Tropical Storm Andrea blew through Southwest Florida this week without stirring up too much ruckus.. other than seashells and Beach Bling! It was a sheller’s playground at Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island, Florida. Sara...
Read MoreIt has been an unusual week on Sanibel. The winds are changing directions and speed by the second which makes for an interesting site to see of all the different things that wash up on our beaches. I showed you lots of different...
Read MoreMy Top 10 Most Fave Posts Of 2011! Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s been an amazing year on the beach so I thought I’d look back on all of my favorite posts of 2011. I realized not all of my favorite days were...
Read MoreI had just gotten on the beach at Blind Pass Captiva when I heard an “Eeeek!”. It’s an OCTOPUS! I ran over to see Logan showing his family a cute little PYGMY OCTOPUS hanging on to a FIGHTING CONCH. Did you...
Read MoreTo witness a PYGMY OCTOPUS with her eggs forming into tiny OCTOPUS babies in front of my very own eyes was a moment I will never forget. This small miracle happened today near the Sanibel lighthouse after strong west winds...
Read MoreRhonda picked up this OCTOPUS on Monday at low tide and walked it to the water to help him survive. This past Saturday, I saw several octopuses washed up on the beach at low tide too. Here’s a video of one of those poor...
Read MoreThank you, Claudette, for sending this new picture to us to solve the LION’S PAW- PEN SHELL mystery on my previous post Octopus in the Dark. It’s a pen shell…not a lion’s paw (agree?). Claudette wrote...
Read MoreClaudette had heard that Sanibel was the happening spot for shellers and she wasn’t disappointed when she was here in April. She and Karen found this OCTOPUS on the beach at night and said it was the talk of the beach for...
Read MoreI’m hoping this is the calm before the storm. Ida is now a tropical depression and has exited the Gulf of Mexico. She never came close to Southwest Florida but I’m not giving up hope that shells were stirred up and are headed...
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