Garden

[Kachina624]

Spoiler

Remember those shells you and the kids collected?  Here's a nice way to put the larger ones to use.   These would look so pretty this summer on a table on the patio or deck.  Remember, most succulents are not winter hardy.

[Love my grandkids]

@Kachina624 I love that!

[KathyM23]

When we were kids my mother had a very large shell she found on Virginia Beach when my Dad was in the service there watching for submarines during World War II.  It was displayed in a bookcase at home and my brother and I would put it up to our ear and it made a sound.  We said it was like the ocean waves roaring and it really was such a sound as that.

[skatting44]

Thanks,  for the FYI.

 I have  two large on from Puerto  Rico  that my husband found abt 40 yrs ago.

[bmorechick]

When we were kids, we vacationed every year in ocean city, md in the 60's and 70's. My dad was a Navy vet and an excellent swimmer. He would swim near the rock jetty(now forbidden for obvious reasons) and squirm between the rocks and would pull out 5 or 6 at a time.  We thought it was the greatest thing ever.  We would take them home and paint them.  Held onto them for years until my mom tossed them.  Memories...🐚

[happilyretiredgirl]

@KathyM23   I was always told you could hear the ocean in the shells, love that sound. I live only about 3 hours from VA Beach and we visit there often for a nice quick get away. 

[IMW]

Very creative, unique and so lovely.

[CritterKeeper]

That is BEAUTIFUL!! 

[Another new name Sue]

Stunning arrangement!

I have a pretty abalone shell but would not do that to it because the inside is prettier than the outside.  Mother of pearl, right?