Seashells and waves
Shells! They’re back! I felt like a kid in a candy store today at Blind Pass on Captiva Island…. speaking of candy….
My candy
This was my first find.. a bright orange baby HORSE CONCH…. my candy. Right next to it was a broken FLAT SCALLOP.
Seashell Collecting at Blind Pass, Captiva
I haven’t seen lots of shells at Blind Pass lately so I felt so giddy. The temperature dropped and the wind picked up from the north…. signs for good shelling at the pass. Take a look at the mound forming. Yippeee!
Blind Pass Shell mound
Fighting conch with other shells
Apple murex in shell pile
I met a couple from Chicago who couldn’t get enough of this good shelling day.
Lorna and David (Chicago)
This is David a few minutes later. I told you, he couldn’t get enough so he had to get fully shellified.
Adventures of shelling
Lettered Olive and other shells
I saw lots of MUREXES, TULIPS, WHELKS, OLIVES, CONCHS, COCKLES and pieces of CONES. I took video but I was very shaky (from my excitement!) and my lens was very spotted from the spray. I’ll try to salvage what I can and get that up soon for all of you virtual shellers. Shellebrate!
Shell collecting
Yeehaw!
FINALLY!!!! We have been here a month with very little luck on shelling. I can’t wait till tomorrow!!
So Happy for all the local Shellers
OMG is that you in the surf!! Water too cold for me!!
That is where I was shelling and I am totally bummed I was just there!
When I took that video at Blind Pass during tropical depression #5 this summer the rain sheeting sideways – I thought my camera was a gone -er. Did you see the whammer jammer tides you have for the next 7 days….Come On! Now the wind just needs to co-operate a little.
Wow!! Wow!! What great shelling!!! Thanks for this posting!!! Robert and I will get back to Sanibel one day soon!!! What a place!!!
Wonderful. Keep taking pictures!
Pam…I wish I was there! Wow…I gotta get back over there. I am in St. Pete next week but I am flying so I can’t even get over there. I am going to have to make a sneak away in early January. Got to get my shelling fix.
I am sooooo jealous! What a wonderful shelling adventure you had!
Yee haw…..this looks like so much fun…I can only imagine..maybe one day…..
thank you for sharing these….it leaves me wanting…but I can get a feel for what I would see…I would be out there all day…shelling……what a wonderful dream….
I’d be on a plane in a heartbeat if I could get away with it!!! Instead I’m going to the mountains in 2 weeks! No shells, but always worthy of an adventure.
How is the golf cart coming Pam? I thought of you last weekend when all I saw was scallops!
Wowza, I’m just learning about the shelling thing by reading these beach blogs…maybe I’ll get hooked one day…
I’d give anything to be there today (snowing here…cold..yuk) Thanks for the great pictures.
I got so excited looking at your pictures you would have thought I was on the beach with you…..Feb. here I come.!
I’m hyperventilating!!!!! LET THE SHELLING BEGIN!!! Can’t wait to see what y’all find the next few days. It’s twenty-three days and counting. I’m visualizing the great shelling we’ll have the week we’re there! I wish all you Sanbel/Captiva and Floridian Gulf shellers a plentiful and shellicious week! Looking forward to meeting some of you on the beaches. Ciao for now. p.s. Pam got the cards today, they are awesome, thank you!
My heart is beating so much faster. Oh man, you are so lucky!! Look at all those beauties… And I love your shots too Pam. Pruxxx
Hi Pam,
Wow!! I can feel the excitement!! We are coming on Jan 2nd and I can’t wait!! My new sea shell sifter has just arrived so I am ready.
I have found some beauties at Blind Pass. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
Jane
Love it! Can’t wait to come down in Jan. to collect some shells. Great pics. Keep us posted.
I knew the shells would be coming in. We just got back to Illinois this afternoon, 43 degrees in our house. Yeah, the furnace stopped, but my husband got it started. Our last day, Monday, we saw shell mounds forming from Resident 6 to Mitchell’s. We found a lot of nutmegs, juvenile horse conchs and chestnut turbans. I love the jewel box in the photo, all pretty in pink. So glad that I got to meet you and your husband.
We arrive Dec. 11th – save some for us!
Me too!!! Hope they save some for us—–
AT Blind Pass do you go to the east or west side of the bridge?
Yes, that is what we all live for…sharks teeth have been pretty scarce too lately so maybe we’ll have some luck too. Enjoy!
Oooo… a question about your lettered olive. I found a perfect one earlier this year & it’s very shiny. Is that normal? I’ve not seen one on the Texas coast before.
I am so jealous! Wish I could be there too. Thanks for the wonderful pictures of all those shells! It really does get the heart beating faster looking at them.
I have visited Sanibel once and by hook or crook gotta get back preferably to live. I have heard about a shell fountain I think it was at the lighthouse, where finding Junonias is a good possibility. Anyone got anything to contribute to this? I would appreciate it. I know there is a Junonia out there somewhere with my name on it. Ha ha
Just got back from Sanibel and Captiva. We were there for a week. The beaches were basically bare. I was so disappointed, having driven all the way from North Carolina. Does anybody know the true “season”? Do you have to wait for a storm? Hopefully there will be some next time.