I found shell Peace at Gulf Side City Beach yesterday evening. Literally!
Sanibel low tide
It was the perfect word to describe my walk at a low tide with temperatures in the mid 80s. Peace.
Ellen's Wentletrap
Not that I was eaves dropping (well trying not to), but I overheard a couple trying to figure out what they had found on the beach. I just had to see! It was a pretty large WENTLETRAP! They knew it was special.
Bill and Ellen after finding their wentletrap
There were lots of egg casings like I saw on May 18 on this stretch of beach too. This one is a MUREX EGG CASE.
Murex egg case
Woops! I goofed when I named the egg case on my MAY 18 post a TULIP egg case- it isn’t and I corrected it! It was a HORSE CONCH EGG CASING on my other post- thank you Sanibel Sisters! The one below is a TULIP EGG CASE.
Tulip Egg case
This is a SHARK’S EYE MOON SHELL SAND COLLAR. The eggs are mixed with sand and a gelatin mixture to protect them by forming this collar. Weird, huh?
Moon snail egg collar
I was very impressed when I met Caroline and her mom Bonnie. We were showing our shell finds to each other and Caroline knew every name of each of the shells…. PAPER FIGS, OLIVES, CONCHS. Bonnie says that Caroline loves everything to do with nature so she soaks up every bit of information she can find. I can’t believe I didn’t get pictures of their shells but I sure got a cute picture of the two of them…
Caroline and Bonnie (Cincinnati)
I WILL BE ON SANIBEL ISLAND IN 2 DAYS!
I wish I were!!!!! So jealous!!!
Hi Pam, I love your pictures and stories sooo much!!! Tomorrow I’m on my way to Sanibel and Captiva. Can’t wait to come back to do the Sanibel stoop again :-))
How do you know which egg casings are which? They all look kind of the same to me.
Wow, that tide looks way low! Have a great week.
Hi Pam, Caroline and I had a great time meeting you!
What a lovely peace sign, Pam ~ just delightful. Isn’t it nice to meet young people who have an appreciation for nature…very inspiring!
I hope you have time to come over & enter our “pick your summer pillow” giveaway. The retail value is up to $200 ~ Have a great week!! :O)
I love coming here! You always have an interesting post, and sometimes I learn something new ;)
The last time we were at Flagler, the beach was covered in Moon Snail egg collars. Funny thing is, I’ve never found a moon snail there!
Pam,
Good luck with Smittie at Radiocat. One of my cats went thru it many years ago and had excellent results and had many years of life after. Keep us posted!
The beach & beautiful shells equals peace to me. Loved the peace sign in the sand!
What a beautiful day Pam, everything looks so calm and peaceful, literally. :) I love that someone did that, what a great message from the sea. :)
Moon snail egg collar looks like something a potter would do–lovely!
Peace Sign is on my desktop–Loove it !!
On Sanibel in May–1st timer, now lifelong Lover !!
Will visit annually–miss it already !!
Great job on the blog–I check daily and it really completes my Day !!!
Thankx !!