Dec
25
I Saw Santa On The Beach
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Ho! Ho !Ho!
And I may have caught him doing a little shelling too…..
Merry Christmas!
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What a creative little Santa!!!
HoHoHo and a Merry Christmas!!! Unexpected Sanda!
The best Santa evah!!
Good for him, he deserves a vacation. Thanks, Santa, for the great shells from Sanibel that you left on my doorstep!
So I guess we can for get about the milk & cookies on Christmas Eve….now we know what Santa Really wants for Christmas.
Oh Pam, what a wonderful shellsanta!!! And these holiday posts have made me smile so much and want to see that with my own eyes so much that it looks like our Blew Bayou sailboat will sail me right into your shores in Feb.!!!! Cannot wait….she is set to sail on Feb 1 and I hope to get to Sanibel soon after!!! So excited!! I’ve looked at your luscious pics of all those beautiful shells that I just have to see them for myself!!!
woooooooohoooooooooo!!
Now that’s a pretty cool Santa
Seaweed for his hat… how creative is that?
Merry Christmas!
How is beautiful Sanibel today….What shear joy…. ahhhhhh!
I have a new place, still in the neighborhood..stop by sometime…:)
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Pam, and all my other sister shellers,
Love the Santa, Nativity and Peace Tree….how creative how those sand sculptors! And those 3 sisters are adorable!
Just caught up on your last 3 posts and enjoyed every minute gazing at your lovely photos and cybershelling….just 3 more weeks and I’ll be back for the real thing! I’m definitely going to Blind Pass this time. There must be another Junonia there for Pam and maybe me??