We are on shellcation and on quite an adventure! We've had family visiting Sanibel (Clark's brother Scott and his wife Janet) so we are going off the grid for another week or two. You are not going to believe my next few posts... so until then.... Hasta Shellvista! …
Exploring Big Hickory
When life hands you a variety of beautiful seashells to look at... pick them them up to feel and see their differences. Be curious about the entire beach. You just might find something extraordinary like spotting SEA TURTLE tracks from a female LOGGERHEAD who dug her nest to laid her eggs the night before. We witnessed conservation volunteers putting a fence around the nest to protect it. Then of course jump in the water! We had such a fabshellous time on our iLoveShelling adventure to Big Hickory Island on Sight Sea-R Cruises!There's nothing better than hanging out with a boat load of other passionate shellers exploring the beach together. Everybody finds different treasures that make the day happy. And to top it off with a blue sky and clear turquoise water... how does it get better? It's the wonderful people we get to meet on a trip like this As beachcombers, we are not only touched by seashells and the sea but we are touched by others who are drawn to the sea. …
Shellucky Day On Cayo Costa
I feel like its always a shellucky day when I see a SAND DOLLAR on the beach. I saw quite a few cutie shellooties finding lots of these beach bucks on our iLoveShelling adventure to Cayo Costa with Captiva Cruises. Very shellucky to see not just a KEYHOLE SAND DOLLAR but an ARROWHEAD SAND DOLLAR as well! And sweet teeny tiny baby SAND DOLLARS. The water was so blue and clear, we even saw a live and healthy SEA STAR that survived some obvious damage but now regrowing two arms. At the surf's edge, we were finding all sorts of mini shells. I saw a spot of orange come in with a small wave so I immediately grabbed at the foam and sand before it washed away.... Aha gotcha! I snagged this beautiful little HORSE CONCH.... Candy! Mine was so little compared to Lilly's HORSE CONCH... Look at these beautiful shells! The SHARKS EYE is shellmongus, the dark color of her LIGHTNING WHELK is stunning and that butter yellow horsie- woweee. I loved …
Shelldazed… Shells For Days
Do ya see any seashells you like? These were just a few of my faves I collected while combing the beach on Big Hickory Island. I could have collected a bucket of WORM SHELLS (and you know I loooooove me some whimsical wormies!) and JINGLES but I also saw quite a few ROSE PETAL TELLINS, SHARKS EYE, ANGEL WINGS, SUNRAY VENUS and you'll see lots of other goodies too. We were on our iLoveShelling Adventure with Sight Sea-R Cruises! Our group not only found cool shells, we got to share so many interesting stories with each other as well as sharing information about the sea. This is an EGG CASE that a KINGS CROWN had laid on an old OYSTER SHELL one of our friends found washed up on the beach in dry sand. You could still see itty bitty teeny tiny little shells in each of the sacs. And did I mention we all found cool shells too? ;) My dear friend Karen (Antkaybe) and her sis Kim joined us with their cute pink bucket beach collectives …
Sharing The Shellove on Shell Day
We shellebrated the 2nd Annual National Seashell Day at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum with my new Guide To Speaking Shellanguage book signing and hanging out with shelling friends. heehee How appropriate! Meanwhile, Shell Love Bug had her own shellebrating... she went on shellcation to New York City! Brian took good care of her so they could spread the shellove of the Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel in the Big ShellApple (heehee). It was also so cool to get updates on iLoveShelling Facebook page about how other people shellebrated the day around the country. So many people were sharing the shellove too! Join me on a shelling adventure... Check out my new book Guide To Speaking Shellanguage... …
Happy 2nd Annual National Seashell Day!
Share the shellove today by shellebrating seashells! Get to the beach.... get your seashells out to decorate your home or office... send out shellove notes... or if you are in Southwest Florida come by Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum and shellebrate with us! Whatever you do.... share your festishells! I'm signing my new book Guide To Speaking Shellanguage from 12:30 to 1:30 today! …
First Book Signing for Pam’s Guide To Speaking Shellanguage
What's the best way to shellebrate National Seashell Day on June 21, 2017? By going to the nearest beach in the morning then heading to the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum from 12:30 to 1:30! I'm doing my first book signing of my silly little brand new shell book called "Pam Rambo's Guide To Speaking Shellanguage" on the biggest day of the year dedicated to the shelling community at the best seashell place on the planet - the Shell Museum. Oh wait... You can't be at the Shell Museum on National Seashell Day? Then I have some ideas for you.... Have your own shelluau party! Sort your shells and shelldazzle your dinner table. Decorate your front porch in fabshellous shell baskets. Invite your friends over for a shellebration! Make shell crafts. Make seashell jewelry. Take a bunch of shellfies and post them to facebook ans tag iLoveShelling facebook page- I'd love to see them. Any sort of shellnanigans will do! And the best idea yet ... Order my shellarious …
Speaking Shellanguage for Scotch Bonnet, Junonia and Rock Snails
Boom Shellalaka! Shelby found a SCOTCH BONNET on Sanibel's Lighthouse Beach. It's abshellutely gorgeous. (Her name should be spelled Shellby! heehee) After 5 days of a non-stop rain storm, there were lots of shells rolling in with every tide in this little stretch of the beach. (You can see the Sanibel causeway in the background) Debi (she's now a volunteer Shell Museum shell ambassador :) ) along with her friends Eden, Wendy and Ansley found an unbelievable, very rare piece of beach bling. ROCK SNAIL They said they found something they couldn't identify then showed me this spectacsheller beach find. I took one look then my jaw dropped ... Holy Cowrie! It was the most brilliantly colored MOLLUSK EGG CASE cluster I've ever seen. It's the first time I had seen this particular egg so it puzzled me but I kept thinking it's got to be in the MUREX family. Maybe a CABRITS MUREX? It was no longer viable being washed up on the beach so I encouraged them to take it …
Guide To Speaking Shellanguage by Pam Rambo
I published a book!!! Shellzam! heehee It's shellariously silly and I've had a ball making it but couldnt wait another second to tell yall! It's fresh off the press and already in a few Sanibel and Captiva retail stores including Congress Jewelers, Suncatcher's Dream, MacIntosh Books, Captiva Cruises, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum store, Pelican's Roost, and even our Sanibel CVS. I will do a whole post about it soon but I coudn't wait to tell you any more! Can you believe it? I'm so thrilled to be able to share this with you and the book is dedicated to all of you shellers I've had so much fun being silly about shells. It's the perfect gift for anybody who loves shells and loves to laugh. You can preview of the book HERE...AND you can buy it online! Pam Rambo'... The official guide ... By Pam Rambo Book Preview …
We sure Shelling Cruised Through May
The month of May could be my favorite time of the year on Sanibel. The weather is warm and sunny but with a few sweet tropical showers to water the plants and make the wildlife happy. We also get a little relief from the traffic so it makes life extra special to visit with friends, go shopping and explore the islands without worrying about parking. But this also means that I don't open my computer as much so please forgive me for not posting sooner about our shellovely iLoveShelling Adventure day on Big Hickory Island with Sight Sea-R Cruises. It was pretty spectacsheller! The month of May brings out the nicest of shellers... Jennifer found an alphabet cone and some other nice treasures and later that day she found a JUNONIA at the Lighthouse. Shellzam! Maybe it was your lucky shell from the shellucky bucket that helped? heehee ;) Congrats. Terrie found a JUNONIA on her birthday a few days earlier and brought it with …
