Shelling Trip Worth The Wait
Our iLoveShelling shelling cruise to Cayo Costa had a rain delay Tuesday morning but just like...
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Millepede Starfish Eats Whole Potato
This MILLEPEDE SEA STAR ate a whole POTATO URCHIN that was entirely too big for his belly so he split himself wide open. Are you crazy, dude? After strong west winds yesterday, Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel had some very cool...
Read MoreBringing On The Beachcombing
There is nothing more exciting than seeing shells line the beach as far as the horizon. At Tarpon Road beach access (mid island on Sanibel)… that’s what we saw yesterday- miles of shells. Amy from Alabama was a happy...
Read MoreI’m Stooping Over For A Wentletrap Clover
Top of the Sanibel mornin’ to ya! It’s always a lucky day just to have the time to walk the beach… but it’s a very lucky day if you find a couple of WENTLEPTRAP shells. Paula brought down some Luck...
Read MoreTarpon Beach Top Shelf Shells
These shells are the cream of the crop! This is any shellers dream to find a handful of shells like this. I’m talking… not just a TULIP… but a gorgeous nice size red TRUE TULIP. And not just a FLORIDA CONE, but...
Read More2012 Sanibel Coastal Cleanup
As part of the Ocean Conservancy’s 2012 International Coastal Cleanup, Dee Serage of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) organized volunteers to pick up and document litter on our beaches and coastlines this...
Read MoreGotten, The Cabrits Of Our Lives
It’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...
Read MoreConstricted Shelling Seems Like An Oxymoron
When I am shelling on the beach, the rest of the world melts away. My breathing gets easier because my body loosens up and my whole outlook widens. To think of anything that is constricted about shelling seems like an oxymoron...
Read MoreThis Weekend Rocked
My friend Diane joined Clark and me on the beach off West Gulf Drive yesterday for a lovely afternoon of shell seeking. We wanted to find a big WHELK like last week but she was just as happy with a candy HORSIE CONCH. She was...
Read MoreClark Found A Junonia?
Clark was teasing me to no end on the sand bar at Blind Pass Sanibel when he told me he found something really good. Ut Oh. What!? Oh no you didn’t! He said, “Yep!” and showed me a JUNONIA. Ha!...
Read MoreFull Moon Unveils A Moon Shell
After 25 mph winds swirling from north, south, east and west this weekend, the Gulf of Mexico was rockin’, rollin’ and doing the twist to help churn up those seashells. Since there was no clear wind direction,...
Read MoreMy Family Visits The Island
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...
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