Miniature seashells

Top row- Pear whelk, Drill, Dwarf olive, Bubble (above), Keyhole Limpet, Tusk, Wentletrap. Bottom row- Auger, Coquina, Murex, Fighting conch

Shelling is just like life…. look beyond the obvious and you will find something beautiful and extraordinary. I always feel a calmness come over me when I search for the mini shells. When I begin to focus on all the different wash lines of the beach, I feel myself zone everything else out.

Wentletrap in water

Wentletrap in tidal pool

One weedy wash line leads me to another line of sticks, broken shells and what looks like mulch. See that little WENTLETRAP among all that “mulch”? I tried to keep that bubbly foam in the photo so you could tell how it was in about 2 inches of water.

water pools at sunset

Tidal pools at sunset

I come out of the shelling zone every once in a while to soak in how beautiful this time of day is here on the beach at the lighthouse. Calming.

Tusk shell in sand

Tusk shell in sand

Then I go into the shelling zone again and remember to look for TUSK shells too. Can you even spot the TUSK shell?

Tusk shell finger

Tusk shell on my finger

I didn’t actually mean to focus on the sand instead of my  finger but I’m kinda glad you got to see how big (or I should say how “little”) the TUSK shell is AND to see what the area looked like where I found it.

Sanibel lighthouse miniature shells

Sanibel lighthouse miniature shells

These are some of the same shells as the first picture but there’s also a CANTHARUS (top left with barnacles on it), 2 KITTENS PAWS, BARNACLES, a BABY’S EAR (broken), a TURBAN and 2 CROSS BARRED VENUS clams.

Sometimes the treasures we take from the beach are the friends we meet there~” quote by Carla Barone…

Sheller with shelling scoop

Gerry (New Hampshire) with a sea whip

Collecting miniature seashells

Chris (IL) collecting minis

beached sailboat

beach daisies