The tide today was calmer but still high, so I ended up climbing on rocks to get around (again, I was not dress to get wet, and judging by the look of the water, I don't want to get whatever is in this dirty water on me. Especially after hearing Venice beach being closed because of recent bacteria found in the water). My walks on Venice beach goes as far as I can go, I usually stop where this very new and fancy house is and at that point I have no more beach to walk on. From the steps on Indian beach to that point there are some things that did caught my eye. The water is still that dirty brown looking color with seaweed that looks just as filthy. I found washing up on the shore what looked like a ball of seaweed scattered all over the beach. No dead animals to report, which is a good sign.
What I did find is a few pieces of glass, I know that some people have found sea glass and I am always looking for some to have. I found a green glass and white glass thinking that these are the sea glass people are collecting. But the texture didn't feel like sea glass. I do have (back home) some sea glass and if I can remember the texture of it correctly, it has smooth but kinda found texture. Like you can slightly feel the sand particles in the sea glass, and some sea glass are not so clear like regular glass. So from these little fragments of glass I found, it tells me that peoples garbage is still making its way into the water and can cause harm to the animals.
Speaking of animals I notice something that I haven't seen since spring 2011. In Sarasota at this park with sail boats are docked (I forgot the name but it is close by to downtown and near the kissing sailor statue), and in some trees that had no green leaves on it, I found tons of small green parrots. Today while walking on the beach I saw a tree and hear noises coming from it. I think the birds were crows and they were all sitting in tree near the water. I watched them and saw that when they leave, it would look like a storm of birds flying everywhere and then they would return to the same tree. They probably were waiting for me to get out of their way so they can get their dinner in the water, or find a crab on the beach.
Walking farther on the beach I was able to go back to the same spot where I found that anchor cover. I would have thought that either 1. someone came to take it away and maybe recycle it, or 2. that the high and choppy tide from last week moved it to another location. it did not move from where I last saw it, but it seemed to me that it's coloring on the fabric has faded. It looks very white with some added green from the sea weed.
I think I have mentioned this in my previous (or other journals) but I notice something different about this area. For the most part, this area has some ruin down houses, some abandoned or some house that are being re-build. As I was making my way to the end of the beach I notice this very nice, and very fancy looking house (obviously money is not an issue for these folks, but why have a nice house like that in an area that has a history in crime and other bad things that I won't go into). I was not going to go on their property, but when looking on their side of the beach I notice some things that made the other half of Indian beach different. It was the shells on the ground. Not only where they not the fake white looks shells I keep finding everywhere I go, but some shells were big and had color and did shine. The past 5 weeks I have been coming to this beach all over the shore I have been stepping on those white fake shells that kinds annoys me. We live in Florida, what is the purpose of the fake shells, why can't we see more of the natural shells that wash up. This may not be a big deal but looking back at this persons side of the beach and the other side, that is what came to my mind.
So good news on finding no human waste like plastic bottles and other garbage. But I wish someone can tell me why this beach looks so dirty when it is not to far from Lido where I can see the bottom and some fish swimming by my feet.
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