Flip Flop Flotsam

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Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (1)

This is the story of the beaching of a beautiful beaded flip-flop. I am always finding beached shoes but until recently I had not witnessed one actually in the process of being beached. These are the photographs that document the event!  

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (2) 

One moment there was nothing to see but the sea and some ships in the distance…..

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (3) 

 The next moment there was a black spot on the watery horizon. 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (4) 

What could it be? 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (5) 

It was a bit of flotsam – flip-flop flotsam. 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (6) 

It bobbed on the water. Black with sparkly beadwork. 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (7) 

The flip-flop floated closer and closer. 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (8) 

It bumped onto the beach among the bubbles. 

The black beaded flip-flop was well and truly beached! 

Flip flop flotsam floating ashore at Weymouth, Dorset, U.K. (9) 

Revision of a post first published 15 May 2010

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3 Replies to “Flip Flop Flotsam”

  3. Pingback: More flotsam flip flops « Jessica’s Nature Blog

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