seashell awesomeness

It was an especially good day on the Sanibel today. On the beach at Island Inn, the weather was perfect (high 70s), the water was calm, there were piles of good shells… and I had Clark with me. That’s why I love this next photo… it’s everything I love all in one shot. Clark, the beach, the water and a ton of shells to pick through to collect in an aqua shell bucket.

i Love Shelling seashell bucket

My day was made.

happy super sheller clark

I wasn’t the only one loving the day either, if there’s a good shell pile it seems I always find Connie K. right smack in the middle of it. Ha! She can sniff ’em out!

combing the beach for shells

I also met another happy gal… Faith from Ohio. She is a ball of fun!

Beach combing Faith

These are just a few of the beautiful shells she found. She found a LIONS PAW too but I didn’t get a chance to see it since she had already packed it up in her room. Happy.

Beach combing shells on Sanibel November

Sitting on the big pile of shells (after walking to the right from Island Inn), I saw OLIVES, CONCHS, WHELKS, SCALLOPS and TULIPS but I had to snap a picture of this adorably tiny horsie candy (juvie HORSE CONCH). Omigosh- so stinkin cute.

Sanibel shell candy

Clark’s fave find of the day was of course that awesome ALPHABET CONE (first pic) but mine was this teeny tiny ROCK SNAIL SHELL.

juvie rock snail shell

I haven’t found a ROCK SHELL in a while and I can’t recall if I’ve ever seen one this small before. I love it!

aperture view juvie rock snail shell

Wishing on this shell tree that everybody gets to experience a day like this on the beach to feel this calm and happy about simple pleasures.

shell tree wishes

 

PS- Thank you Heather for the heads up about the shell pile!