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Showing posts with label cockles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cockles. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Another Windy Day

'Plan B' paid off with the shells, as I said before, I love shelling the tidal pools.
My finds, quite a variety!
Hubby's finds
My Mini True tulip 
Hubby's true tulip
My Lacey Lace Murex
Hubby's Lace Murex, double jewel box, and horse conchs
I found another winged oyster (right) and several mussel pairs, and of course mini fighting conchs

The wind continues to blow, so much so it was really pushing against the car going across the causeway. These pictures don't really look that way, but believe me it's really blowing!
So back to the tidal pool we go!
We didn't find as many treasures this time, and many of the scallops were gone, back into the gulf with the high tide, I suppose.
We did continue to find many live horse conchs, which is a good thing, they can multiply and grow!  Such beautiful colors!

We saw many live olives this time, writing in the sand....
....and live cockles....this one is incognito!
Almost looks like a fish peering out of the sand, doesn't it?
Will post pics of the shells from today on my next post, still need to clean and sort them. Hopefully the wind has calmed down today, Stay tuned!

::Hugs::

Monday, March 16, 2015

A Sanibel Morning....

There is just something about a sunrise on the water...especially on Sanibel...  It just makes you appreciate everything so much more, life seems so relaxed and peaceful. Every where you look, there is something special to see!
 
We arrived here on Friday....yes, Friday the 13th! It wasn't our best trip down, traffic was just terrible, and I got sick with a cold the day we left. It goes without saying that we were exhausted and I didn't feel human again until late Sunday night.  But, can you think of a better place to be sick? Me neither!! :)

So today was our first day shelling, the lowest tide is at like 4 am so we don't expect to see buckets of shells, but love the mornings, so much to see!

We got there just before sunrise, and as usual, it's just beautiful to see the world come alive....

There were many live shells, Olives were writing their messages in the sand...

Fighting conchs were riding along in the surf.....

Live Cockles were blowing bubbles.....
Pelicans were fishing....
The sky was on fire!!

Even this tiny nine-armed sea star was peeking out of the sand....
How can you not just feel better with all this going on around you?? I was also working on some more projects around our house the last couple of days....so stay tuned for some more homestead updates!

......For now Here is the latest pic of Joseph Harvey, he already seems so much stronger and more alert....He's 2 weeks old today!

::Hugs::