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...
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...
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Can you tell the difference between a CALICO SCALLOP, ROUGH SCALLOP, BAY SCALLOP (top row), ZIGZAG...
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...
Read MoreNothing starts the holiday season better than finding a positively perfect pumpkin ROUGH SCALLOP. Ooooh… I loooove to find ROUGH SCALLOPS with the “wings” still in tact and especially in a solid color…like...
Read MoreWe went for a boat ride around North Captiva on Saturday. It’s been months since we’ve been on our boat so he was bound and determined to get out and about on the water. Of course we had to stop at plenty of beaches...
Read MoreMy world has been splashed with so many amazing colors of shells lately! These gorgeous tiny TRUE TULIPS (above) were a combination of both my finds and SS Clark’s finds over the last few weeks as well as these little...
Read MoreIn between afternoon rains and thunderstorms, we have been thrilled with the dramatic skies that make for such extraordinary backdrops for our fabulous finds. When we get chased off the beach from hearing claps of thunder, we...
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It sure feels good to find an ALPHABET CONE again! I’ve been stumped finding the SANIBEL SIX...
Read MoreI found this 1 5/8 inch ROCK SNAIL SHELL this week. This is only the third one we’ve ever found so it’s not such common shell on Sanibel. I’m not sure there’s going to be too many people disappointed they...
Read MoreWhen Joanne showed me her CABRIT’S MUREX last weekend, she told me she also had found a GOLDEN OLIVE almost the color of a pumpkin. It is! It’s brilliant! Look at the color on this gem. Her GOLDEN OLIVE is quite a...
Read MoreIt’s not easy to find a CABRIT’S MUREX on the beaches of Sanibel.. much less with some of the spines still in tact. So I was over the moon when Clark found this one near Bowman’s Beach. (Okay, hopefully not the...
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