Peace on the beach Sanibel

I found shell Peace at Gulf Side City Beach yesterday evening. Literally!

Sanibel low tide

Sanibel low tide

It was the perfect word to describe my walk at a low tide with temperatures in the mid 80s. Peace.

Wentletrap seashell

Ellen's Wentletrap

Not that I was eaves dropping (well trying not to), but I overheard a couple trying to figure out what they had found on the beach. I just had to see! It was a pretty large WENTLETRAP! They knew it was special.

Couple on sanibel beach

Bill and Ellen after finding their wentletrap

There were lots of egg casings like I saw on May 18 on this stretch of beach too. This one is a MUREX EGG CASE.

murex egg case

Murex egg case

Woops! I goofed when I named the egg case on my MAY 18 post a TULIP egg case- it isn’t and I corrected it! It was a HORSE CONCH EGG CASING on my other post- thank you Sanibel Sisters! The one below is a TULIP EGG CASE.

Tulip Egg case

Tulip Egg case

This is a SHARK’S EYE MOON SHELL SAND COLLAR. The eggs are mixed with sand and a gelatin mixture to protect them by forming this collar. Weird, huh?

Moon snail egg collar

Moon snail egg collar

I was very impressed when I met Caroline and her mom Bonnie. We were showing our shell finds to each other and Caroline knew every name of each of the shells…. PAPER FIGS, OLIVES, CONCHS. Bonnie says that Caroline loves everything to do with nature so she soaks up every bit of information she can find. I can’t believe I didn’t get pictures of their shells but I sure got a cute picture of the two of them…

Mother daughter Sanibel beach

Caroline and Bonnie (Cincinnati)

shell peace