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<\/a><\/p>\nIt couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend. The sun was shining, temps in the 80s, low humidity, shells in the surf….. and the very best part….. my family came to visit!!!<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Greg and Tee!<\/p><\/div>\n
My brother and I grew up spending our summers on the beach at Sandbridge in Virginia Beach and vacationing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The beach is in our blood so it’s a good thing we both found spouses that have that sand running through their blood too. My sister-in-law (the best a sister could ask for!) is all about the beach too so the first thing after the whole gang got here ….. \u00a0we hit the beach.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Becky finding minis<\/p><\/div>\n
Our friend Becky (and part of the family) was the first one to find out how glorious the miniature shell finds can be.<\/p>\n
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\n She found oodles of WENTLETRAPS, BUTTONS<\/a><\/strong> and BUBBLES scattered all along the Lighthouse beach on Saturday.<\/p>\n Clark and Greg in the shelling zone scooping up the mini shells.<\/p>\n \n This was\u00a0exactly how one pile from their scooper<\/a><\/strong> looked after Clark or Greg dumped it on the beach for us to sift through. Go ahead, click on the photo above for some virtual shelling! How many WENTLETRAPS did you find?<\/p>\n \n My cutie niece Kelly spying some seashells too. I miss her already.<\/p>\n This was a mixed bag of minis after getting rinsed at home . Click on that photo too- you’ll love this virtual shelling too!<\/p>\n On Sunday we started the day on the Captiva side at Blind Pass and Becky was thrilled with sittin’ and siftin’ in the shell pile by the jetty.<\/p>\n \n Looky what I found! Dang! It’s not a whole JUNONIA but I’ll take it. This was good but it wasn’t even the best “part” of a shell found. Look what Clark found…..<\/p>\n \n A piece of a DEER COWRIE! This seashell isn’t even native to our area but last week I showed another piece that Donnie<\/a><\/strong> found on my post last week <\/strong>and a whole one February 15<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We walked over the bridge to the Sanibel side of Blind Pass and saw lots of new shells washing up. I can’t believe what Clark plucked out of the water near the pilings of the bridge….<\/p>\n \n A SCOTCH BONNET! The man is a Super Sheller!<\/p>\n \n Okay, it was cracked on the other side ….but still! Since I found part of a JUNONIA too, all we needed to complete the Elite Three <\/a><\/strong>was to find a LION”S PAW. Would the DEER COWRIE count? ;)<\/p>\n \n He also found this ALTERNATE TELLIN and …<\/p>\n \n This beautiful SUNRAY VENUS.<\/p>\n Greg tried two scoops of seashells to better his chances. LOL<\/p>\n \n Tee’s in the shelling zone too.<\/p>\n \n Becky and her daughter\u00a0(and Kelly’s best friend)\u00a0Maddy. \u00a0Do they still say “BFF”…or was so last year?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n