Sea Shells

 One of Lydia's favorite things to do was go on a shell hunt.

When we went at low tide, there were a lot of critters.

 Lydia would find a shell and have to ask me, "Is somebody using this one?"

 "Yes, someone's living in that one. Set it back down."

 But then I let one hermit crab crawl on my hand. I told her it felt like a ladybug crawling on my hand. Lydia warmed up to letting it crawl on her hand, with mine underneath.

Then Lydia got brave and let one crawl on her hand by herself.

 Never fear, there were plenty of unoccupied shells to gather in her bucket.

We took them back to the campsite to wash and dry them.

Her favorite are the purple spiral shells.