Tellin | I Love Shelling

Super Fabshellous Boating Day

by pam | Feb 3, 2017 | Beach Seed Pods, Big Hickory Island, Rose Tellin | 4

In the last two weeks, we’ve seen lots of beaches in southwest Florida covered in shells....

Everything’s Coming Up Rose Petal Tellins in Big Hickory

by pam | Nov 2, 2015 | Beach Seed Pods, Big Hickory Island, Dove Snail, Rose Tellin, Rusty Dove Shell, Sea Bean, Sea Pearl, Sparse Dove | 8

Julie (Colorado) must have put on her ROSE colored glasses to find so many ROSE PETAL TELLIN shells on our iLoveShelling Adventure on Sight Sea-R Cruises trip. And how ’bout those beautiful SHARKS EYES and ALPHABET CONE...

High Dry Sand Beach Finds at Blind Pass Sanibel

by pam | Jun 9, 2015 | Blind Pass, Land Snail, Operculum, Shiva Shells, Southern Flatcoil Land Snail, Speckled Tellin, Tellin | 12

While shelling at Blind Pass Sanibel, I took a little break to the high dry beach sand to drink some water and reapply some sunscreen. Most of you are the same way I am- anywhere on the beach I still can’t help but look...

Shelling Excursion From Captiva

by pam | Nov 11, 2014 | Angel Wing, Baby's Ear, Captiva, Captiva Cruises, Cayo Costa Beachcombing, Fallen Angel Wing, Florida, Sunray Venus, White Crested Tellin | 15

After a rainy Southwest Florida weekend, we had beautiful clear, sunny weather for our iLoveShelling adventure on our Captiva Cruises boat ride to shelling on Cayo Costa. Within minutes, Michelle from NY found a SCOTCH BONNET....

Small Island, Big Shell

by pam | Jul 16, 2014 | Big Hickory Island, Congress Jewelers (Sealife By Congress), Lightning Whelk, Rose Tellin, Sand Dollar, ShellingAdventures, Whelk, Worm Shell | 7

Shellzam! Brenda from Indiana found an empty, big, beautiful LIGHTNING WHELK on our iLoveShelling Sight Sea-R cruise to Big Hickory Island today. Wow! Cuties Rachel and Danielle helped her shellebrate while feeling happy with...

Shelling Trip Worth The Wait

by pam | Jul 9, 2014 | Alternate Tellin, Captiva Cruises, Cayo Costa Beachcombing, Coquina Limestone, Lettered Olive, Olive, Speckled Tellin, White Crested Tellin | 18

Our iLoveShelling shelling cruise to Cayo Costa had a rain delay Tuesday morning but just like...

Maiden Voyage Sight Sea-R Shelling Cruise Was Incredishell

by pam | Jun 25, 2014 | Alphabet Cone, Big Hickory Island, Bonita Beach, Cone, Fargo Worm Shell, Florida, Rose Tellin, Shark's Eye, Shelling guides SW Florida Sanibel, ShellingAdventures, Sight Sea-R Cruises, Sunsets, Worm Shell | 15

Our first iLoveShelling Sight Sea-R Cruise was even better than I could ever even imagined! This brand new Sight Sea-R boat proved to be the absolutely perfect shelling excursion with plenty of room to take our 48 amazing...

Millepede Starfish Eats Whole Potato

by pam | Apr 9, 2014 | Alternate Tellin, Heart Urchin, Millipede Starfish, Potato Urchin, Tellin | 23

This MILLEPEDE SEA STAR ate a whole POTATO URCHIN that was entirely too big for his belly so he split himself wide open. Are you crazy, dude? After strong west winds yesterday, Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel had some very cool...

Bringing On The Beachcombing

by pam | Mar 28, 2014 | Alternate Tellin, Banded tulip, Helmet, Lion's Paw, Long-Spined Urchin, Rocksnail, Tarpon Beach Sanibel, Thorny Oyster, West Indian Sea Egg | 16

There is nothing more exciting than seeing shells line the beach as far as the horizon. At Tarpon Road beach access (mid island on Sanibel)… that’s what we saw yesterday- miles of shells. Amy from Alabama was a happy...

I’m Stooping Over For A Wentletrap Clover

by pam | Mar 17, 2014 | Alternate Tellin, Angulate Wentletrap, Beach Holiday, Lined Tree Snail, St Patricks Day, Tellin, Tolin Wentletrap, Wentletrap | 13

Top of the Sanibel mornin’ to ya! It’s always a lucky day just to have the time to walk the beach… but it’s a very lucky day if you find a couple of WENTLEPTRAP shells. Paula brought down some Luck...

Utopia Beach on Cayo Costa Island

by pam | Mar 5, 2014 | Captiva, Captiva Cruises, Cayo Costa Beachcombing, Comb Bittersweet, False Angel Wing, Speckled Tellin, White Crested Tellin | 20

If Utopia is an island of clear aqua blue water with strings of seashells lining the shore, then we found Utopia on Cayo Costa Island during our iLoveShelling cruise on Captiva Cruises this week. My day started out with such joy...

Warm Sandy Beach Wishes

by pam | Feb 23, 2014 | Flat Zigzag Scallop, Lace Murex, Murex, Sand Dollar, Scallop, Speckled Tellin, Sunray Venus | 20

When the weather on Sanibel and Captiva is in the high 70s and low 80s during the winter months like now, it’s hard not to be outside every minute of the day… so the world slips away. This weekend, Clark and I took a...

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