Lauren lions paw

Summer shelling in Southwest Florida is rocking this week! Lauren found a LION’S PAW at Little Hickory Beach in Bonita Springs. WOW! I met Lauren and her sister Jaime last year after they had a HORSE CONCH heyday that I showed you in my post Seashell Dreams Come True. Well, another dream has come true for her… she said ” After an 11 year search I finally found a Lion’s Paw yesterday!”.

Talk about a HORSE CONCH Heyday! Ann H found this aaaamazing HORSE CONCH at Bowman’s Beach. It is quite special to find one this big in that brilliant orange color. Wowee! I hope she sends a photo of it after she gets it cleaned up. If you need some advice on cleaning it up Ann, CLICK HERE.

 Ann horse conch

 Omigosh! Now I know why Holly is wearing that big beautiful smile… She found a big beautiful SHARK’S EYE at Blind Pass Sanibel! Happy Holly!

holly sharks eye

Her cutie sister Alyssa has that same shelling DNA… look at this perfect ALPHABET CONE she found! No wonder, they are both daughters of The Shellinator (always to be said with the Schwarzenegger voice LOL).

alyssa alphabet cone

 Not to be out-shelled by any of these girls, Devon found his own perfectly gorgeous ALPHABET CONE on the east end of Sanibel. I was told that all of these shells were collected either in the water or at the waters edge half buried in the sand. Congratshellations to Devon, Alyssa, Holly, Ann and Lauren for finding buried treasure!

devon alphabet cone

I had to show you this last photo too from Maureen in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Talk about a sheller’s dream! Today she found an ALPHABET CONE, SCOTCH BONNET and…. a FULGURATOR OLIVE! Yep, I said today- all this morning 3 hours north of Sanibel on Indian Rocks Beach. Geez.

fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet

 PS- I have now added 2014 tide charts if you like to plan your vacations around the tides for shelling and fishing. Check them out and print them out if you like…. CLICK HERE FOR TIDE CHARTS