The beach at Captiva’s Blind Pass near the jetty rocks was an absolutely gorgeous aqua blue yesterday… and that’s where SaraBeth, Todd, Pati and Kate from Texas were finding their turquoise pot with golden treasures.
Danielle from North Carolina found this bucket of golden shells in the water too along with her family in the background. See how close they were to the jetty rocks? It was calm and clear- so completely different from last week when TS Andrea came through.
All of the shelling action was in the water so Mikey, Linda and Mike from Tampa, FL were chest deep in the water too having a ball scooping up CONCHS, WHELKS and a variety of shells. They know if the shells arent on the beach… get in the water to look for them! Most likely you will find something golden and you’ll have a great time looking.
I also want to show you all of the live creatures that are around Lighthouse Beach this week. Michael R found this WEST INDIAN SEA EGG (URCHIN) in one of the tidal pools at low. It really doesn’t show up well in this photo but the spines were a beautiful pink tint. Thanks for showing it to me Michael before you put it back in the water.
Its always a treat to see such a laaaarge healthy TRUE TULIP scooting along the shallow waters. I thought he wanted to be in a little deeper water so I put him in a tidal pool that just covered his shell but he made a “U-ie” and went right back to shallow water. Okay, dude- I get it. I’ll leave you alone next time. :)
There were thousands of live SAND DOLLARS everywhere! I thought this one was so interesting since it was so light in color but very much still alive… And that he had repaired himself from an injury.
We normally don’t see SEA ANEMONES like this one laying on top of the sand like I found this one. Weird, huh? But it was still alive so I hope he survived after I put him back in the water.
We’ve had rain on and off this whole week so it’s been fun to see so many RAINBOWS! This one stretched along the horizon to remind us that Southwest Florida is an amazing pot of gold.
I’ve got some fun news… We reached 6000 “Likes” on our iLoveShelling Facebook Page! Wahoo! Thank you Lisa Rothman for being our 6000th shelling friend!
One more thing…Only a few days left to enter to win a shelling vacation on Sanibel! Enter now so CLICK HERE!
I’ve never seen a sea urchin that color! That is so unique, I would love to find one some day. I can’t believe that sea anemone was on the sand too! Sounds like the beaches were teeming with life today!!
I love ur she’ll pics !!!!
I can’t believe how calm and blue the water was at Blind Pass. Whenever I have gone there it’s been rougher and darker with a strong current. Hope the rain stays away for the weekend.
Pat
Fabulous stuff! great images of the live critters Pam!
Man, the water looks so very good!! I sooo wish I were there.
Congrats on all the Facebook followers! 6000!!! that is great!
I’ve never seen a sea urchin out of the water!
Enjoyed the smiles on the darling families’ faces and what fun to see their fabulous shellections !!
hahahah ooooo- Charlotte! “shellections”. Love! I think youve said that before? I forgot about that one! heehee
Hey Pam, I taught in an enrichment program today. The topic of course was shells! There were ten kindergarten students. They learned all about the univalves and bivalves from Sanibel. I always collect many of each type of shell to bring home and share with students. Thanks for you post on making “olive bracelets”! I made one for each of the children. They loved them!
Oh Carol! I love that it was about shells AND I love that you made the bracelets for them! Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. xo
Pam,
Love your pictures and so much fun to dream of coming back. Fell in love with Sanibel and the shells. I have entered the give a ways but never saw the daily drawings. Where do I do that since time is running out?
I love your site.
Pam
Thank you Pam! The daily drawing doesnt work on smart phones and there are some quirks with it on some computers because of pop-up preferences- so check those. Its a little fickle on some computers it seems. So sorry!
Sometimes you just have to get off the pot or shell ;D
Congratulations Pam on reaching 6000.
What beautiful pictures of the water. It is never so calm and blue when I am there in February. Happy shelling everyone. Enjoy.
Katherine, well… we had another big storm come through yesterday so all of that pretty aqua water got stirred up and turned slightly murky by this morning. :(
But we had SOME great shelling in Feb though, right???
Thanks for this great blog. I’m so glad I found it! It’s helping us get excited for our visit this weekend. My 9 year old son said he’s “feeling lucky” that he’ll find a Junonia! I hope you’re right that the shelling is good this weekend :)