Shell pile @ the North Jetty in Nokomis, Florida Has anyone been following i Love Shelling blog? Pam has been giving us the blow-by-blow of all the shells rolling in on Turner Beach a.k.a. Blind Pass. For dedicated shell lovers the sight of that big honkin shell pile growing upward on Blind Pass makes you want to call in sick to work, grab your shell shovel, & head south or whatever direction it may be for you to Sanibel. For those of you that are a plane ride away in the cold & snow; looking at those shells has got to be painful & my heart does go out to you. I live 2 hours north of Sanibel via I-75 or about 40 miles as the crow flies. I've sat at my computer for 3 days now looking, drooling, enlarging the pictures, looking again at my work schedule.... ratz - I'm not off till Monday. Where I live in the Venice/Englewood area we have some spectacular beaches. Each has their own personality. Englewood's beaches are more rustic & laid-bac
Great family motto!!
ReplyDeleteLovely pics of your awesome shelling pastime.
Shell magic indeed! I love what your mom made!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to break my rocks from Honeymoon Island and see what, if anything, is inside. Maybe I'm afraid I just have rocks lol.
Great finds, and what a great horsie! I am aching to be there, lol.
ReplyDeleteGreat finds! GeeGee did an awesome job on putting them on display, I know you can always count on her for the cleaning part, I need her here!
ReplyDeleteWhen things settle down there, you need to come up here for some Honeymoon Island Time. You've reminded me that I still need to take pics of the finds from my last two trips to Honeymoon. If it wasn't so dang cold (32 degrees right now), I'd head outside and take some.
The family that shells together has a whole lot of FUN together!
That big ole horse conch is just amazing! I can't imagine what I would do if I found something like that...probably sit down and cry! heehee! Love the vignette. I've tried putting something together like that. I had a small one done and took it apart yesterday. It didn't quite come together like hers! I love it!
ReplyDeleteSo creative!! I love the moto too. Beautiful conch. Our Mr. G would LOVE to break open those Geos. The Vignete was really cool! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome shell!! I would so love to find one of those. Your mom did a great job on her glass bowl - it needs some water and a goldfish now. :-)
ReplyDeleteOooh, love that GeeGee's talent!
ReplyDeleteThe horse conch cleaned up real pretty! It is 14 inches long. Carly also found a huge true tulip which can be seen on the shell raisers facebook page.
ReplyDeleteLove the motto, Hope Salty will be taking me shelling when I am 44 (Next month the 16th) then when I am 55, then 66, then 77. Pookie has a good shelling eye. I enjoyed walking with her a couple of weeks ago. Nice finds! Love the dark olives and agatized coral.
ReplyDeleteSo cool!!
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