Shelllady: A Long Morning Walk in Paradise

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

A Long Morning Walk in Paradise

I headed out this morning a little before sunrise to take a long walk along the Gulf to see what I would find....as usual I wasn't disappointed. Although I still haven't found that perfect Alphabet Cone, I know it's out there somewhere and I intend on keeping up the search! :)

There were some pretty good shell piles along the beach, a lot of what I call 'ordinary shells' but I did manage to snag a few little goodies! Like one of my favorites, a couple of small Horse Conch...

...this neon orange Scallop

...and this beautiful orange and white scallop...you can't have too many scallops!

This nice sized Top Shell...

I think this Gaudy Nautica will clean-up nicely

Check out the beautiful pink inside of this Calico Scallop!

Another Horse Conch and Shark's eye

Who doesn't love the minis? I need to stock up for more crafting! This was a tiny little Calico Scallop...

I found lots of minis: Coquinas, Bubbles, Jewel boxes, a Keyhole Limpet, another Horse conch, Apple Murex, Sharp ribbed drill and a tiny Lightning Whelk!

I love these mini bright orang Rough Scallops!!

How about this bright orange Ribbed Cantharus and Jingle?! I should do well at replenishing my Mini supply!

I believe this is another Lady-in-Waiting Venus clam, but it has a dark gray green color on it...

The inside has the purple gloss like the one I found last week.

I had to hit the books again on these shells, I think this is a White Atlantic Semele, it is hard to tell but it has a light gold and pink tip and inside...

I found these two Lace Murex side by side in a shell pile with 2 other very large ones that were pretty beaten up....obviously a hot spot for them today!