Cathy in the Wright

Summer Continues..

Another day at the beach. (Sorry, Aelfheld - wish you were here.)

We went to a local beach this time. Lots of snail shells along the shoreline. Very clean lakewater, by the way. I hear water clarity can be related to the health and size of the snail population, but I'm too tired to research it right now.

Anyway...lots of snail shells. Most of the shells on the beach were empty, but we found one that had a resident and I showed it to The Senator. He took the snail and played with for a while, and I assumed he would leave it on the beach when he was done. The Senator had other ideas. He shoved it in my tote bag to bring home to show his father.

I discovered the snail when I went for the car keys. The snail pooped in my bag. For those of you unfamiliar with snail feces (and that included me up until today), it STINKS. A lot.

Being a rather curious person, I had to scrape the brown, wet spot on the bottom of my bag with my fingernail to see what the mess was. Mistake. I have scrubbed my hand until I can almost see bone, and I still can't get rid of the awful smell. The tote bag is sitting on the front steps. I can't bring myself to throw it away, but I can't get close enough to pick it up to wash it either.

Lesson learned, I suppose. Next trip to the beach I will be sure to pack along some evidence bags in case we stumble upon something else worth sharing.

Tomorrow: more summer, my grandparents from Missouri visit, soccer, and my nephews come back to The Outpost and stay through Saturday. The potential for blogging material: elevated to high.

Posted by Cathy at July 15, 2004 02:38 PM