Introducing Guest Blogger… Captain Brian Holaway
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Everybody needs a vacation… even when you live in a paradise like Sanibel. So, I am unplugging from online life for a week or so to take a break and recharge the brain. I know! You need shelling reports! I am NOT leaving you high and dry without shelling updates so…. Captain Brian to the rescue!
Captain Brian Holaway will be right here posting his fabulous photos of our local beaches just like he does on his blog Capt. Brian On The Water . You won’t miss a beat to get your up-to-date shelling fix. Fair? Okay, if you haven’t heard me talk about our good friend Captain Brian before, he is the best shelling guide I know.
.. and he REALLY loves shelling too. Can you tell?
Oooooh… He has a box of BABY’S EARS!
Ahhhhhh… WORM SHELLS!
He even collects TUSK SHELLS like we do but we’ve never found one this big!
Wow! Look at these gorgeous shells…
Did you notice he has The Elite Three? A JUNONIA, SCOTCH BONNET and LION’S PAWS.
Captain Brian has a great eye for shells but he also has a great eye for nature and wildlife. He is in the Florida Master Naturalist program to promote awareness, understanding, and respect the environment of Florida’s natural world.
See? I’ve left you in very capable hands.
Margarita, please. (Oh sorry, I’m just getting ready for vacation.)
So enjoy the next few posts by Brian then I will be back with a refreshed mind and hopefully some awesome shelling reports to share.
Oh yes, I’ll have that margarita with salt. (Oh sorry, again.. I keep getting interupted)
See you soon, dear friends!
Sllluuuuurpppp. Ahhhhhhh
More than IN the Florida Naturalist Program, he is a graduate! Yay Cap’n Brian!
Have a good vacation Pam!!!
And Captain Brain, yay!! We went on a shelling trip with you and had a blast!
Have a wonderful vacation and a FROZEN margarita. You left your blog in very capable hands. Looking forward to Capt. Brian’s posts!
Pam, best wishes for your vacation. Hope you find lots of nice shells. Captain Brian, I would enjoy meeting you sometime. Best wishes to you too.
This is Great….enjoy your vacation Pam
…and welcome captain Brian.
Great shell collection by the way…where did you find your Junonia ?…that’s a lot of lions paws too…and babies ears.
Captain Brian — congrats on ur 2nd place victory in the Fort Myers Beach Body Glove CALUSUP Race 2 wknds ago… Way to represent the gray hairs!
Glad you are taking a break. We wouldn’t want you to get burned out, cause what would we do without you!!
Enjoy …and don’t forget Capt. Brian won a BIG AWARD at the 75th Shellabration this year.
Enjoy your vacay, Pam and Clark!
We were with Captain Brian one week ago – he is fantastic! Like Pam, we highly recommend a shelling trip with him. Every time we go, he takes us to a new location! And, he helps us find AWEsome shells!!!
Can’t wait to read his blog here
Pam, I hope you and Clark have a fabulous vacation!! We will miss you. I already love Capt Brian’s blog so I am sure he will do just fine as your replacement while you are away. Go – recharge – and we will be here when you return.
brian you rock! i mean you shell!!! we will b there very soon. i hope we r lucky shellers. already lucky in love…we r celebrating our 30 year anniversary @ sanibel!!
Great choice. Cayo Cowboy & his sidekick Salty ride again! Enjoy your trip Shell Sistah! Have lots of fun. Ypu’ll be missed.
Enjoy the vacation! Everyone needs one now and then! Mine are to Sanibel! We’re looking forward to our next adventure with Capt Brian, so I’m sure his blogs will fulfill our need for shelling updates! Welcome Capt Brian!
Welcome Brian,
Those are some great shell collections!
Jim
Have a nice vacation Pam and Clark. Welcome Captain Brian. Look forward to your posts.
Just visited the HGTV green home for giveaway in Serenbe, GA. The kitchen counter was made by DEX and was concrete with seashells embedded within. It was just awesome!
http://www.hgtv.com/green-home/hgtv-green-home-2012-kitchen-pictures/pictures/index.html
Oooh! I am a FMN graduate as well! How exciting to see a fellow naturalist take over
Hey, nice to meet you Captain Brian, qualified naturalist and master sheller.
OK, Pam, you may leave to have a wonderful (well-deserved) vacation — but only because you have us covered in your absence! Enjoy!!! Looking forward to your posts, Captain!
It figures!! Hubby and I will be down there beginning Saturday (may 19) until Monday May 28th) Sorry we’ll miss you!! I thought we might ‘run into’ each other again! Hope you have a great vacation….I know we will!!
(I always wonder where people who live in paradise (like Sanibel) go on vacation!!)
Have fun Pam & Clark! I went on a shelling trip last fall with Brian, my sister & me had a fab time, awesome shelling trip!
Have a wonderful time Pam! We are looking forward to a shelling adventure with Captain Brian the next time we are on Sanibel.
Donnie, I found that Junonia at the southern end of Cayo Costa Island January 31st 1996 at 10:17 in the morning. It was a good day. The winds were high all night and the tide was extremely low.
Funny how you remember everything about the find…I am the same way…and I would say you’re about due for another one…I’m on a 6 month cycle…lol.
I can vouch for Captain Brian being a great shell spotter! He found me my very first Baby Ear, then found me a second one! This was when we cruised with him a couple weeks ago to Cayo Costa. Was a beautiful day for shelling – an unusual number of Angel Wings of all sizes were on the beach that day.