The theme for my Virginia Beach high school friend Lori and her daughter, Hayley, visiting us on Sanibel is…. Happy. It has been such a happy week! We have been singing that Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” (from Virginia Beach too!) every sunny day when we stepped on the beach.
Happy to be together at Gulfside City Park…
Happy to be in the water sifting through shells….
Happy to find lots of beautiful treasures…
Hayley was very happy to find SAND DOLLARS!
Happy to have Clark join us in the evenings for low tide…
Happy to see healthy, live creatures on the low tide sand bars at Lighthouse Beach…
Happy to make a seashell mobile with some of the broken shells we found…
Happy to meet such wonderful and generous shellers on the beach as well. Just a few feet in front of us, we saw George from Maine uncover a large, beautiful HORSE CONCH then give it to an amazed little boy in awe of the shell. He didn’t even know him!
I’m sure Jeremy from New York will remember this happy day for the rest of his life.
Happy to share this beautiful island with such special friends especially on a full moon. Happiness.
Check out the video of our MANATEE experience!
Oh yes Happy!!!
This article makes me very happy…everything about it!!! ❤️
Love the look of amazement as Jeremy realized that the horse conch was now his !
Way to go George :)
Shellotte
Sure wish I was there being Happy with all of you! It’s a little hard to be real happy in the cold—spring is just having a hard time getting here. BUT, THANK-YOU for sharing your HAPPY!
George from Maine must be a really great guy! What a nice thing to do!
What a nice thing to do for that little boy! That will clean up nicely. Love the lacy murex and the gaudy natica. :)) Virginia beach has been cold and windy the past few days so they picked a great time/place to vacation and shell. They did miss the grounding of the big coal collier that sits off the beach at Beech St. @ Cape Story. :)
What a nice selection of shells they found. That is a nice mobile too. Great job George! This post helped to relieve my Pam withdrawal symptoms. Happy shelling. Pat
Pat! I’m so glad I’m not the only one in withdrawal. I dream of rich, dark, ultra-shiny Olives slipping through my fingers, of oodles of augers, and of doubles of everything, …! Pam, thanks for the happiness fix.
I so look forward to each and every post, the pics are breathtaking and every shell I see I imagine myself having found. I pray and count the days till I can come and walk the beaches of Sanibel.
Love the shells with the natural holes. My nieces gave me some they brought back from vacation to wire wrap. It was a fun challenge to turn them into pendants and dangles for bracelets. Hard to find more shells like this on the internet most are perfect shells (no holes).
“Happy” should be Sanibel’s anthem – cuz that’s how you feel when you visit there. Happy and at peace. :-)