Trash and Treasures....

I continue to do beach clean up at one of the local beaches.

 

Think I have now "rescued" over 15 marine floats.

 

 collected 20, five gallon buckets of misc. plastic

 

 1 green Army man.

 

 Admired sand castles, or what was left of them

 

a wheel, a piece of astro turf, a float with ears and a cute purple bucket.

 

Took your suggestions for decorating my bucket....

 

 duct tape and stickers!!

 

 and lastly, some beautiful sea glass that I hope will become jewelry.

The woman with the blue bucket...

 

 

Since the end of July I have been going out to a nearby beach everyday and

picking up "stuff" and jamming it in my blue bucket.

 

 If you missed the first post concerning my bucket you can Click Here

 

This stuff includes marine floats, plastics, toothbrushes, light bulbs, ball caps, ropes. After I canvas the beach I usually sit and just watch the waves and yesterday I was saddened to see some debris in the waves, rolling over and over again and in time this debris will be dumped upon our sandy shores.

So with my two feet and my blue bucket I will continue to pick up stuff, knowing that my efforts are just a drop in the bucket but, I am doing what I can. Maybe, just maybe one fish, a turtle or my beloved Hawaii Monk Seals will be spared from eating this awful stuff.

 Here are just a few of the floats I've "rescued" think my count is now 10

 

 My blue bucket filled beyond the brim.

I think I need to jazz up my bucket....Got any ideas???

 

 More floats

 

 so much plastic...

 

 One day I found a single fin....

 

 some treasures....sea glass!!!

I think it's Mother Natures way of thanking me.

 one of the most unusual items...some sort of radio from Lockheed Martin.

 

 the largest...part of a boat

approximately4 feet wide

item that traveled the greatest distance perhaps???

anyone know what it says??

 



 

 

Watch for more updates...and if you have ideas on jazzing up my bucket leave a comment,

oh and I'm still looking for that glass ball.CLICK HERE

Woman on Mission...

On Sunday R and I played tourists and  found Kumukuma Beach aka Donkey Beach. It's  only a short distance from our home and would deem perfect for my mission.

Suppose I should tell you a bit more about this mission...

When we lived on Molokai a few years ago, my hubby, seal pal Diane and I did a weekly monk seal monitoring trek to Laau Pt. This hike is approximately 8 miles round trip, with amazing vistas and  we would often see a dozen seals along the way.  Unfortunately, we also encountered vase amounts of rubbish and plastics. Not only is this trash ugly and dirty it's causing problems for  marine  life, birds and other wildlife. They are often  found entangled, feeding it to their young and the plastics are poisoning them.  One day we decided to take a trash bag with us every time we went out to collect as much trash as we could handle packing out. So every week we hauled out someone else's trash and debris that washed ashore. At first it appeared we weren't making a dent  but after numerous trips, believe or not we could see the difference. My mission is to continue that practice here on Kauai and Donkey Beach looks the perfect place to begin.

 Looking south on Donkey Beach

 Some of the beautiful driftwood on the beach

 

and  the not so beautiful plastic

 

 My goal is to take my 5 gallon bucket and pick up junk until it's full.

Took me about 1 hour to collect this bucket full.

 

I love the beach and if you ever come visit I want the beach to be beautiful.

 

So once or twice a week this will be me...

A woman on a Mission!

 

 

Note:  Here on Kauai there are at least  2  groups (that I know of)  called Surfriders and

Net Patrol that do weekly debris cleanup and I plan to join their efforts.