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![Shelling and Fishing Charters in the Florida Keys](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/1718810026418-RT32TDD0GD2C9WAFUDMJ/IMG_1291-scaled+%281%29.jpg)
Shelling and Fishing Charters in the Florida Keys
Seashells in the Florida Keys? You bet! You just have to know where to go.
![Double Rainbow and an Imperial Venus](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/815aa116-232e-48a6-8d0c-5de14386f441/Double-rainbow.jpg)
Double Rainbow and an Imperial Venus
The one good thing about rain and thunderstorms is that they produce shells like crazy, AND rainbows.
![Fun Facts About Sand Dollars](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/1718884753617-14F7JKKHF5PW7XC6EFN0/Sand%2Bdollar%2Bin%2Ba%2Bhand.jpg)
Fun Facts About Sand Dollars
I love sand dollars. I have been lucky enough to find several washed up on the shore of Sanibel and Captiva over the years, nearly white from being faded by the sun.
![Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Sanibel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/1718889621958-D9EAEWZ3LQFIXI0EHSW9/Bailey%2B-museum-interior.jpg)
Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Sanibel
Ok shellers, if you haven’t been to the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum in Sanibel, you simply must visit!
![Fighting Conchs and Foamy Feet](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/dee56120-8a6d-48ae-a6bf-15d387bf92e1/Beach+foam.jpg)
Fighting Conchs and Foamy Feet
There was a lot of foam on the beach this morning, but it didn’t seem to slow anyone down. The fighting conchs were out in full force.
![She’s a fatty and I love her](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/e09c5922-738c-4275-acb1-f9464876703e/tulip-shell.jpg)
She’s a fatty and I love her
I found this fat tulip today while shelling on West Gulf Drive. I also found these two colorful lightning whelks.
![Cone and Tellin Kinda Morning](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/85dacf17-da07-46c3-ae6e-82b15769cbc5/cone-and-tellin.jpg)
Cone and Tellin Kinda Morning
I was rewarded for putting back that live cone yesterday because today I found an alphabet cone — and more!
![Sanibel Shells – Fine Specimens](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/41afc108-c3b7-43f1-802c-d7c07337cf3f/sanibel-fine-specimens.jpg)
Sanibel Shells – Fine Specimens
This morning was worth waking up for. These beautiful specimens were found while walking by the Sanibel Lighthouse, in the water.
![Sanibel Shell Show](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/a3304767-f133-4c74-a7bc-b960119b7757/Enormous+true+tulip+found+in+the+Bahamas.jpg)
Sanibel Shell Show
This incredible show is put on by the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club. I have attended this event many times over the years and it always leave me in awe.
![Papa Alphabet Cone](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/d251536a-9d08-483b-804d-2913f82877df/papa-alphabet-cone-shell.jpg)
Papa Alphabet Cone
Do you see it? I see the word “PAPA” on this alphabet cone. The reason this is so special to me is because I take it as a sign.
![My First Junonia, Make That Two](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/b5f5aa3c-f1d3-45d7-a50e-468b5d1e8efe/Jill-Martin-2-alphies-2-junonias-sanibel-island.jpg)
My First Junonia, Make That Two
I found my first Junonia this weekend, and it felt as good as I thought it would!
![Anne’s Beach Gave Up Some Beauties](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667024464cd8264f4abcc3cb/bd84ef25-fae0-4839-b334-4590bcd6b900/Banded+tulip+at+Anne%E2%80%99s+Beach_.jpg)
Anne’s Beach Gave Up Some Beauties
I got to enjoy a quick visit to Anne’s Beach today in Lower Matecumbe and I found a few beauties.
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“At the beach, time you enjoy wasting, is not time wasted.”
– T.S. Eliot
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