For my birthday my friend Anne gave me this beautiful red platter and the delights it holds. The red plate is in honor of our many talks about food and dieting (and this interesting little factoid she recently came across). The chocolate is in honor of...well, does chocolate need a reason to exist? And the shells: Oh those shells! She lives above the Calvert Cliffs, in Calvert County MD. When she takes walks on the shoreline she finds these amazing shells, many of which have been buried in the cliffs for thousands of years. Like that large scallop shell. Also in the grouping are barnacles, a moon shell, and I can't remember the names of the others but maybe she'll chime in.
Thanks again Anne!
2 comments:
I love the red platter. Does it go with your red wall (or curtains--I can't remember)? I am not sure about trying to match the wall--do people even notice those things?
Whatever. Fly your freak flag high.
Better late than never, I guess.
Ecphora (Md. state fossil), fossil coral, turitella (the ones on the scallop shell), and some others I don't know the names of off hand.
The fossils are from the Miocene era (epoch?) and date from between, roughly, 20 million to 12 million years ago.
Interestingly, the very rare, unusually-low tide--during which we find the best fossil examples--occured not long after my visit up to see you. I took a walk and shot pics which are waiting to be turned into a Complaint Department post. One of these days.
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