Clark's candy
The candy man can.…find some candy corn. Can you believe he found even a few more after I took this picture? These juvenile HORSE CONCHS were washed up on Algier’s Beach this afternoon where Clark and I were walking the shell wash line after dinner tonight. Clark was in the zone, baby!
Shell seekers Pete and Beth (Ohio)
Pete and Beth told me they found some nice shells so I asked what was the best one. Beth told me that her best shell was a dark WORM SHELL. Another worm sheller! I told her how crazy I was about them too and that’s when I saw the ALPHABET CONE in her bucket too. That got me so tickled that she chose the worm shell over the alphabet cone…I love it! I would have chosen it too. They live near the beach on Lake Erie where they collect sea glass that Beth uses to make jewelry.
Beth's alphabet cone and worm shell
After Clark found all of those candies, he even found an alphabet cone too! Hands down, he won the who-found-the-best-shells-today competition.
Clark's alphabet cone
You lucky duck! I was at the pass a few months back and nada! I was out for an alphabet cone. I even tried to buy one on my way off the island – even the shop didn’t have any. When I got home I was looking through a box of shells I had packed away from when I lived up in Pinellas County and bingo…. an alphabet cone! What an awesome day these guys had. Next full moon/low tide I’m there.
Every time I visit here, I wonder what you all are thinking about the oil out there. Are the island dwellers worried? I would imagine so.
I was at an oil spill training class on Monday and right now, the Coast Guard doesn’t expect any damage on our beaches. The spill is a very long way from our islands and most of the experts agree that we should be fine. Our beaches are in pristine condition!!!! Studies have shown that we are the Forbidden Zone- See http://www.fgcu.edu/CWI/files/Forbidden_Zone_CWI.pdf
Pam & Clark
I am soooo jealous. Wow, all those baby horse conch’s!!!
LooLoo-:)
I love finding worm shells too! They add so much interest to my jars and vases. I’ve never seen so many baby conchs together, a real find.
I just returned from Sanibel Island today. Yesterday, I found three cones in one of the areas where lots of shells collect just past The West Wind Inn by the dark yellow house. I started off just sifting through all the mounded up shells, but the surf started washing up stuff right where I was digging. I found two large cone shells and one smaller one in perfect condition. I just read on your blog that they are poisonous. That scared me . . . I’m sure glad that they were not live specimens.
Love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing your shelling adventures.
Congrats on your great finds and telling us where they are all hiding! The only live cone shells that are poisonous don’t live in our area. They live on the other side of the planet so I’ve learned that we are in no danger of the ones in the gulf. whew, right?