Today at 3:30 I went to Indian Beach and this time I did see lots of interesting things, that some of them I don't know what they are. It is a good thing I bring my camera with me on these trips, otherwise I would have a hard time explaining them.
This was I first notice as I was walking along the sand and tide. The previous times I have come to this beach (not just the past two weeks I have visited but other times as well), the only thing I could say about the water is that it is not clear enough to see the bottom of, it looks very dirty. The tide at 3:30 was almost close enough to the stairs. My friend Jenny Cherry who lives around this area told me that sometimes around this time, the tide would be very low that you can walk far out in the water. Today the water was not low tide and it was covered in this what looks like green seagrass (that how it looks to me).
This was the next strange thing I came across as I walk along the beach. Again, this is very new to me and and definitely did not see this last week. Just like the seagrass, I saw what look like millions of these little black circle things. There was so much of these things that it look like a pelage had spread on the beach that came from the ocean. The last time I can recall seeing something similar like this (not in Florida but other beaches) was when I saw fish eggs washed up on shore. These black things were over everything from the sand to the rocks and shells and even some broken glass and other waste I saw.
I found this near the broken rock bridge. I am not sure what this thing is. This was not here last week, yet it look like it has. it looks heavy, I didn't want to touch it, I don't know if it is sharp and it is probably better that I don't mess with this). This thing was pretty big, it probably fell off a ship. My first thought about this thing was that it might be an anchor, but that would not make sense. if that was it then it would be obvious that it would be at the bottom of the ocean. But it has to be made of some kind of metal for it to be rusting like it is (or if that is more of the seagrass growing on it).
This is not so much strange, but I keep finding these cement blocks all over the water in Sarasota. And from what my friend Jenny told me, recently some men have come to this beach and put in those white shells on this beach. For as long as she has lived here, she told me that she has never seen anyone come to this beach and bring those white shells. She thinks that because more tourist come to Florida around this time, they might be trying to make this beach look nice. But for the past four years that I have lived in Sarasota, this beach never shouted out to me as a place to go swimming, especially after finding so many dead animals washed up on this beach. Also I never seen this beach ever filled with tourist, hardly and locals come to this beach (at least when I come to this beach, I usually find one or two groups of people or some men fishing). So in my opinion, they wasted those white shells.
That is also something that I have found to be strange. Why do we have these white shells all over the place. Why can't we just leave the shell the way they are. To me the only places that would use those white shells is places that are trying to be a tropical paradise when they are not. This has always been on my mind whenever I see them. I just want to know why.
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