Super Shellers
How lucky can you get??? Charlie and Peggy both found JUNONIAS last week off West Gulf Drive! Sue from last week’s Virtual Sheller Alert sent me these pictures to catch us up on the latest shelling news. They are avid...
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Exploring New Seashells
There were lots of YELLOW PRICKLY COCKLES still together scattered around the beach off West Gulf...
Read MoreSand Dollar Days
This weekend was SAND DOLLAR heaven around West Gulf Drive beach access #7. There is a nice sand bar where they are washing up and peeking out from beneath the sand. Deb and Merritt had a whole shell bag filled with SAND...
Read MoreSea Turtle Hatchlings!
My friend Susie who owns MacIntosh Books saw baby SEA TURTLES hatching! She got to share the experience with her best friend Gail who was visiting from Maryland. Lucky girls! You can see that little guy sliding on his back...
Read MoreTime To Shell
If this isn’t a sign, I don’t know what is. We headed down to beach access #7 on West Gulf Drive again this morning and in just a couple of minutes I plucked this FLORIDA CONE out of the surf….. and Clark found...
Read MoreThe Crab and The Sunset
The larger shells are coming back in around West Gulf Drive…finally! We found plenty of FIGHTING CONCHS, a few LIGHTNING WHELKS and BANDED TULIPS….but how about that crazy CRAB! He was running back and forth in the...
Read MoreWhat Will Bonnie Bring?
Sometimes after a storm, the high tide will bring in the shells. This morning’s high tide didn’t show much promise (as you can see) after Tropical storm Bonnie went through Florida yesterday. She went north of us...
Read MoreThe Coquina Cover-Up
The COQUINAS are here again! I’ve never seen so many live coquinas in the shoreline all in a bunch like colorful jumping beans. Ok, they weren’t jumping but they were squirming to cover themselves up every time a...
Read MoreSanibel Stoop
There was lots of Sanibel stooping going on at West Gulf Drive around Casa Ybel Resort. We have some shell piles back and there some good shell to find in there. I found myself some candy corn. I could just eat up those little...
Read MoreGood Day with Friends
Julia, a wonderful friend who lives in Chicago, is visiting her artist sister Marjorie in Naples for a few days to get out of the cold (I’m sorry it’s not warmer!). I’m so happy they made a day trip up to...
Read MoreIt’s Gettin’ Good
I started shelling around West Gulf Drive #7 this morning but didn’t see much until I came back down in between #2 and #3. As I was getting there, I asked a few shellers if they found anything good yet and they told me...
Read MoreThe Shells are Bubbling Up
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