A brown whale. The Picture doesn’t do it justice.

This piece is something extraordinary.

First off, its massive. Its hard to tell from the photo, but its large and heavy. Its so densely brown and thick, it needs a strong light source to illuminate it from behind. It glows, but never lights up.

Second, this was found in an unusual location for us (several years ago). Our normal location is true ocean with surf. This was found way up an ocean bay. This piece of sea glass was found in shallow water, amongst piles of shoe-size rocks. Its a wonder that one of the kids noticed it for what it was. As I recall, it was the only decent piece of the day.

I never thought this location would have the correct conditions to smooth and frost this, but it has been a harbor for hundreds of years. I bet people have been throwing trash into this bay for a long time. This isn’t a modern flimsy beer bottle shard. It looks like time, more than waves, mattered here. We’ll definitely go back to this location.

A better picture of this belongs in the Gallery. I’ll post that at some point.