A little northwest wind blew in a few more seashell goodies this week at Blind Pass… including a few of of my faves like a oh so sweet BITTERSWEET, CARRIER SHELLS, bright sunshine orange CHESTNUT TURBAN, baby TRUE TULIP, LACE MUREX, RIBBED CANTHARUS, colorful CALICO SCALLOPS and a teeny tiny cutie shellootie ROUGH SCALLOP.
I met Cindy the Shellinator a few weeks ago sitting on top of a big pile of shells while finding all sorts of great treasures then I saw her again this weekend sittin ‘n siftin in about the same place. Both times she found a CABRITS MUREX. Shellzam! Just last week the tide took all of the shells back out to sea and left us just with lots of sand. Cindy was there to catch the new shells getting washed back in so she got the pick of the shellitter. Shellack Lady!
Earlier in the week I combed Gulfside City Park a few times to see a fresh new wrack lines wash in with SEA WEEDS, SEA STARS, SEA URCHINS, lots of PEN SHELLS.
I also found all sorts of beach bling like SEA WHIPS, MOLLUSK EGG CASINGS, CRUCIFIX SHELLS, SPONGES and oodles of PAPER FIGS….. and a perfectly huge ANGEL WING (“angle” wing – wink wink). This particular egg casing in the next photo is a PAPER FIG- cool, huh?
Oh! Out of all the SEA WHIPS I saw this past week, I only found one with a purple ONE-TOOTH SIMNIA attached. It’s the little shiny chameleonic shell in the middle of this next photo. They are so easy to overlook but it sure is fun when ya spot them- it’s ike a secret treasure.
Ooooooo what fun! Wish I was there. :)
Hi! I am going to Captiva Feb242017 for the FIRST time- so excited –
Advice please? I have waited 60 years!
You will love it! I’ve got so many posts about shelling Captiva so you might want to just browse through to see the different beaches and shells that wash up. It’ll get you even more excited. I put “Captiva” in the search box here on my blog so here are the posts …. http://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/?s=Captiva&et-month-choice=no-choice&et-cat=0&et_searchform_submit=et_search_proccess
Hi Pam,
I am from England and planning a 2 week trip next February. I just cant wait. My partner Rob is going and his son and girlfriend. It is on “bucket list” So I hope they can find something to do while I am drooling over the shells that I find :-)
That’s a handful of awesomeness! Carrier shell, bittersweet, tiny baby tulip…I want to come back!
:)
Pam! What is the white shell in the middle of your hand? I thought maybe it was a rock shell, but now I am sure it is something else. Love this colorful post!
Hi Kris! It’s a worn kings crown. It didn’t have great color but it was all in one piece so with all that rough weather the last couple of weeks I was surprised that an old worn out shell stayed so strong …. a survivor! So that’s why I added to my photo along all the other beauties ;)
Hi Pam! I read your Sanibel shelling advise all the time and didn’t realize that was you at Turners Beach. That’s me in the black hat and pink backpack! I was visiting from Fort Walton Beach.
Omigosh Amy! Haha I’m sure that was a shock that I have such a cute photo of you!!! So sorry we didn’t get to meet them. It was such a beautiful day :)
Just beautiful!!
The shell pile had pretty much disapeared from Blind Pass this morning. Still lots of “stuff” to look thru at Gulfside park. The biggest shell pile I’ve seen over the last two days has been in front of Mitchell’s on West Gulf. It’s been real good.
Susan Hewitt – I walked up towards the Dauphin today. Not a lot of shells, but I found a few real nice ones. Thanks for the suggestion. :)
I’m here thru next Sunday. Beautiful weather and beautiful shells. I feel so blessed to be here!
Hi Katherine! Thanks for the heads up on Mitchell’s- glad you’re here!
I always find it interesting how the beaches constantly chaange. During the night the beach has completly changed. Still shells, but not the “piles” anymore. It takes a little more work now. :)
Haha yep… It changes by the hour!!
Hello Katherine! It sound excellent.
Are you staying at Mitchells?
Wish I was there!
Yes Susan, we are at Mitchell’s. We had a nice rain storm this morning and windy all day. I’m hoping for good shelling tomorrow morning. Keeping my fingers crossed! :)
Pam, FYI, every time I post a comment it says that I am sending a dupplicate comment and if I back arrow, it looks like I didn’t send anything. But if I close out of the site and go back in, my comment is there. No problem because I’ve figured it out, but I wanted you to know. Thanks.
Love your pictures in this post Pam… the shells, the beaches, the people, just wonderful. Have yet to find a one tooth simnia still on the sea whip, probably not looking as closely as you do!
So my parents are at blind pass right now because of our direction we got on your site. It was perfect this summer for us and they were so excited to sift through piles of shells…sad to say all sand today!!! Can you recommend another place, or how quickly do the shells pile back up? Was hoping the storm/rain 2 days ago would produce a great loot!!
Pam! This morning on “CBS Sunday Morning” they showed the animated short film “Piper” from Pixar. It’s nominated for an Academy Award. It’s just adorable, and the animation is incredibly realistic. If you haven’t seen it, you have to watch it! It’s only about 6 minutes. (I found several links online, but I don’t want to upload them here because I don’t know if they’re official.)