Sunday Shelling With Hubby!

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that Hubby wanted to go shelling with me this morning! We headed out a little later since it would be light sooner with the time change! Still early enough to catch a beautiful sunrise...

The first thing Hubby found, was a HUGE horse Conch buried in the tidal pool, we normally would take him home, our neighbor loves them, but this one had a broken tip, so we left him for someone else to find! Good way to start the day!

There was a nice tidal pool, and we got to see lots of life....

Bunches of Lighting Whelks were out for a morning stroll also...

Along with a Beautiful Kings Crown...

I love live Scallops, but as hard as I tried I could not catch their Hijinx on video...they are so silly, this guy was clacking his shell open and closed over and over again real fast....until I got the camera out....

This tiny Jellyfish was slowly coasting in the water, just relaxing as he moved down the tidal pool!!

There were lots of Sea Urchins hiding beneath the shells...

Every day is an adventure, and every day is something new...

Hubby picked up a pretty little Red True Tulip....

 Then I found one too!!!

I found a nice size Nutmeg....

Hubby found a small King's Crown...

I found an Alphabet Cone, right in front of Hubby!!!!....Not sure if it will clean up well, but we will see...

Hubby found these two, a few yards apart....both in bad shape, so they didn't come home with us....

There were LOTS of Paper Figs, I had to force myself not to pick them all up, but I couldn't resist this one because of it's pretty color!....also a Worm Shell and a tiny juvenile fighting Conch...

I came across and area that looked like there were bunches of shells just under the surface....I ran my hand through the area and came up with these guys....

Hubby found this Awesome King's Crown, but it was live, so he went back....

Then I found this...... A beautiful Florida Horse Conch, Great Size!!!

Please, Please, don't be alive......

Woohoo!! It wasn't, but it was very stinky.....so awesome, it will look great all cleaned up.....it looks like it may be an Albino (all white) with an orange tip, the little white dot is still on the tip!!

I can't wait to get it all cleaned up!!!

A few more checks in the area and I had all these....Lightning Whelk, More Banded Tulips, a Nutmeg and Olive....[sorry, I obviously put a finger print on the lens of my camera at this point] that is another Banded Tulip under the smudge....

When I was emptying our bags to start cleaning I found out Hubby got an Angel Wing! He says it was just laying there on the bottom of the tidal pool....

I'd say we had a pretty good day....here are the rest of his finds....

and here are mine.....

I can't complain!!! 

Tomorrow is Shellcrafter day, but I'm seriously considering hitting the beach early beforehand!! ;)

Stay Tuned....

::Shelllday Hugs::