Kitten's Paws
The Red Tide is gone and so are most of the shells on the beaches I have visited. When I walked up to the Captiva side of Blind Pass, I saw the same picked over broken shell pile that I’ve seen the last few days with only one woman working the pile. I expected her to say that she was disappointed with the shelling but when I asked her if she had found anything good she said “Yes! Lots!”.
Joanie
Her name was Joanie and she was in KITTEN’S PAW heaven. KITTEN’S PAWS get overlooked sometimes because they aren’t semetrical and they vary in color and size. Joanie uses these and other shells to embellish sculptures, use as a medium for chandeliers and just loves to be surrounded by them. She explained that she “sleeps, breathes and dreams of shells. I’m very passionate about it.” She is so passionate about shelling that she and her husband just closed on a house in Cape Coral this morning(!) so she could shell any day she wanted in Southwest Florida.