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I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything. - Donna Summer

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It's Raining Shells!  Hallelujah!!  The rain that rolled over Englewood on Wednesday night rattled some pretty shells loose that washed up Thursday afternoon. The turtles have started arriving. The yellow stakes are placed on fresh turtle nests each morning as the  local turtle patrol make their way up the beach looking for recent turtle tracks.  This seemed like a popular spot.   I had a newbie sheller with me.  Green Pea hollered that she had found a "pretty Shell".  She scored a perfect lion's paw. My beach buddy was on the look-out for shark's teeth and had to switch brain grooves to spot shells instead. Our 2 best finds of the afternoon - a juvenile horse conch  & a lion's paw  (3 inches from top to bottom) Manasota Key is the kitchen sink of shelling.  You find lots of shark's teeth, fossils, shells, & beach bling. We chillax'd on a bench to watch the boats sail by. Thinking of singer Donna Summer wh