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“Don't wish me happiness I don't expect to be happy all the time... It's gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all.” ― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

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The good news  - there are shells.  The bad news - the red tide makes it impossible to breathe to get to said shells. It is extremely helpful when one is a beach blogger to be able to go to the beach.  Sure, I could blog about a new recipe I made from Pinterest , my latest find at Goodwill or heaven forbid a table scape (mine are the ones with the matching cool whip salad bowls). W e all know you are here for the sand, shells & sharks teeth right?   Well, me too.  The Red Tide algae b loom that has been traveling up and down the SWFL coastline since October 2012 has put a major damper on everyone's beach going.  The 120 mile long floating algae bloom has been causing sneezing, hacking & burning eyes as it meanders back and forth off the Sarasota, Lee & Collier county coastline.   Sadly, it is killing a record number of manatees according to a story by the Associated Press. My beach  blogging has also been curtailed by an injury called SBS or Shell Bucket Sho