Augers | I Love Shelling

Healthy Living On The Coast Of Sanibel Island

by pam | May 30, 2014 | Augers, Baby's Ear, Fighting Conch, Hermit crabs, Lettered Olive, Lightning Whelk, Lined Sea Star, live baby ear, low tide, Onion Sea Anemone, Sand Dollar, Sea anemone, Shark's Eye Egg Collar, Sponge, Whelk | 25

If the Sanibel SEA LIFE could have talked last evening at low tide, they probably would have been chatting it up about how lovely the evening was and how healthy they were feeling…. just like us. This LINED STARFISH was...

Boring Turret Not So Boring

by pam | Jan 29, 2014 | Augers, Boring Turret (Turritella), Cerith, Dark Cerith, Fargo Worm Shell, Seashell Fun Facts, Worm Shell | 18

Who wants to do some CYBERSHELLING??!! I’ve got it for you! There are days on Sanibel,...

Shifting Shells of Blind Pass Captiva

by pam | Nov 30, 2012 | Augers, Bittersweet Clam, Blind Pass Video, Cerith, Florida Cone, Giant Bittersweet | 35

The shells at Blind Pass Captiva are shifting around so much, it’s going to be difficult to keep you up to date. The shells (BITTERSWEETS, FLORIDA CONES, AUGERS, a JEWELBOX, a CERITH and some CORAL) in the above photo are...

A Shelling Family Is A Happy Family

by pam | Jun 21, 2012 | Augers, Black Bear, Cerith, Dark Cerith, Queen Helmet | 24

Blind Pass Captiva still had plenty of seashells piled up along the shore line yesterday. I peeked in one of the shell buckets perched on top of the shell mound and gasped… I asked Judy from Indiana if she realized the...

Beautiful Buried Treasures

by pam | Nov 18, 2011 | Alphabet Cone, Angel Wing, Augers, Bubble shell, Cerith, low tide, Pen Shell, Purplish Tagelus, Sanibel Beachcombing | 10

Gabriel found this live STARFISH (BROWN SPINY SEA STAR) on a PEN SHELL at low tide late this morning at the Sanibel Lighthouse beach. His whole family came over to look at it and to ohhh and ahhh so I had to find out what the...

Turkey Wings and Rice, a Cone and Candy

by pam | Aug 16, 2011 | Alphabet Cone, Ark, Augers, Baby's Ear, Brown banded wentletrap, Duck Clam, Horse Conch, Rice Olive, Sanibel Beachcombing, Smooth Duck Clam, Turkey Wing, Turrid, Wentletrap | 18

Don’t get your taste buds all worked up about TURKEY, RICE or CANDY because I’m talking seashells, of course! We found lots of mini “morsels” at the lighthouse over the weekend including these two TURKEY...

Seashells Open Your Eyes

by pam | May 10, 2011 | Augers, Brown banded wentletrap, Bubble shell, Button, Cone, Drill, Dusky Cone, Keyhole Limpet, Marginella, Rice Olive, Sanibel Beachcombing, Sharp-rib Drill, Snowy Egret, Turban, Wentletrap | 25

The other day, shelling sistah Tricia G asked me if I’ve ever found a MARGINELLA on Sanibel since I don’t have one listed on the SEASHELL IDENTIFICATION page. I’ve found them before but, come to think about...

Colors of the Rainbow

by pam | Jul 26, 2010 | Alphabet Cone, Augers | 11

We left the beach empty handed tonight but as you see it was beautiful on the east end of...

She Decorates with Seashells

by pam | Jul 6, 2010 | Augers, Decorate with shells, Olive, Sea Fan | 19

AUGERS must inspire creativity. My friend Jane got inspired to make these auger rings to surround her candles……but wait…..there’s more. Jane only needs a little inspiration because her creative juices...

Auger Art

by pam | Jul 4, 2010 | Augers, Decorate with shells | 12

Can you believe this is the track of an AUGER in the sand? There was a whole area on the beach where augers were making curly Qs and squiggly cirles before they would dig themselves under the sand. I couldn’t get over that...

Sparkling Water for Your Table?

by pam | Jun 15, 2010 | Augers, Blind Pass, Captiva | 2

I enjoyed the water from last week’s post One Picture, A Million Words so much that I couldn’t resist taking this photo yesterday of this fisherman at Blind Pass on Captiva too. It’s like stepping into postcard...

Treasure Hauled to Alabama

by pam | Mar 22, 2010 | Augers, Cockle, Horse Conch, Jingle, Lace Murex | 5

“Shelling has always brought me such simple pleasure”……a quote from Lisa’s email to me. I met Lisa and her family last week and she told me they had found lots of treasure. Yes, they did! This is...

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