The Buoys

My mom and I went for a walk on the beach a few days ago. There recently has been a huge dredging project on Lido beach (please check out http://www.oceanpreservers.org/2015/01/dredging.html for more information). That day we waled down south from where we normally walk. On this walk we found many broken pieces of sand dollar that have recently been killed by the dredging process, lots of trash, and the two huge buoys and cable shown in the picture. We dragged it back to one of the condos which was not gated in so we could drive over to remove it (it weighed a lot). After the back aching work, we drove over and removed it. We plan on recycling the cable and possibly reusing the buoys. The hardware alone weighed eight pounds and my dad removed the rust and it looks almost new. We will also try to reuse the hardware.

Chestnut Turban

The chestnut turban (Turbo castanea) are a species of mollusk in the gastropod class. Their colour ranges from brown-tan, to white and ginger stripes, to swirled shades of brown. On some of the specimens pictured, the outer layer of shell has broken off, reveling the pearly white inner shell. They are very important grazers of algae.