I don’t find large WHELK or CONCH shells every day I go out shelling on Sanibel… but I always find something precious.
It’s always fun to share those precious treasures to see if anybody else might enjoy them as well.
Some times it’s the small things I see that makes my day… like these sweet little gems.
These precious kids inherited their love for shells from their awesome grandmother, Shelling Sister Betty Jo. Her son Spencer is getting married this week on Sanibel so she got to enjoy a beautiful day collecting seashells and memories with her whole family. From left to right… Spencer (the groom), Dallas, Katie (the bride!), Hunter, Suzanne, Sheila, Frank, Mary Jo (recognize that cutie shirt?) Addison,Dayton, Kelly and Stephen. Okay, precious things come in bigger sizes too… like this big beautiful shelling family.
I also met Gidget and Boyd (Tampa) collecting a few goodies.
I hope you are able to see how gorgeous the colors and the unusual patterns are in this photo of this LETTERED OLIVE Boyd found…
Gidget had her eye on finding CALICO CLAMS, SCALLOP shells and can never resist those sweet little juvenile FIGHTING CONCHS…
Since I wasn’t finding the big shells at Blind Pass today, I was happy with looking for the minis so I searched until I found my own precious candy (a juvenile HORSE CONCH).
…and this perfect summer CALICO SCALLOP in watermelon color.
Best wishes Spencer and Katie for your upcoming wedding. I couldn’t think of a better way to start your new life together by shellebrating the small wonders of the sea.
Oh and PS- the dredge at Blind Pass has been broken for few days (and not the first time) so we might be seeing this big machinery hanging around a little bit longer than expected. This also means that they haven’t opened up the beach to the public yet where the sand is being pumped (west of Bowman’s). I’m ready for this dredging to be over already. This isn’t so “precious”!
Love the watermelon scallop!! What a beautiful place for a wedding too!!!
Love that lettered olive, what a beauty! And the watermelon scallop! Such sweet pics of the kiddos!! Congrats to the bride and groom!
The watermelon scallops are my favorite shell to collect on Sanibel :-)
Love seeing the little ones finding the little ones!
Olives are my favorite, and this one is a beauty!
The calico scallops are amazingly varied and beautiful; there is a color scheme for every possible kind of celebration!
Pam, your family group wedding shot is so lovely. All of your shelling portraits are grew actually, you really know how to capture the happiness in people’s faces that they get from shelling on Sanibel!
That was supposed to read “great actually”, lol
Those wee ones are so precious…what a way to spend part of one’s childhood!
That Lettered Olive is so gorgeous! How unusual is that coloring?
That family will have many memories of their time together shelling and celebrating…not a bad way to start married life, I say!
On days I can’t get out to the beach, all I have to do is visit your blog, and I am transported there. I love seeing Sanibel through your eyes! Thank you Pam, for all the hours you spend creating and maintaining your beautiful blog. You have a gift for storytelling and an artist’s eye with the camera.
Consider yourself lucky with the amount of time your dredge has been there. We call ours the ‘battleship, its so huge and looks just like one. It’s in front of where I live and has been since May 1st. It has all of it’s lights on all night and works 24/7.
The Olive is beautiful. I have seen many Olives, especially here on the east coast (Jupiter) but never seen an Olive that beautiful or rich. Thank you for sharing.