treasure

on a recent trip down to the lake shore 

(Lake Washington) 

with the kids

I came home with the usual pocketful of discovered treasures

... funny thing about this collection though ...

out of 8 things in my pocket

7 of them are man made.

3 bottlecaps

4 beach glass pieces

and

one rock with an interesting orange stripe

I made one of the pieces of glass into a necklace

it had a perfect hole running through it

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this is an interesting bottle cap

session beer is a brand - but also any beer that is 5% alcohol or less

meaning that you can drink more than one and have a "session."

or you can play

rock

paper

scissors

with your six pack I guess

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you may have noticed that I've taken a break from the oil spill animal series

I must confess that I am completely over the top depressed and discouraged about this whole mess

I've been escaping and goofing off

watching parades

drinking tea

pocketing bottle caps

I may be at a standstill 

because

the next animal on my list is 

The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

I am devastated by his plight

he is the smallest and most endangered of the seven types of sea turtles

and the gulf of mexico is his home

It has been reported that the turtles are being incinerated with the oil in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon. They get caught in the booms that collect the surface oil - and even though it is evident and obvious that they are there - rather than rescuing them, BP is burning them and everything else caught within the booms. However, there is a $50,000 fine that comes with killing one of these turtles. Do you think that is a deterrent to BP?