and
many from my home state of Western Australia.
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| Beach at Santa Margherita, Italy |
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| Cottesloe Beach, and Indiana Tea House, Perth, W.A. |
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Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Queensland |
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| Cable Beach, Broome, W.A. |
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| Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey |
Sand from Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, is pretty special.
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| Parker Point, Rottnest Island, W.A. |
And there are great memories of family holidays at
Rottnest Island as a child.
I'm on the lookout for another set of bottles now,
as I've run out of this type.
What do you collect when you travel?
Penny xo
wow! What a inspiring idea! I love your collection :)
ReplyDeleteA very original, attractive idea, and also tied up with lots and lots of special memories.
ReplyDeleteI tend to bring back local arts and crafts objects for the home, or maybe a local food speciality.
It's such a wonderful collection ... visually beautiful and as much a set of memories as of sand :)
ReplyDeleteOh Penny what a gorgeous collection! I love it! Bottles of memories :) And by the looks of it you've visited many, many place.
ReplyDeleteSophie xo
that is gorgeous! i love the labels. you've been to some amazing beaches.
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An original collection, what a inspiring idea!
ReplyDeletexo Vicky
It's a great idea. Hopefully you'll get some Tassie sand to add to your collection before long :)
ReplyDeleteWow Penny, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous idea! Lots of spot among those above familiar to me :)
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