Shelling sistah Susan S. took a road trip with her husband to Manasota Key to do some SHARK’S TEETHing at Blind Pass Park in Englewood, Florida. I couldn’t wait to see what she brought back to Sanibel. The first...
Read MoreClark found another SCOTCH BONNET!!!! This is crazy! We both found one in December for the first time and now he found another one within a couple of months. Wow…. pretty, huh? He said finding it was pure luck. We went to...
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to run down to Barefoot Beach in Bonita Springs (45 minute drive) to meet shelling sister Carla Barone for quite some time. Today I got to meet her and she was everything I thought… shell crazy and...
Read MoreSunday afternoon we were out in the cold and howling north west winds watching the shells start to pile up on the sand bar at Blind Pass on Captiva. I know I’ve been talking so much about this new sand bar….. but...
Read MoreWe had more 15 mph cold winds blowing from the north west all day yesterday. That means shelling at Blind Pass should be pretty good. So that’s why Clark and I headed there this morning at 8 a.m……. which was a...
Read MoreThis morning was so beautiful, I don’t have many words to describe it. So we’ll keep it at…. Peace on Sanibel. Peace on Earth. Share with your friends!EmailInstagramPinterestFacebookTwitterLinkedInLike...
Read MoreI 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 MoreShells! 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...
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Have you ever found a SEA BEAN? Well, they really aren’t “beans” but are seeds...
Read MoreIt’s funny- I don’t usually pick up COCKLE shells. I guess because they are common on the beaches of Sanibel and I haven’t thought of a fabulous craft project for me to use them. My friend Sarah made that...
Read MoreRhonda picked up this OCTOPUS on Monday at low tide and walked it to the water to help him survive. This past Saturday, I saw several octopuses washed up on the beach at low tide too. Here’s a video of one of those poor...
Read MoreIt’s like a butterfly rainbow in the sand. The colors of these COQUINAS are so brilliant. This is so funny…. I posted this photo, then saw all the grains of sand on them and actually blew on it to get the sand off....
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