I have so many stashes of fragile things. Mostly nature things. For example, yesterday I found a small box that had a few treasures. I thought maybe I’d get a good picture of this shell that has a crab poking out since already one of the legs has broken off and how in the world has it lasted years already? I suppose when I originally found this shell I didn’t know a wee crab was hidden inside. Later, he peered out, and just saw crumbled up junk in my luggage and is frozen to this day in a state of shock.

So I will just wrap this up in some bubble wrap with a bunch of other shells and delicate sea urchin husks, sea sponge (I do have one that’s years old! For real! I’ll post another pic below). This is just one little box among many. It’s sad that a lot of this stuff may not make the move in one piece. Or who knows, a whole box may get lost!

But let’s say they did. Daydreaming about how to have them visible in next home. Like a conveyer belt that runs along the wall which constantly updates its contents. Or some other ever-changing-display.

I need to read about crabs versus spiders. This sure looks like a spider with an exoskeleton to me.

I looked at the sponge under the microscope and it was like what you’d expect. Looked like shattered glass—it is dried up after all!