Pining for Bay of Fundy sea glass

Alright, I have a confession to make, while I don't like seeing trash wash up on any beach, I have to say that all this 'clean beach' stuff has meant the loss of one item long cherished by beachcombers: sea glass. Before the days of plastic containers, we used to find ourselves a dandy collection of sea-softened bits of broken bottles. When I was a child I collected them; spending several summers filling up a glass pickle jar with such bright, opaque, beach-tumbled glass bits.

However, now that there is so much recycling going on it's a rare event to find such glass treasures on the beach....em, to the point that I gasped with pleasure when I spotted this piece, then photographed it, pocketed it and rubbed away my worries on it for the rest of my visit to the beach. At the last minute, before I got back in the car, I tossed it back on the beach for another nostalgic beach explorer to re-discover.