Atlantic Giant Cockle whole
It’s funny- I don’t usually pick up COCKLE shells. I guess because they are common on the beaches of Sanibel and I haven’t thought of a fabulous craft project for me to use them. My friend Sarah made that beautiful mirror I showed you on Septemeber 2, post Sarah’s Seashell Chandelier but then again, she only used four. So I don’t have a reason to pick them up….. until NOW! I can’t give you my reasons why YET (geez- I’m not big on secrets but this will be worth it!). I will be announcing this really big event hopefully this week.
Atlantic Giant Cockle half
I made this video yesterday so this shows you that there are still shells (and sponges and urchins and SEA PORK and lots of fun stuff) on the beach left over from last weekend’s wind and good tides.
On the Cockle hunt, we met Jim from Ohio enjoying the sunset sky and learned he was a big sheller too. He quickly bonded with Clark after discovering each of them had found two JUNONIAS (in the past) …… and ribbed me for my big fat zero. That’s OK fellas… “those who wait, find the biggest Junonias of all”. ;)
Junonia Jim and Clark
Here’s a hint for the big event- It’s beginning to look a lot like……
Once in awhile I like to collect cockles and fill them with miniature shells to bring back as gifts!
Awww. Good idea!
I loved today’s musical interlude and then back to the hunt :)
Hahaha…. I had so much fun putting that in the middle of it. Thank you for commenting on it ….. some times I think I am the only one that I am cracking up…. and Im having so much fun doing it!
I am a 9 year old sheller. Did you see all the sea urchins? I would have picked up as many as i could! Do you like (love) sea urchins? What other shells do you like(love)? I read your blog with my grandma(half mom).Do you love Wentletraps? Sincerely,young sheller
Hi Young Sheller!
There were tons of sea urchins, weren’t there?? Yes, I love them too and I have a big jar filled with them- Iove the light purple ones the best. Yes, I love wentletraps too! They are my favorite of the mini shells. I can’t pick up all of the shells because I want to save some for you! ;)
i love the cockle shells! the orange, purple, pink and brown colors look so nice laying on the beach and they look great when displayed in clear jars. then again…this is coming from a “jersey girl” who can’t find anything worth picking up on the beach in nj!
They are really quite beautiful, aren’t they? I think I relate it to pine cones up north. They are so beautiful and I like to collect them (especially for the holidays) …. but there are so many, you can’t collect them every day. Now that I say that, I’d say it was “sort of” like that. LOL
I love walking with you on the beach and look at all that eye candy! I would be like a kid in candy store running here and there, my bucket would be so full..hee hee what a blast….I love hearing the ocean in the background, and the wind….what a treat…thank you so much for inviting me to come along….maybe someday for real I will meet you there….
Faith
I brought home a ton of cockles last month. Many with both halves still connected. They are gorgeous!! But my friend!! You left all those fabulous urchins behind!! I would have loved to have that many to find when I was there!! They are a challenge to clean, but so worth it in the end.