Huh! I asked Google and discovered that there appear to be several theories as to how marbles arrive on beaches.
First of all, there is the obvious reason: kids playing with them. However, we have not actually seen any kids on this island playing with marbles, and marbles in general seem to have lost out to other, more sophisticated toys in the mid to late 60s.
The second possible reason is that house painters have been known to toss a handful of marbles into a paint can to help stir the ingredients while they are working. Back in the “old days,” it was acceptable to dispose of empty cans in the ocean, thereby allowing the ocean currents to work the marbles out of the remaining paint and eventually deposit them on the beach.
The third possible reason is the one that really fascinates me. They were used as ballast in ships’ holds. Cool! Maybe there is a sunken treasure ship just waiting to be discovered.
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| 1983, Lynda Rusty Duck Antiques on Bowen Island BC |
We have always been interested in things antique or classic. Lawrie had an enormously varied collection of classic English and American cars, and a 1959 mahogany Continental Chris Craft speedboat.
When we travel, we enjoy researching our Irish, Scottish, French, and Canadian genealogies.
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| Lawrie fixing my Overlander delivery truck |
When our friend and nearby neighbour, Marcy Watt, loaned me a book, “Pure Sea Glass” by Richard LaMotte, I was hooked.
I started sorting through all the bits and pieces that I have collected from the beach along this side of the island and have found a few really interesting shapes, colours, and patterns.
One large fragment had an embossed design. Unfortunately, that photo is hiding somewhere in my vast collection of photographs.
(I searched my photos and found the image! I still have no idea what the letters or design mean.)
The marble that I found is in much too perfect a condition to have survived a number of decades, grinding its way from the deeper parts of the ocean, across the reef in front of our house, and onto the beach.
But the romance of a sunken ship somewhere in the deep waters east of our island…well, that’s just too good to let go without a struggle.
Hasta luego
Lynda and Lawrie
One large fragment had an embossed design. Unfortunately, that photo is hiding somewhere in my vast collection of photographs. (I searched my photos and found the image! I still have no idea what the letters or design mean.)
The marble that I found is in much too perfect a condition to have survived a number of decades, grinding its way from the deeper parts of the ocean, across the reef in front of our house, and onto the beach.
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| Interesting book about sea glass |
Hasta luego
Lynda and Lawrie
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