Today's favorite finds
It’s a wonderful life on the beaches on Sanibel today. Hundreds of MUREXES, WHELKS, URCHINS, FIGHTING CONCHS, HORSESHOE CRABS, STARFISH, TULIPS and PEN SHELLS. It’s a shmorgish borg (no, I don’t know how to spell that!) of shells. If you go to any beach in southwest Florida today or tomorrow, I don’t think you will be disappointed. Pictured in my favorites above that Clark and I found are clockwise, HORSE CONCH, SEA FAN, BABY’S EAR, smaller HORSE CONCH, PAPER FIG, PEAR WHELK, larger PEAR WHELK, WORM SHELL, COLORFUL MOON SNAIL and underneath is a cool piece of DRIFTWOOD. After I took this picture, a little while later (since I couldn’t get Clark off the beach) he found an ALPHABET CONE and a very cool WORM SHELL….it was still a purplish color so it hadn’t died long ago.
I can’t always get your pictures.(especially the post titled “Excellent Shelling” What am I doing wrong????? I surely enjoy ILoveShelling.com. I’ve wanted to stay in Sanibel for years. After discovering your website, I will do my best to book a trip. We usually stay in St. Pete Beach, and the shelling there over the years has diminished terribly. Saw the muriatic acid dip this morning and am anxious to go through my shells and try it. I’ve been shelling for 40 years on various trips to FL, and am ready for Sanibel. Been there to visit once, but never stayed to shell. Do you take people out on trips?????