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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 21, 2016 - 08:21am PT
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Got this new itch to hunt for Sea Glass!
Guess it gets carried by the rivers and out into the oceans. Wave tumbling creates a perfect polish. Been hunting the beaches of Southern California for Red, Blues , Black and orange. Wiki says it takes up to 40 to 50 years to create a "frosted-polish". I'm having so much fun looking for the Sea Glass lately and just wanted to share.. post up if ya got any..
Hope others catch onto this human made hobby!
Enjoy!
day1
day2
day 2 was a lucky day! found a RED, ORANGE and BLUE..
considered extremely RARE! red's and oranges come from automobile tail lights..
my next hunt is to find a BONFIRE Sea Glass!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Feb 21, 2016 - 08:36am PT
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You'd have a Field Day at Glass Beach, in Fort Bragg ( CA )
For decades, the locals dumped their trash there. The big stuff has been cleaned up, but the gravel is mostly pieces of glass, ground smooth.
I don't remember the name of the street that takes you to Glass Beach from HWY 1, but there's a Denny's restaurant on the corner.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 21, 2016 - 08:57am PT
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Pretty cool stuff!
I know JustTheMaid does creative stained glass work, maybe she has some ideas for a project with the glass.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Feb 21, 2016 - 10:03am PT
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I'm drooling over the picture of that beach!!! Collecting sea glass has been one of my favorite past times since I was small...these days I'm restricted to a few days a year when we make it up to Maine and I can scramble around on the rocks in front of my grandpa's house. Everyone in the family knows to leave me alone until I've had at least a few hours of hunting (i.e., to unwind). It's so relaxing -- I love it!
I made this a year or so ago...the stuff starts to pile up. :)
Needs a dusting! lol
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Feb 21, 2016 - 10:30am PT
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When I lived near the ocean, collecting sea glass was very addicting
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Feb 21, 2016 - 10:45am PT
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Feb 21, 2016 - 12:10pm PT
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EkAT....Resoling without a respirator will do that to you..
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Feb 21, 2016 - 12:29pm PT
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Kinda cool, who knew? Many, apparently, except me
so that is what happens to the ones that don't end up in people's feet?
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Feb 21, 2016 - 12:36pm PT
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 21, 2016 - 03:20pm PT
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Cool..so does this mean its now ok to drink good beer at the beach?
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Feb 21, 2016 - 05:06pm PT
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You can make fake sea glass with a rock tumbler.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Feb 21, 2016 - 05:24pm PT
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^^^^ probably so, but true sea glass also has all that history behind it.
Sea Glass hunting is huge in Santa Cruz presently because of the non stop high surfs we've had which results in exposing rich pockets of it. Just don't turn your back on the ocean!
Susan
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2016 - 07:02pm PT
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LilaBiene what a beauty! you found a lot of BLUE!
I downloaded this video on you tube so you can see where my first sea glass hunting spot looks like.. Zuma beach
eKat : i have not decided what to do with the SEA GLASS..
i kinda like wind chimes..
Chaz that's awesome! i'll be up north this summer planning to check out every California surf break..
You can make fake sea glass with a rock tumbler.
Rincon the tumbler rolls em out.. you won't get the same from a heavy sloppy wave! fresh water SEA GLASS don't have a "C" shape..
The dangerous side of sea glass collecting...be careful out there!
SC seagoat
Willow Creek Big Sur area is for REAL..
Escopeta damnthat's a collection..
Supertopo SECRET SEA GLASS society thanks for the responses..
have you seen any good results of putting it under a BLACK LIGHT?
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2016 - 08:38pm PT
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Just an FYI..
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Feb 21, 2016 - 09:21pm PT
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Like Susan said, the sea glass hunting has been really good in Santa Cruz this winter. One massive NW swell after another here, has left the beaches nearly devoid of sand, and full of rocks and sea glass. Whenever I have been fishing off the beach or am walking out to surf I have been finding it, without even really looking.
Cool stuff
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2016 - 08:04am PT
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Like Susan said, the sea glass hunting has been really good in Santa Cruz this winter. One massive NW swell after another here, has left the beaches nearly devoid of sand, and full of rocks and sea glass.
briham89
I soo want to live in Davenport..
Cosmic hope the package is delivered if not then I will resend on Thursday..
secret sea glass society!
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 22, 2016 - 08:11am PT
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People collect Glass??????????
WTF?
Why not collect something worth more than glass
Minerals!
way more colors
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Feb 22, 2016 - 08:34am PT
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Probably because glass is a wee bit easier to find.... and it's free.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 22, 2016 - 08:58am PT
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Of course I'm just jiving
I picked up buckets full of wind polished agates and jasper chunks just last weekend
My wife will sell it all for nice free cash.
I have a couple pieces of polished glass I picked up over the years.
I kid around and call it an emerald if green, red are rubies and blue are Hope Diamonds
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2016 - 10:55am PT
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People collect Glass??????????
I bet Bob Kamps collected sea glass!!!
Nice collection Craig.. I do get the itch to look for the many colors tourmaline..
happy hunting!
