you can’t find this in Minnesota

I finally got a chance to dump my bag of California goodies onto the floor. And these two caught my attention first. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates. Which means they don’t grow here in Minnesota in our fresh water.  I have gathered a lot of driftwood over the years. Like sea-glass, I love its rubbed smooth quality. But in all my years of beach combing, I have never found driftwood with barnacles. I keep very few of my specimens, most of them end up back outside after I have photograph them. But these might just get to stick around for a while.

driftwood with barnacles