The islands get happy. The strong winds and rain that belted the islands the past few days are paying off with seashells! The shells are rolling in and piling up all along the beaches of Captiva. The first person I saw this...
Read MoreIf the SANIBEL SIX seashells are the favorite achievable shell finds for shellers on Sanibel and Captiva, then the JUNONIA, SCOTCH BONNET and LION’S PAW seashells must be The Elite Three. These shells are the mac daddies...
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 MoreThe island seashell telegraph was buzzing yesterday with the news that a rare WHITE CRESTED TELLIN was found by our shelling friend Nancy (see her on post Seashell In My Pocket) while she was shelling the out islands with her...
Read MoreI couldn’t wait to check out Captiva’s Blind Pass this morning after we had whipping 20 mph north west winds all day yesterday. As soon as I got on the beach, I met fellow sheller Les who showed me he found this...
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Looky what I found!! A gorgeous 2 1/4 inch SCOTCH BONNET! Woot! Woot! I’ve only found...
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 MoreI was so surprised to find so many SAND DOLLARS on the beach around West Gulf Drive parking lot #7 (sorry, parking stickers only- but you can get there by bike if you aren’t staying nearby). The water was still pretty...
Read MoreWow! Tina, what a beauty! Tina told me she found this gorgeous SCOTCH BONNET yesterday on the Sanibel side of Bind Pass at 7:15 in the morning. “Very excited! Made my day!” she said in her email. I am sure it made...
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