Isn’t it crazy how beautiful these shells are? This is about the biggest empty PEAR WHELK I’ve ever seen! The colors of this LIGHTNING WHELK are stunning. These beautiful shells were found by these beautiful shellers...
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The shell world is a fascinating adventure to learn about the lives of MOLLUSKS and the people who...
Read MoreIt’s crazy the masses of stranded FIGHTING CONCHS and HORSE CONCHS I showed you over 2 weeks ago (CLICK HERE) are still on the beach at Gulfside City Park. Blind Pass Captiva has come and gone with shells a few times in...
Read MoreEven though Hurricane Joaquin has been churning in the Caribbean hundreds of miles from Sanibel and Captiva the last few days, those north and west winds have effected our beaches and churned our gulf coast as well. This weekend...
Read MoreFinding one beautifully detailed SCALLOP on the beach can set me off on a whole evening of combing the beach for just a few more special SCALLOPS with different patterns and designs. Dont get me wrong, I still like to see and...
Read MoreSomeone must have put in a good word to Mother Nature for me. I put in an order for lots of sea shells for my family’s Sanibel visit… Whoever whispered into her ear- Thank You. She delivered! There were shells...
Read MoreIt doesn’t get any better than seeing a huge pile of shells wash up on the beach within one day. I was shellucky enough to see it happen at Blind Pass Captiva and to get the video of it I showed you on my last post. It was...
Read MoreAfter five days, the mound of shells that built up at Blind Pass Captiva last week is still producing exshellent finds. There was a QUEEN HELMET found this morning! Donna and Ray from North Carolina were sifting through this...
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Can you tell the difference between a CALICO SCALLOP, ROUGH SCALLOP, BAY SCALLOP (top row), ZIGZAG...
Read MoreThe only thing cloudy about our Captiva Cruises iLoveShelling trip to Cayo Costa were the live CLOUDY PERIWINKLES hiding in clusters on the tree roots at the south tip of the island. It’s been such a month on the...
Read MoreWhat is your favorite shell to collect? For me, it’s way too hard to choose a favorite but it’s always a happy day when I find a HORSE CONCH (upper left corner pictured above) and a WORM SHELL (the crazy corkscrew...
Read MoreOn Sanibel, the Easter Bunny doesn’t dye colorful egg shells… our Bunny brings colorful SCALLOP SHELLS that want to wish you an eggshellent Easter! Just an FYI- I took the video during last week’s shell pile at...
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