Amidst the flotsam and jetsam by julienne1

Amidst the flotsam and jetsam

On Looe beach today there were all sorts of extraneous objects washed up along with the seaweed. I found no beachcomber treasures unfortunately.
No pink plastic bottles I hope, our beaches have been inundated with them over the past few weeks........jetsom from some passing ship....some say they are Vanish bottles......unfortunately they have not done so...
February 21st, 2016  
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I think I can understand the meaning of 'flotsam and jetsam', but what do the words mean? Nice picture.
February 21st, 2016  
They may not be treasures, but they are colorful! Do you have a volunteer beach clean up program in your area? We have 2 big beach cleanups per year where volunteers gather up and down the coast to pick up trash, but treasures can be found. In our area glass floats are hidden for volunteers to find. Nice reward for cleaning the beach.
February 21st, 2016  
Interesting and colorful.
February 21st, 2016  
Interesting assortment of objects! Very colorful!
February 22nd, 2016  
Wow, Interesting collection. Cool shot.
February 22nd, 2016  
Keep looking
February 22nd, 2016  
What a collection!
February 22nd, 2016  
Great shot, hope some little kid is not too unhappy at loosing their spade.
February 22nd, 2016  
@cutekitty - not nice! But no I've not come across any here.
February 22nd, 2016  
@gijsje the word flotsam is used to describe general debris that has ended up in the water accidentally, but jetsam is something that has been deliberately thrown into the water. Together they have just come to be the way of describing stuff washed up on the beach from the sea.
February 22nd, 2016  
@nydelignorsk - I don't know if they have volunteer beach cleaning here as I'm not local, but your local scheme sounds a great idea for making it fun!
February 22nd, 2016  
@shirleybankfarm - I hope not too! I somehow guess some parent decided that it wasn't worth packing up and taking home! I did think of picking it up but I thought some other kid would probably enjoy finding it and using it!
February 22nd, 2016  
@pippie @thewatersphotos @rickster549 @peterday @christophercox - it did make a colourful composition!
February 22nd, 2016  
We quite enjoy abandoned shovels and pails in our family and leave a fair share of plastic toys in our wake too...
February 23rd, 2016  
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