Cone Shells and Pieces, Mystery, Fractal, Fibonacci

 Cone Shell Top and Sea Glass Pendant

The above photo shows a pendant that is for sale at our Estsy store which I made from a really beautiful, made to be a pendant, top of a cone shell. If this were to tumble longer it would end up being a puka shell eventually I imagine. As it happens I found it as it is and have never found one exactly like it again.

I posted yesterday about the mana of sea glass and the mysteries of the sea captured in each piece of sea glass that’s found not only by me here in Hawaii Nei but around the world. Well, the same goes for each shell and shell piece we find. Here is a picture one of the cone shells my son found:

It’s not that great a photo of a cone shell my son found, he seems to find all the whole shells. This is a pretty big one. Somehow I think the Sea God and Sea Goddess really like my son because the shells almost just come to him, he’s not really looking and before I know it he’s handing me a whole shell. I don’t find whole shells :/

Here are a couple of useful links about cone shells here on Maui complete with photos:

Hawaiian Seashells 

The Beautiful Story of Snails ~ Maui News Article

Cone Shell ~ This one I like because it makes reference to the fractal pattern, a pattern found in all of nature, a very fascinating subject too!

Which brings me to the mysteriousness I feel whenever I’m at the beach. I’m sure some get it when they go hiking in the woods or mountain climbing, anywhere that nature is abundant and alive (as opposed to concrete jungles).

 Here is a video I watched this morning on geometrics in natural things ~

A beautiful display of numbers in nature.

I also looked up the meaning of fractal because I wanted to know if it’s the same as fibonacci. Here is the answer via another video I really like ~

Above are a couple of pictures of jewelry I made with the insides of cone shells I found. What really attracted me to these cone shell pieces is the spiral at the tip, it held some kind of deeper meaning to me then just oh, a shell piece I found while beach combing.

We’re going to the beach today for my nephew’s birthday. I’m going to snorkel, so excited about finding some shells now!

Sea Glass Jewelry and Kekoa

I am trying to make sea glass jewelry Kekoa! omg! he was just too cute today and it was so hard for me to focus on making jewelry I just kept watching him take pics of him and the whole room. This is Kekoa's photography :D He's pretty good for 2 years old :D Grandma is all smiles and I just have to chuckle everytime I look at these pics. The pics with his face all scrunched up? That's him when he's pushing the button to take a pic. He didn't quite have it figured out so sometimes he would press the side of the button then move his finger and press right on the button but he would be struggling...it's just too cute! I Love You My Kekoa!

Here he is on my lap, I'm posting my pics and some of the jewelry I made to our Etsy Store. Also, we had to watch a video clip I took of Elmo and Mr. Noodles. We went to watch Sesame Street Live for Kekoa's 2nd birthday so I took a few video clips of Elmo, Kekoa Loves Elmo! So we watched that about 50 times...in a row. This is why I like to work from home, I Love to spend time with my children and my grandson. They are my world!

Here's the video clip I watch with him *;-D

Extremely Rare Black Sea Glass Treasure

I feel compelled to share this everywhere I can. I believe that this extremely rare piece of black sea glass's origination can be found if I post it enough and enough people see it. I remember posting photos of a soft aquamarine blue cylindrical container which I had found about 1 1/2 years ago and nobody knew where it came from. That story is next :D

I look for sea glass for several reasons.
1. It gives me the time I need to be close to God. The feeling I have when I'm at the beach is hard to explain but I think that other beach goers, for whatever reasons they go, will know that feeling I'm talking about. When I get home I feel much more relaxed. While walking and collecting I can sort things out in my mind easier and I feel stronger spiritually.

2. I Love sea glass and shells too. And most recently I've also been collecting lava rocks, black, red, and orange. I get this high when I see a piece of sea glass, especially the aquamarine and the way it just glistens in the sun and the water on it makes the sunlight sparkle off of it. I get so excited and I run to pick it up before the waves wash it out!

3. I really and truly love to make jewelry out of sea glass and shells and now lava rocks. It's not just making jewelry that I get excited about, it's jewelry from those materials and also seeds, especially seeds from Maui, oh and feathers but feathers are more of an added detail rather than the main character.

I never needed an excuse to go to the beach. Our ohana were avid beach goers waaaayyyyy before I started to collect sea glass. So on this particular summer day, I took my children, grandson and nephews to the beach to refresh during the hot summer day and...I found this beautiful extremely rare black sea glass...read more here.

Celebration of Kekoa's 2nd Birthday!

Crisostomo/Kaiwi Ohana had an exceptionally wonderful day on Kekoa's birthday! I almost thought we weren't going to make it to Sesame Street Live but thanks to my daughter's persistence in going we did make it and it was soooooo wonderful to watch him. He so concentrated on the show, his eyes glued to the stage it was so cute!!! I shared a story and pics on Natural Maui's wordpress site/blog so just click on the link to read more.

Now it's time to get down to busy! Going to list charms "The Many Charms of Natural Maui' in Natural Maui's sea glass jewelry and shell jewelry Etsy store!

Have a wonderful day!

No Sea Glass Hunting on Maui For Natural Maui Today

 

Happy Birthday My Honey Boy!

It is early in the morning, potatoes and eggs are boiled and ready for salad! It's my grandson's 2nd birthday and our ohana is headed to the beach then to the Sesame Street Live! show at the MACC and then dinner/bbq at his other grandma's house so we have a busy busy day! 

Natural Maui Ohana Etsy Store

When we first started collecting we did so to keep us occupied while my son bodyboarded. Sometimes we would be at the beach for 2 hrs. sometimes all day depending on the surf and whether or not we had something to do. On his bodyboard breaks my son would come and help us collect sea glass and he also is the one that found most of our whole shells. He just has a knack for it. Both of my children collected much of the sea glass we use in our jewelry and also many of my nieces and nephews would help out too so it really is an ohana affair. Now, when my older nieces and nephews go to the beach they collect for us.

Happily, my grandson, who will be turning 2 this Sunday, July 31st has also been blessed with the knack for collecting pretty shells and sea glass :D I enjoy taking him and looking at his face all concentrating on what he's picking up. He really looks and out of many shells he'll pick one and hand it to me. Oh that cuddly boy.

He'll be here in a few minutes and as soon as he comes, he, my youngest girl and I will be going sea glass hunting. My son is bodyboarding with his Uncle and cousin today so we'll probably meet up with them somewhere on Maui :D

After that, we'll come home and I'll be making some new jewelry for our new Natural Maui Ohana Etsy Store :D

I Love what I do,the whole of it!

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