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Recycle the Sea Coastal musings, fossil finds and sea glass jewellery creations from Devon.

Always a treat to find a stopper still in situ. This was just in the neck of the bottle, the rest long smashed, but even...
19/06/2026

Always a treat to find a stopper still in situ. This was just in the neck of the bottle, the rest long smashed, but even so, it tells us it was an old cyder bottle from Whiteway’s which was based in Whimple in Devon from 1891. Love when a local brand pops up!

18/06/2026

Nearly 200 million years ago these little beings would have been going about their business, unaware their ending had arrived. Perhaps on time, perhaps earlier than expected, but here regardless.

Sinking into the seabed, forgotten about for an eternity until I chanced upon them sitting on the shore, erosion finally setting them free at last.

Collected and displayed, they are the inspiration for all my creativity. Yet I’m just a dot in time myself - a few hundred years from now I’ll be all but forgotten. Which makes it all the more incredible that these tiny beings capture hearts so readily, admired and treasured so many millennia later. They will ‘outlive’ us all.

I’m at my first Lyme Regis fossil festival this weekend, 10-5 on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be under the shelters on Mari...
12/06/2026

I’m at my first Lyme Regis fossil festival this weekend, 10-5 on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be under the shelters on Marine Parade near the National Trust shop, flogging my wares in my natty scarf, with wonderful sea views and the sun shining all by all accounts!

So do come down, check out all the fabulous fossil folk in the marquees, enjoy some talks and walks and there are trails and of course the beach to explore, where you can find your own fossils!

Do say hi if you pop by - I may be sat down whilst the wingman mans the ship a bit but I do love to natter and talk all things beach for hours as some of you have had the misfortune to experience, and I wouldn’t want you to miss out! 😂

Palmers had been creating from their brewery in Bridport in Dorset since 1794. The Palmer brothers took over the brewery...
11/06/2026

Palmers had been creating from their brewery in Bridport in Dorset since 1794. The Palmer brothers took over the brewery in 1896 and today their great, great granddaughter is involved in the business - a continuing family affair!

I love finding these bottles and their vulcanite stoppers and have been lucky enough to find a few in my years searching at Lyme.

I’m two days post hemithyroidectomy and I feel pretty good considering - I’ve not needed pain relief since the day of su...
10/06/2026

I’m two days post hemithyroidectomy and I feel pretty good considering - I’ve not needed pain relief since the day of surgery, and whilst my neck does look a bit horrific, I’m told it is healing well!

I find it very hard to just rest but I am trying to listen to my body - after all she’s done me proud this week. To keep my mind occupied I’ve been making up more of these little bottles of treasure and some sea glass art frames - something I used to love making.

Taking it slow and steady has been good for my soul, not just my body. I need to do it more often.

Signing off for a bit whilst I go get stuff fixed that needs fixing, also waving goodbye to this flawless neck, that I d...
07/06/2026

Signing off for a bit whilst I go get stuff fixed that needs fixing, also waving goodbye to this flawless neck, that I didn’t appreciate enough over the last 45 years!

Happiness in a pile.
05/06/2026

Happiness in a pile.

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