To start a seashell art project, the first thing on the “to do list” is find shells. Check. Then the shells have to be cleaned and dried. Check. Then the shells should be sorted by species and color. Check. Depending...
Read MoreJust when I’m missing how beautiful it is up north when the leaves are changing to colors of red, orange and yellow -I look down on my Sanibel beach to see this… Autumn COQUINAS! Well of course I found the sunny...
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Wild Sanibel continues to be thriving with live creatures showing up in high definition color this...
Read MoreIt’s wild how many colors and patterns of COQUINA shells my friend Celeste and I found last week on Sanibel. Combing the beach to look for beautiful treasures is the best place in the world to catch up with a dear friend...
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Have you ever wondered what are the most common seashells that wash up on Sanibel? We see them...
Read MoreIt might be pretty up north in the U.S. right now with white blankets of snow but I think you need to get your beach fix warmed up a little too. So Im sending you some sunny sunshine photos of my morning beach combing. I...
Read MoreLike many other shellers, my first memories of shelling were being mesmerized with the colors of COQUINAS. “Butterfly” shells. I can get lost for hours in a small stretch of beach sorting through pink, yellow, red,...
Read MoreGulfside City Park had some new beach treasures washing after a few days of heavy rain and wind across the Gulf Of Mexico. There were lots of DOSINIAS (DISK and ELEGANT) and other CLAMS lined up along the waters edge at low tide...
Read MoreTropical Storm Chantal may have fizzled out in the Caribbean thank goodness, but she sure has left Southwest Florida with rain, rain, rain. That’s made it difficult for our regular beach combing but we did sneak out to...
Read MoreYes, I am a fanatic sheller and beachcomber… but some days I want to visit the sea to find calmness and peace. The beach reminds me that life’s treasures aren’t always obvious. At times I have to stop for a...
Read MoreAfter the rain stopped and the warm sunshine filled our weekend, the Sanibel Lighthouse beach was very popular for watching wonderful wildlife like this huge live HORSE CONCH Bijou is showing us in the first photo (with...
Read MoreMy earliest childhood memory of shelling is when I would get so excited to find COQUINAS. They look just like butterflies! Maybe that’s why I still love them so much now… but then, another thought would be…...
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