Walking In A Wentletrap Wonderland
A wonderful, warm walk in a WENTLETRAP wonderland. Watch this wideo - errrrr - vvvvideo (heehee) of my morning's walk near the Sanibel fishing pier today.... https://youtu.be/7pg6hi5Dfq0
Weekend Wonderland on Sanibel and Captiva
It was a weekend wonderland on the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva with plenty of shells to pick, sift and sort. Bowman Beach was by far the best for beach combing along a stretch of shell strewn piles. Holy Cowrie, we found an enormous shell pile! The shells in the...
Rooting For Seashells At Sanibel Lighthouse Beach
The Sanibel Ligthhouse is all dressed up for Christmas with wreaths and big red bows bringing festivity to the salty air. The cool, windy air brought a few of my favorite shellers out to the beach as well... like Wanda and Lori. It's always so much fun to see yall-...
Smallest Shells Are Biggest Treasures
Is there anything cuter than a mini shell? Hmmmm.... well, yes. A handful of minis shells. Is there anything cuter than a handful of mini shells? As a matter of fact... yes! Cutie little handfuls of mini shells held by cousins Ellie and Mia. Once they found a few...
Shellebrating Earth Day
I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to breathe the salty air with a walk along the shell filled beach this morning. I didn't collect many shells today because I just wanted to hear the ocean sounds, smell the beach, feel the sea breeze and to see the...
Case Of The Cracked Cockles – Video
Have you ever found one of these shells on Sanibel Island that you couldn't identify? I've been asked to identify this shell with a thick "lip" and one long "wing" hundreds of times. It happens to be a broken ATLANTIC GIANT COCKLE (most likely they are juvenile shells...
How To Identify Differences Between Live and Dead Sand Dollars
It's thrilling to see a live SAND DOLLAR at low tide half buried in the sand and water, isn't it? It's also thrilling to see bleached out SAND DOLLARS washing in with the tide as well, right? But how do you know if a SAND DOLLAR is alive or not when it is isn't bright...
Juvie Junonia Sweet Success
Finding a JUNONIA is always a sweet success but finding a teenie tiny juvie JUNONIA is (in my humble opinion) the best ever! My heart is so happy for shelling sistah "Diane From Tucson" because she is just about the sweetest thing put on this planet. Shellzam! She...
Beach Love And Seashells
It's a special moment to witness the power of Mother Nature as she displays some of her greatest works of art at the tip of your flip flops. It seems in the blink of an eye, there is a sand bar that formed between Sanibel and Captiva at Blind Pass... and the next...
Walking The Beach Warms The Soul
Even though we aren't wearing our usual tee shirts and shorts here on Sanibel Island because of this cold 40 degree weather, walking the beach warms the soul. "Espeshelly" since cold weather brings shells! Sanibel Lighthouse beach has load of shells washing up about a...
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i have a shell that i found in my back yard under ground. we live no where near an ocean or water. this might be some weird snail shell ive never seen but it has a smooth round backside and a jagged tooth-like surface.