I found on Amazon a sand globe filled with pretty shells. It came with instructions to swirl to rearrange the shells. My fav photog did that and more on his birthday. He found a beach station on the tube, put on some Hawaiian music, fixed himself an adult tropical beverage, swirled his globe and enjoyed an imaginary beach day. Hopefully, next year we'll celebrate his birthday together on a beach in some exotic locale.

Oh, the sand globe was so well done with substantial glass. And it was beautifully packaged. They even turned my birthday greeting into a card.