A Few Special Finds
I used to think that all white FIGHTING CONCHS were just regular shells that were bleached by the sun until I saw the albino conch Lee Garret found and Mary Ann’s photo of multi color FIGHTING CONCHS on my post in...
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Sanibel Clear Afternoon
Mai didn’t care if her beautiful dress was getting wet by shelling in the surf to find a few seashell treasures. She f0und a few FIGHTING CONCHS so it was all worth it. My kinda gal! Talk about my kind of gals…....
Read MoreBuckets of Seashells
I didn’t see shellers with buckets filled to the rim with seashells today, but I did see a few buckets that had nice quality shells that made every other sheller smile when they peeked into the bottom. This is Eddy’s...
Read MoreHuge Sharks Eye and Horse Conch
They really DO love shelling!!! They were shouting it to the rooftops while wearing their tees they gave each other for Christmas……. because Claudette and Karen found some incredible shells. You can’t see how...
Read MoreShellebrate Blind Pass
I went back to Blind Pass this morning and found an even bigger sand bar but not as many shells as last week. I found only a few doing the Captiva Crouch. Last week was so insane it’s hard to compare the shelling so...
Read MoreLet The Shelling Season Begin!
Shells! They’re back! I felt like a kid in a candy store today at Blind Pass on Captiva Island…. speaking of candy…. This was my first find.. a bright orange baby HORSE CONCH…. my candy. Right next to it...
Read MoreStroll On Lighthouse Beach
We walked the beach near the lighthouse late this afternoon and boy, was it beautiful. It was cool, calm and clear with little humidity….. and the shelling wasn’t too bad either. A baby teeny tiny candy corn! Janet...
Read MoreShell Bag Half Full
Joe Anne and Deborah from Brunswick, GA didn’t want me to take their picture on Algier’s Beach (Gulf Side City Park) but didn’t mind showing all of their shell bag treasure. They scored with FIGHTING CONCHS,...
Read MoreManhattan Island… less than 1 mile from Sanibel Island
In between rain showers this week, Jeff was finding some shells but most of the really good ones were alive like this big LIGHTNING WHELK he is holding in the photo above. While I shot Jeff taking a photo of this conch, he told...
Read MoreShelling on South Seas Island Resort
I was tickled to be able to go shelling on South Seas Island Resorton Captiva Island yesterday. I’ve been hearing about the big shell pile on the north tip by the jetty along Redfish Pass…… I was not...
Read MorePink Blinged Out Shell
I just love this! You could start something wonderful with this, Brenda! Fantastic idea to give for encouragement to conch out cancer. From Brenda the teacher from Grand Rapids, MI – “My daughter and I read your post...
Read MoreShelling Addiction
This is a new shell pile that formed this morning about 200 yards into Captiva from Blind Pass and was chock full of LETTERED OLIVES, FIGHTING CONCHS and lots of AUGERS. John was ready to go since it was dreary and was ready to...
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