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Feb 22, 2016 - 01:53pm PT
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fort funston
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 22, 2016 - 04:53pm PT
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I have a Jar Collection too
Mostly opals and sapphires
Several jars of Oregon Sunstone
I will have to find those photos
oh, just forget about it dude,
this is about Glass...
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2016 - 08:24am PT
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David Knopp thanks for the sea glass location!
fort funston beautiful collection..
I'm going to get my sea glass hunt on Friday will update ASAP!
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Feb 23, 2016 - 10:25am PT
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One of the best places we found was the beach right along Santa Claus Ln. Not sure why it collected there so much. And the surf fly fishing along that stretch is good too. Not sure why people consider it a surf spot, its crappy.
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Feb 23, 2016 - 12:17pm PT
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Pyro, you said the oranges and blues come from auto tail lights. But they're made of plastic, which ,technically, is not glass. Purty, all the same.
Sorry, you said reds and oranges, not blues.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2016 - 10:01pm PT
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Example of MINIMAL smooth beach confetti ..
I got, SEA GLASS!!!
It's beautiful, Pyro.
Thanks!
that's the Secret Supertopo Sea Glass Society!
Enjoy..
Timid TopRope
i would be stuck at the beach for day's how fun
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2016 - 06:11pm PT
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Went surfing/hunting this afternoon for some SEA GLASS!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2016 - 08:25pm PT
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Feb 27, 2016 - 06:23am PT
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Beautiful!!!!!
Up in Maine there are mostly only tiny pieces to be found anymore -- to me it looks like you struck gold. Psyched there's someone else out there that enjoys this as much as I do. Please keep sharing your daily catch -- I'll live vicariously! :)
Edit:
When we were kids, we used to equate blue glass as finding "gold" and red as extra special and better than gold. Inevitably someone would wind up mad because someone else found a bigger piece of whatever and a seaweed or jelly fish fight would ensue...or if it got really bad, sand. Fun memories!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 27, 2016 - 12:27pm PT
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hey there say, pyro... wow, had to step in here and see the GLASS here, now, ... thanks for sharing...
i only have little bits... but, i do enjoy it!
you all got great collections here...
i just got done looking at everything here on the thread...
neat stuff!!!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2016 - 11:06am PT
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Up in Maine there are mostly only tiny pieces to be found anymore -- to me it looks like you struck gold. Psyched there's someone else out there that enjoys this as much as I do.
LilaBiene that blue piece was the first catch of the day!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 4, 2016 - 03:49pm PT
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Current findings from this weekend.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
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found a chunk of "Bonn Fire Sea Glass"!
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Apr 16, 2016 - 07:19pm PT
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Brazilian Sea Glass
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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LEO CARRILLO SEA GLASS!
My largest find so far...
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Russian Sea Glass
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Columbian Sea Glass
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Pakistani Sea Glass
I got more Sea Glass
but maybe no one likes my kind of Sea Glass, no sure if I should keep posting or not
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 25, 2016 - 04:55pm PT
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hey there say... wow, i had to look for this thread... as:
i just got a lot of neat little shells, some glass, and stones...
neat stuff...
it reminded me of this thread...
say, i love ALL THE SEE glass here, so,
hope that you all will POST MORE...
:)
* sometimes, it just SEEMS like no one is interested... but folks
are not always around, at times, for lengths, until
they see various threads...
always FUN when they show up again... :)
i got a neat piece of driftwood, too, to add to my small collection...
my mom, got me started on that, but-- i have moved away from the coastal areas, :O :(
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Dec 25, 2016 - 05:13pm PT
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You'd be doing the world a lot more good if you collected 'sea plastic'. :)
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Dec 25, 2016 - 05:41pm PT
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Revelation 4:6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
Revelation 15:2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2016 - 06:54pm PT
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Merry christmas neebee!
Recently the tides have been covering up alot the good sea glass spot which is why We need a good swell to uncover those sea glass gems!
Rocker mike you can pick up the plastics and ill pick up the glass :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 26, 2016 - 05:29am PT
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hey there say, pyro... thank you kindly! sweet little green glass tree!, there...
say: had an idea, last summer, as to glass:
doing something with the broken glass i find outside
at times...
i have a really neat dremel drill from a good friend, and
it will round off sharp edges of the 'earth urban glass'
that i find, --not as safe-edged, as fun sea glass, mind you,
but i have recently thought to put some to good use, :))
might be nice for doing this:
i saw farther back, too, audry's covered vase...
so many nice things here...
well, here is my NEW TREASURE:
here is my 'glass sailboat' that i now how... will find a special
place for it: it is my memory of my dad, and his cal-20, that he
LOVED to sail, at santa cruz... we all love it, too!
thank you again, to all you glass, sharers, :)
and the glass music, too, g-b...
will go listen to it now... :)
edit: hope to see craig's glass, again here, too,
say, was it from land-sites, or sea?
as they are so crisp, and clean and clear...
very lovely, in deed...
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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Sep 20, 2017 - 08:50pm PT
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I can't believe I missed the tree!!! So awesome!!!
The muppet has been begging to start making things again, so we'll have to sea (bad pun) if we can make a tree, too. OOOOOOOO...maybe one that could cover a tea light!
Will have to wait until it's too cold to climb outside anymore, though. :)
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