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Posted by HesterLeyNel on 2016-11-12

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These are some of the shells that we collected on our beach over the past two years. The tiny ones range between one and two centimeters.

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My blog posts, written in Afrikaans and English, represent the rantings and ravings, the joys and blessings of a 70-something retiree – Me.

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25 Comments

  1. Hier "blok" Elanè

    Beautiful, ons het nie die mooi skulpies by ons in die Kaap nie, maar ek dink dit is omdat die see so erg woes is, teen die tyd wat dit op die strand uitspoel is dit alreeds fyngemaal deur die getye se woede….

    2016-11-12
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      HesterLeyNel

      Dit is die probleem, ja. Ek weet daat na Struisbaai se kant toe is baie mooi skulpies. Ons het ook net sekere inhamme waar ons skulpe kan kry. Jy moet jou getye ken en weet waar om te soek.

      2016-11-12

  2. Abrie Joubert

    Ouboet/sus en kleinboet/sus!

    2016-11-12

  3. Anne J.

    We played with those tiny shells back in the island in the late 70s, early 80s 😄

    2016-11-12

  4. Eveline Lenderink

    Een heel mooie sortering👍🏻

    2016-11-12

  5. rondomtaliedraai

    Pragtige versameling … sou baie mooi by my ligkas opdrag gepas het. Welgedaan

    2016-11-12

  6. Blog Andrew

    🙂 They’re lovely, I would collect them to.

    2016-11-12

  7. travel460

    Hester, dit is pragtige skulpe. Ek verbeel my altyd as ek een optel, dat die skulp paaie gespoel het waar ek nooit sal kom nie. ñ Wêreld gesien het wat net God van weet. ☼

    2016-11-13

  8. Anuscka

    Mooie schelpjes! Wist niet dat ze met olie gepoetst kunnen worden! 😲

    2016-11-13

  9. nowathome

    Dis so pragtig Hester!!

    2016-11-13

  10. Photography Journal Blog

    Very nice take on the challenge, the shells are so beautiful.

    2016-11-15

  11. Doctor Jonathan

    Not only are shells beautiful, they create a calm in us as we admire them. When life gets crazy, pull out some shells and refocus the mind from STRESS to BEAUTY!

    2016-11-17

  12. aj vosse

    Tog te mooi! 😉

    2016-12-04

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