The shell pile at Blind Pass Captiva is growing! Within the past 48 hours I have checked this beach about 7 times and I have seen the beach change from thousands of shells to just a handful of shells…but now (at least it was about noon) the shell pile is bigger than ever! I had to come back home for a few minutes but I’m going back to shell again so I thought I’d just give you an update… The shelling is great!
If you arent in the area, I hope you saw the video from yesterday so you could do a little CYBER-SHELLING to get a shelling fix too. Today I thought I’d give you a CYBERSHELLING photo so you could look through the pile and do a little shelling again. I really didn’t see what else was around this gorgeous LIGHTNING WHELK before I took this photo so maybe there’s something else in there. I hope you find the WHELK and something else too you like. More photos to come later but for now… Gone Shelling.
Have fun!! Wish I could be there right now.
I’ll be down tomorrow. How’s the shelling look at Bowman’s Beach?
Be there in a minute….
This is such a beautiful time of year at the beach. It’s killing me, I’m 2000 miles away!
Thanks for the Cyber shelling! More please. :)
(Oh, have fun everyone!)
oh, these pictures are heaven. it’s been raining here all day and snow has started to accumulate on top of our ski mountain here in steamboat springs, colorado. oh how I wish I could just walk out the door and head to Sanibel . . .
I wish I could teleport myself there now!
WOW!!! It’s a treasure hunt minus the pirates!! Pam, you are soooo fun!! My little kid in me comes out to play every day when we go to your blog!! Hee! hee! Counting the days til June 2014 ! Can’t wait!!!!
love the cybershelling. Spotted 2 mosy arks, an olive and something near the upper left corner with a purple and white edge. Of course you didn’t pick anything up so you won’t know what they are. Have fun
Pat
Will be there tomorrow with my scoop and snorkel. Seeking Junonia # 3…!
The shells are all welling, it’s all well for shelling. :)
Pam you’re living my dream! I live vicariously thru YOU! Thanks so much for this blog!
Janice from GA
Janice, you said it perfectly !!
I could send Pam a cyberhug everyday I enjoy ILS…
Just exquisitely educational…
And looking forward to shelling on SANIBEL sure is good for the soul.
:) :)
I really enjoyed the Cybershelling and enlarged today’s picture to look for more treasures. Thanks so much for providing “shelling fixes” for those near and far. I am counting the days until our October trip to Florida!
Pam, thank you for the daily shelling updates and all of the beautiful photos.
We will be staying on Captiva Island 12/13 – 12/22, hope we run into you during our stay. Until then we are tuned into I Love Shelling and wishing we were there already.
Christy. from Huntington Beach, CA
Charlotte in Tucson, if it weren’t for ILS I would have already been committed to the funny farm. Our 30+ years of vacations on Sanibel and shelling has kept me going all these years and when I found ILS I found out I could get my Sanibel/shelling fix thru Pam.
People who have never been just don’t know what paradise on earth is all about!
Janice from GA
Awwwe… You guys! Such nice comments!!! cyber hugs to you back!
Being stuck in landlocked Pennsylvania and having Parkinson’s since I was 14 is bad, but this site is the only bright spot in my life. People who live and are able to visit are truly blessed to live and visit Sanibel Paradise. I can only hope Heaven is like Sanibel
Hi Pam… thanks for keeping us all posted on the shells! I am hoping to get down there again in December (only 3475 kilometer drive – but soooo worth it!). I noticed that your pictures are not large anymore when you click on them. Is it possible to go back to that format? It’s just easier for some of us to see. Thanks so much and hope to see you in December.
Hi Carolyn, Oooooo, yes. Sorry guys, I know it’s not as easy to see the details in the shells now and I’m really so sorry. I’ve been in a quandary about that for a while. Honestly, as much as I hated to do it, I had to start protecting my photos… Which to me as an artist, they are my art and canvas and to be enjoyed but not meant to be taken off my blog to be used for other purposes. It’s a long story of what happened and why I have to protect my photos now but it’s just what I have to do for me to keep this the happy no stress place I love to share. I sincerely hope y’all can understand and if I can find a way around it, I will definitely do it! for now I will try to put a few more cybershelling photos up to get that shelling itch scratched! :)
Sorry Pam, I meant the regular pictures, not the cyber shelling ones.