Friday Morning Mosey

I googled Mosey, mostly to be sure I spelled it correctly...loved the definition, it's me...

 Mosey is an informal verb that means to walk or move in a slow, relaxed, and aimless manner. 

Just got back from a slow little mosey on the beach! Perfect beach weather, but you've gotta keep your eye on the sky for storms! It's a bit gray out but there is a nice calm breeze and not hot at all! 

Have I mentioned that I love it here?? 😉

I found a live Sea Urchin, I love these guys! I took a couple of pics and walked him out deeper in the water so he can survive the low tide...

I took a video too, to show his movement. Bear with me, I was able to steady my hand about half way through so it's easier to see him move his spines...

Just click the arrow to see the video...

I found a few more coquina butterflies and apparently today was also tiny jewel box day! These littles just bring a smile to your face, don't they!?

This was just a short post to keep you updated....stay tuned!

Broken is Beautiful too!

 Here I am posting AGAIN! Maybe I can make this a habit! Another mid-morning low tide allowing for a nice therapeutic beach stroll! It was a beautiful day, a bit cloudy with a nice breeze....

I'm not sure what the black cloud is from in the first pictures but it went away pretty quickly!

At first I just walked, glancing around to see the shells, not much there, but on such a beautiful morning, who cares! I did notice Broken shells, (which we use all the time at Sanibel Shellcrafters) and butterfly coquina. I call them butterfly because they are open, both shells still attached but empty. We need those too! So today is going to be supplies for crafters! That's okay with me!

So after I walked down the beach to where I wanted to, I turned around and starting picking up broken, but beautiful shells, while I was bent over (called the Sanibel Stoop in these parts) I figured, why not pick up the coquina too?! At my age, once you get in that position, get all you can while you're down there! 😂

I did use my scoop some, but it was almost easier to just go for it and bend down where I could see so much better!

Before I knew it, I had nearly filled my shell bag!!! Many of the Shellcrafters will be happy to have some new pieces to choose from for their projects!

I found a few minis, and lots of colorful Coquina butterflies too!

Here are just a few pictures of projects our Shellcrafters have created with these shells!

Broken and sliced shells

Close up of broken shell

A Basket of broken shells!

Coquina Flowers

Coquina Flowers

We have made Wreaths, shell trees, all sorts of things with broken shells, they are actually beautiful and add a lot of interest to our projects! 

There is always something amazing to see at the beach....and it's ALWAYS therapeutic for me!! 

Stay tuned I'm hoping to make this a habit!! 😀

Happy Fall Y'All!

I know it's been a very long time since I posted. I can't make any promises, but all I can say is I will try to post much more often!

Happy Fall Y'all!

Sea urchin pumpkins by the Sanibel Shellcrafters

This is what Fall looks like in Florida! :)

What is your favorite Fall Flavor? Is it Nutmeg(s)?

or Olive(s)?

Notice that beautiful Junonia piece! It was my very first find of the day!

Team Cheri went out shelling last week for the first time in a while. Florida is having its rainy season. That normally means storms in the evenings, which is when low tide is this time of year, that makes it difficult to get out very often. Last week, the lower tides were in the morning so we headed out on Wednesday! The abundance of Nutmegs was amazing! Every size you could imagine! I had so much fun I went out Thursday and Friday too! So nice, Fall is almost in the air and the clear sunshiny day was so therapeutic! 

The birds thought so too!

Bird Nerd Cheri told me there were Red Knots (a stocky little sandpiper type birds) and Skimmers, one of my favorites! All were very vocal and having many conversations...all at once!

Skimmers

Skimmers (front) Red Knots (back)

We saw a live Shark's eye, it is difficult to see because he was burrowing under the sand in the water, but so nice to see!

We found this seaweed, and sea whips all bundled up with Squid or Octopus eggs, that's always a fun find. I couldn't focus in enough to see them in the cases, I'm not sure they were developed enough yet!

      

Over the 3 days I found all these treasures...MANY Lightning Whelks of all sizes and some Fighting Conchs to paint and for donations for shell bags. But mostly for therapy!  So...So Fun! 

Stay tuned, I hope to make this a regular occurrence....the shelling AND the posting! Bear with me, gotta get back into 'Blogging mode'

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