Lots of shells being found in the water at the point of Sanibel Lighthouse Beach yesterday morning. It may have looked dark and dreary but we all had anything but dark and dreary attitudes… because there were beautiful shells!
In the afternoon, the sun was shining and the smiles continued since the shells started rolling in at Blind Pass Captiva. Yay!
Erin found a JUNONIA! She and her mom Beth from Iowa were there to witness the shells start rolling in to form a pile on the beach. Shellzam! Congratshellations Erin!
I have loads more photos but just wanted to quickly update you on the shells on the beaches in case you are here in SW Florida. Just so you know, I haven’t checked today yet but by 6pm last night the shells at Blind Pass Captiva were being taking back out and the beach was getting piled with sand again. Who knows what today will bring! Everyday the beach changes so today we could have a brand new pile. That’s why i Love Shelling! :)
Yay…so exciting Pam!!! Can’t wait for,this summer! ❤️
I can’t wait to get there!!!! I will be there Saturday! So excited!!!!
I don’t get to come until October :( But it will be one I will never forget!
What is the shell in the upper right, just left of the alphie? Dark olive or true tulip?
All so so pretty…wish I were there!
Nice pictures and nice shells. The shell to the left of the alphabet cone is a true tulip.
Yippee for everyone who is there shelling! Heard there was wind and white caps at the Light House on Sunday and thought perhaps it would bring in shells. Those are beautiful! We’re starting to see a pattern…. there’s great shelling right before or right after our week down there!
I also would like to know what kind of shell is the dark one between the lightning whelk and alphabet come in top photo? It looks really cool!
Super jealous of the junonia find!
40 days and counting! Unfortunately I will be there the day after Shellabaloo ends! Leave some shells for me!! I watch the webcam from Island Inn everyday, several times a day! Looking at the waves yesterday I could just imagine all those shells rolling in. Anyone know how the shelling is on the beach at The Island Inn ?
46 days. I cant wait. I look at the webcams everyday… I used to think the days with heavy wave action were a pain , but, I now understand the treasures those darned waves bring. lol
Looks like you all had a lovely time. Wish I could come along.
Went to Lovers Key today and the shells were piled high and wide!! It was a great shelling day.
Congratulations Erin! i wish i was there!!
2 days until ft myers for a week. Hopefully get to sanibel for a day.
Florida bound on Monday. One day at Disney on Wednesday and then onto Sanibel for a week! I can’t wait! My favorite time of the year. It’s the only thing that gets me through the miserable winters in Ohio, knowing that I get to go to Sanibel in the spring! Hope to run into you while I’m there, Pam!
Oooooo, what a pretty Junonia… Great post Pam.
Gorgeous array of shells! Hooray for Erin to find that beautiful junonia. I was so glad to hear that shells are returning to the Captiva side of Blind Pass. There are so many great places to shell on Sanibel that it is hard to choose where to go. The good part is there are treasures everywhere.
After searching for Junonias for years and having two found by others within 20 feet of me. I have finally figured out the secret. Shellers don’t find Junonias. Junonias find shellers. They select the sheller that they think is worthy and drop at their feet. I no longer look for them, I just pick up trash and help other shellers to enhance my shelling karma. Maybe I will be the next one selected.
Hi Pam – love your posts but am wondering why my e-mail never arrives until 24 hours after you post. It showed this was posted at 5:00 am on the 19th but I check my e-mail every night and it didn’t show up until the 20th and I live in SWFL!
I know, Bonnie. I actually get it in my email too and sometimes it takes a day. Ive tried to fix it with no luck. I wish I was more of a tech wizard- sorry! Are you on Facebook? Or twitter? I post the link to those immediately after posting so its another way to know when I post. Also, I post photos directly from the beach to my iLoveshelling Facebook page if there is something happening immediately that I want to let peeps know about. Here are the links to my other social networks and you can follow me there too…
https://www.facebook.com/iLoveShelling
https://twitter.com/iLoveShelling
https://www.youtube.com/user/pamrambo
I also post to instagram but Im not always immediate to that one though.
http://instagram.com/iloveshelling
I have google plus too but it doesn’t seem I get as much feedback there so I don’t post every time to that page…
https://plus.google.com/b/108901516256371855471/+Iloveshelling/posts
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the info, Pam. Being “technically challenged”, I’m lucky to get into my e-mails on the internet! But I’ll hang onto the info in case I every get more advanced!!