Fossil – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Time Traveler

I stepped out of the car in a parking lot paved with local crushed rock and discovered this fossil shell next to my foot. It had lived millions of years ago when shallow seas covered most of the Florida peninsula and laid down the Ocala Limestone formation that I was now treading upon. Somehow itsContinue reading “Time Traveler”

I Once Caught A Fish…

Actually, I never caught this fish, but during the 1980’s I donated for its display in honor of professor Charlie Love, geologist and anthropologist. It was the first of several remarkable fossils that Charlie commissioned to be displayed throughout the college and still stands proudly 40 years later. I had considered titling this post “TwoContinue reading “I Once Caught A Fish…”

First Fossils

At an abandoned gravel pit along the Platte River, I once searched through the pile of large rocks that had been filtered from the gravel. They were of no commercial use and had been discarded by the gravel pit operator. However, they were a treasure trove to young rockhounds like me, and there I foundContinue reading “First Fossils”