Sanibel Sand Dollars Days
There are days when hundreds of COCKLE shells… or DOSINIA shells… or PEN SHELLS wash...
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Category: Gulf Side City Beach (Algier’s)
Pearls Of The Sea
SEA PEARLS and BABYS EARS were some favorite gems to be found at Lighthouse Beach this week. They...
Read MoreSand Dimes By The Dozen
The teeny tiny SAND DIMES are back at Gulfside City Park! Yahoo! There’s gold in them that SEAWEED hills. I found these sweet little white SAND DOLLARS high on the dry beach mixed in with the wrack line dry SEA...
Read MoreThe Shell Glass Is Half Full
Clark and I found loads of shells at Gulfside City Park yesterday and collected a few really sweet ones. Most of the sea shells we saw were the common clams and other bivalves but it’s funny to me how everybody sees...
Read MoreBeachcombing Bliss
Shellzam! This HORSE CONCH rolled up on the beach right in front of me! As the evening tide was coming in at Gulfside City Park Beach, it was bringing oodles of PENS SHELLS, SEA URCHINS and STARFISH… So many other cool...
Read MoreLife Is Good With A Sanibel Sunrise
It’s really a shame I’m not a morning person. Everybody assumes since I’m an obsessed sheller that I’m always the first one on the beach every morning. Wrong! I’m a lazy bum in the mornings and I...
Read MoreThe Shell Fairy And The Shell Elves
As much as I love cold fronts blowing NW winds through SW Florida to bring loads of shells, the simple pleasure of walking the beach on a warm sunny day in December looking for minis … is what makes me tic. Seeing a fresh...
Read MoreSeeing the Good Through the Gray
It’s gray today. The skies have been dark, cold and cloudy with drizzling light showers throughout the day. But there’s always something so good to find in a day like today in SW Florida … take for instance the...
Read MoreHappy and Healthy Along the Coast of Sanibel
It still amazes me how many variations of beautiful shells can be found on Sanibel during a morning walk on the beach during low tide. Laura drove to Sanibel’s Gulfside City Park beach from her home in Fort Myers Beach to...
Read MoreBubblicious Bubble Shells Bubbling Along The Beach
BUBBLE SHELLS were bountiful at Gulfside Beach during the morning’s low tide. While being fascinated with a thick tidal line of bubblicious BUBBLE SHELLS… I was thrilled to stumble on some other cutie itty bitty...
Read MoreWorld Of Wonder With Seashells And Wildlife
Like 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 MoreBreathing The Beach
There are many treasures to be found each and every time you take a walk on the beach. I feel that way about any beach… even when they don’t have gobs of shells like we do in Southwest Florida. I couldn’t help...
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