Kathy with junonia recipe
I’m done with the good luck charms, four leafed clovers, the rabbits foot and all that to find my JUNONIA. Today at Blind Pass Sanibel, Kathy gave me the best advice for mixing up a special adult brew to give us all good luck in finding our own JUNONIA. A recipe for a Junonia Cocktail. Woohoo! (Click on it to enlarge)
Kathy's junonia recipe
Oooooh. Sounds so yummy and I guess the trick is…. even if you don’t find one, you can’t help but be happy  after having one of these. teehee. I like her style. Here she is with her family..
Kathy, Brianna and Joe (CO)
I was so tickled she had on her iLoveshelling cap! Cute!
Young sheller Brianna
Brianna is on her way to finding a JUNONIA since she found this piece today. Kathy will have to celebrate for her with the cocktail since Brianna has quite a few years to go before she can have one.
Okay before I show this next photo, I want to make sure you know that Kathy did NOT find this shell on the beach. She said she found it at Harns Marsh in Lehigh Acres.
Apple Snail Land Shell (not found on the beach)
She brought this APPLE SNAIL shell to the beach to show it to me. Okay, again, just to make sure you know….. It was NOT found on the beach. It’s cool, though isn’t it? This is a land snail which is the diet of  the endangered SNAIL KITE bird. It’s huge!
Kathy's cones and moon
She did find this ALPHABET CONE, FLORIDA CONE and COLORFUL MOON on the beach today.
The fog started rolling in but that didn’t stop the shellers. I ran into Patty who was thrilled she found a piece of SEA GLASS. I was thrilled for her since it isn’t easy to find that on Sanibel.
Patty (MI) with sea glass
Even with fog, it was a beautiful day on Sanibel.
The Sanibel Foggy Stoop
Thanks for the recipe, Kathy. Let me know if any of you try the Junonia Cocktail!
So drink one for good luck AND then drink another to celebrate? Sounds like a plan!
I love painting shells and junonia is one of the prettiest I have seen. I have never found one but my VERY good friend gave me one of hers to paint from.(She has to be a good friend to part with one, right?)
That sounds like a good cocktail for the Shell Show dinner. Don’t you love to see little kids get excited about shelling. It’s all about the accessories baby!
See ya at the show,
Karen
That Junonia cocktail recipe would make a cute tee shirt front with a picture of a junonia. Hmmmm……
Ha! Yes so cute! You’ve got good ideas! Hmmmm…
Ahhhh, I can’t wait to get down there in June!!!
Very cute. And nice photos again-wishing I was there.
After I would drink that cocktail all of the shells would start to look like a junonia. I’m just saying after one drink my cheeks get pretty pink. The apple snail land snail looks like a piece of carved wood, just beautiful.
I think my cheeks would be pretty rosie after that cocktail too! Did you see the ingredients? That’s a doosey!…. a woosie doosie ;)
A woosie, doosie is right! My teeth hurt just reading the ingredients, LOL!
Awesome Apple Snail, it does look like wood. So fascinating all the beautiful wonders Mother Nature has provided for us to discover! Thanks Pam!
hey pam!! thanks for sharing these wonderful pics with us! i was wondering if you got my email? thanks
That is the biggest land snail shell I’ve ever seen. It is really cool.
Love the sea glass. Have never seen any on Sanibel even though we are looking for it too.
My drink of choice while shelling is a Margarita…I have found some of my best shells when drinking one. So maybe if I try Kathy’s recipe i will find that Junonia!!! My husband found one on our first shelling adventure, although we had no idea what it was or what to look for. Also on that trip i found a nice size Lion’s Paw…not in great shape but it was a good find.
I’m so sad I didn’t see you at Blind Pass over the last 12 days I was there!
I did see this family in the parking lot though!! How funny!
Keep up the great blog, I love it and continues my passion from afar!
Great recipe! Pam, I wish you’d think about creating a 12-month calendar or even a coffee table book with your beautiful photos. I’d definitely purchase one (or either). Your comments with the photos are priceless (foggy sanibel stoop) and the photo with the red sandals sitting alone on the sand tells a story. You’ve already got a nice little business going with the shirts, tote bags and hats. This could be your new business — working for yourself. Clark can be your agent! :) I hope you’ll think about it. — Marcia
Small world. One of my friends met Kathy a couple days ago, at their motel – she had beautiful shells.
Great shelling week – I found a 6 inch horse conch last night shelling in the dark, lots of alphabet cones, moons snails, florida cones. 26 Kings Crowns this morning!
I’m a happy sheller!
Night shelling is the best!
Hi Pam, I’m loving the sound of that cocktail!! Even love the stationery it’s written on. Look at all those insanely amazing shells. Love that foggy shot. Pruxxx
wow – that apple snail land shell is really an interesting looking shell. And love the photos. Wish I could make it for the shell show! wahaa…I am working. :( Next year for sure. Hoping to see you later in March!!
Over a year late on this comment… but I wanted to say that apple snails are not land snails but freshwater snails.
That’s how come that beautiful shell was in a marsh area; those snails live in the water. They have a nice big operculum, which is something that most land snails do not have.
There are several different species in Florida, some are native to the state, and some are introduced.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/gastro/apple_snails.htm
Apple snails are fascinating creatures, not only because they are large and have pretty shells and an operculum, but also because they can either use their gill to breathe water, but also if the oxygen level in the water gets too low, they can breathe air using a siphon, a sort of snorkel tube made out of mantle tissue.
i love your blog i just found it today and will be back to follow your adventures…. just a little heads up if your looking for sea glass Virginia Beach is a great spot the beaches here have it all over i have a vase full to the brim….i love beach combing and shelling i do it anytime its nice out and not raining like today :(
i will be needing my beach fix soon i hope its not raining tomorrow but i think it will be anyway happy hunting and cant wait to see what you find next :)
Hi, I am in Sanibel this weekend and I was interested in finding a good shelling beach. I had no luck at Bowman’s today. Where can I find Blind Pass beach? I will take suggestions on a beach to go…btw I have my mask and snorkel :-)
Thanks,
Nicole