You probably do the Stoop while you are on Sanibel…. but do you Phoon? This was my first experience with phooning so I got a real kick out of it (no pun intended ;)). Definition: To Phoon is to do a pose in a “running man” position. Phooning is accepted anywhere and wherever there is a camera.
Meet the phooners…. Laurie (IL), Kim (IL), Chablis (IL), Wendy (CO) and Katy (CO)
Kim is a phooning expert, has a blog called Snug Harbor Bay where she talks about her neck of the woods, does geocaching (she had to explain that to me too) and of course…she’s a sheller. She is an interesting busy, busy bee!
Chablis was the lucky phooner who found the nice BABY’S EAR and after looking at this TULIP SHELL EGG CASING, we decided to put it back in the water since it was still very hydrated and the sacs looked like they were about ready to pop out. We’re keeping our fingers crossed they survive.
Tulip Egg Casing
Clark and I took a walk together later on in the day further west of the lighthouse near Seaside Inn and I found a BABY’S EAR too!
I spotted another MARGINELLA! Now that now that I have them on my radar, I’ve found a few more.
Marginella on the left
Clark picked up an EGG COCKLE since we haven’t seen those in a while either.
Egg Cockle shell
This is the first SEA BEAN I’ve seen in a while too….
sea bean in the sea weed
That’s what we do when we can’t find the SANIBEL SIX, we sift through the sea debris and look for “oddities” that we don’t normally see. Wait! Hold on! I didn’t mean Phooning was an oddity! It’s not an oddity…… it’s a photo-optity.
I knew Kim was there….she’s a blogging budy that taught me all about geocaching!! Now I can’t wait to get down there and geocache too!! I’ve been waiting for trip reports from her!! I saw she went on a trip with Captain Brian too…If you see her again….tell her that her blogging buddies are waiting patiently for a report!! or should I say reports :) Save some baby ears for our trip in a couple of weeks!!
The ladies came up to Englewood for a little sharks tooth action last Tuesday. I have to confess….I phooned too! We had a blast. Pam, I gave them your advice about switching your brain from shells to sharks teeth & voila! they went home with a bunch.
Looks like such a fun group! Nothing better than beach buddies! I leave 8:30 tomorrow morning for Sanibel. (just packed my “I love shelling” tee! Can’t wait!
I say we do an around the island “phooning” event for the anniversary of the shell show next year. We could certainly get enough shellers to join in.
LOL! What a fun day and fun bunch of gals! I’m definitely going to have to look for phooners the next time I’m on the beach! hehehe!
xoxo laurie
That’s the first hydrated egg casing that I have ever seen- very cool!
Phoon On!!
Fun! And very cute/funny. :)
We had the BEST trip we ever had this time around – we got to meet Pam (i love shelling), Karen (the Essential Beachcomber), Capt. Brian (relaxand explore) and Tootie (Sanibel Toot’s Lazy Days). It was a whirlwind of activity and so much fun. The trip report is coming. My son graduates from high school tomorrow and after that I will have time to get my trip report up for you all. I LOVE JudyO’s idea of an island group phoon! That would be awesome! I think I may have started a trend and I hope to see more phooning pictures in the future!
I’ll be on the lookout for phooners, while I’m beach combing!
Wow I have learned something new (other than info on shells that I learn all the time) about what “phooners” are!! That is neat!
I love this site, I look forward to it every day especially since I don’t know when I will be back to Heaven on Earth (aka Sanibel).
Janice/GA
I keep meaning to figure this out, and I figured this would be the right place to ask! In a typical section of the beach, like the background of the Egg Cockle picture you posted, what kind of shells are most common? What type of shells are all those abundant white ones in the background? Thanks for your help. =)
-Crystal
It was fun meeting Kim in person and she does a mean phoon. :) Love those Baby’s Ears.
I do believe Kim has started a new trend in Florida — phooning! After seeing many of these types of photos are her blog, it is really fun to see them on our shores!