This is the prettiest SPECKLED TELLIN I’ve ever seen! I met a Sanibel local gal Susie on the beach at Sanibel Blind Pass and while we were talking, I saw those stripes through her plastic shelling bag…. Okay, I...
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We had some south East wind gusts yesterday and today so I figured that the best place to shell...
Read MoreExtreme early morning low tides means break out the flash lights before day break. My buddy Ellen and I were out on the beach and in the cold water by 6:30. The birds were shellebrating a new day. And so were we. I saw Kay on...
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 MoreThis is a rare photo. I can’t help it- I’m just not a morning gal so I rarely get to the beach to see sunrise. I know, I’m not your usual sheller but this isn’t your usual shelling day either. Colder...
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....
Read MoreToday was Ocean Conservancy’s 25th Anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup. In honor of this world wide affair, Clark and I went out this morning to collect trash on the beach while checking out the shelling....
Read MoreIt looks like julienned coconuts, parmesan cheese or some sort of spaghetti, doesn’t it? There are wash lines of MANATEE GRASS at the tip of the lighthouse beach. We finally had a beautiful day so I needed to get out on...
Read MoreWe had a little window of time to dash to the beach last night before the rain came again … so we took the chance to run down to West Gulf Drive. I found my first Roseate Spoonbill feather within the first 5 minutes!...
Read MoreIn 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 MoreThese are just a few shells that were in Jonathan and Kelly’s shell bucket yesterday at the lighthouse beach. That ALPHABET CONE was about 2 1/2 inches long and the ANGEL WING was around 5 1/2 inches. Do you know how hard...
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