Mermaid's Tears

Mermaid's Tears or Sea Glass? I've heard the bits of smooth glass found in the ocean and the Great Lakes called both.

They are bits of glass worn smooth by the wave action in large bodies of water. Some call them Mermaid's Tears because they represent the tears shed for sailors lost in the oceans and Great Lakes.

Living on the shore of Lake Ontario, on Dewitt Road in Stoney Creek where it ended at the lake, I collected jars of it walking the beach every day all summer. Beer bottle brown, milk glass white and coke bottle green make up most of the bits in those bottles.



But cobalt (vicks bottle) blue is a special find. Finding bright red is even harder.

Patricia F. Wrote a short story called Sea Glass and posted it July 22, 2008.

I loved the story but it also reminded me of my cobalt blue Mermaid's Tears covered wine glass I use as a candle.

It's show and tell time. The above two photos are without a candle burning in it.

The next two photos show it lit, even in the daytime, It's beautiful.




Notice the one and only bright red Mermaids Tear I ever found.



Notice the base of the candle, covered in pieces of wired glass, white and green with a couple of also rare bits of torquoise.

(Does it looks like a Rainbow to YOU?)

So, What have you done with your Mermaid's Tears?