Cowrie | I Love Shelling

For Peat’s Sake, We found Angel Wings!

by pam | Jan 5, 2014 | Angel Wing, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, False Angel Wing | 18

Not only did shellers find WHELKS, SUNRAY VENUS CLAMS, OLIVES and CONCHS like Corly and Paul from Iowa found on our iLoveShelling cruise to Cayo Costa Island… But there were some SAND DOLLARS, BABY’S EARS, LACE...

Cayo Costa Shelling Cruise Finding Seashells By The Seashore

by pam | Apr 14, 2013 | Albino Shells, Angel Wing, Baby's Ear, Captiva Cruises, Cayo Costa Beachcombing, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Egg Casing, False Angel Wing, Horse Conch, Lightning Whelk, Parchment Worm Tube, ShellingAdventures, Speckled Tellin, Whelk | 28

It was a gorgeous sunny day on the iLoveShelling cruise to Cayo Costa yesterday! This beautiful HERMIT CRAB found a nice home inside this CONCH shell for lots of us to ooooh and ahhhh over it then see it go safely back into the...

Pretty Perfect Lion’s Paw

by pam | Jan 4, 2012 | Bones, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Lightning Whelk, Lion's Paw, Paper Fig, Sanibel Beachcombing | 44

Donnie wasn’t kidding when he commented “Bring it!” for the wanna-be shelling competition in my January 1st post. He went right out to Blind Pass Captiva and scooped up his first perfect little LION’S PAW...

Florida Keys Atlantic Deer Cowrie

by pam | Jun 21, 2011 | Big Pine Key, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Florida Keys Shelling | 27

We brought home this ATLANTIC DEER COWRIE from the Florida Keys after a long weekend road trip shelling adventure. This might be my hand showing this beautiful empty seashell but I wasn’t the one who found it. Of course,...

My Family Visits The Island

by pam | Apr 18, 2011 | Alternate Tellin, Blind Pass, Bubble shell, Button, Cockle, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Junonia, Sanibel Beachcombing, Scotch Bonnet, Shell Scoops, Sunray Venus, Tellin, Wentletrap | 20

It couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend. The sun was shining, temps in the 80s, low humidity, shells in the surf….. and the very best part….. my family came to visit!!! My brother and I grew up spending...

The Elite Three Seashells

by pam | Apr 10, 2011 | Alphabet Cone, Conch, Cone, Cowrie, Deer Cowrie, Horse Conch, Junonia, Lion's Paw, Sanibel Beachcombing, Sanibel Elite Three Seashells, Sanibel Six, Scotch Bonnet | 29

If the SANIBEL SIX seashells are the favorite achievable shell finds for shellers on Sanibel and Captiva, then the JUNONIA, SCOTCH BONNET and LION’S PAW seashells must be The Elite Three. These shells are the mac daddies...