Hi friend! Since the conception of this channel, I have aimed to create an audio/visual "experience" of shell collecting for viewers. Thank you so so much for acknowledging this component of my work. 💙
Beautiful video and some wonderful shell finds. I appreciate you naming all the shells for us so that we can learn their names. Did you see Jaime from Plum Island Sea Cabin? May 2023 bring you a bucket list shell or two. 😃🐚
Hi friend! So funny that you bring up the idea of a collab - Jamie and I have loosely discussed(in YT comments section), the potential for a collab. When the timing is right, we'll make it happen! 💙
As I get older I keep hearing that same question in my heart that has haunted me my entire life "what would you do the rest of your life that would bring you immense joy?" This ... I would travel the world and hunt for treasures on the beaches and share the art of God and the sea with the world. My soul aches for this ... and given my life and its challenges and everyone must come before my own desires, I follow you here. YOU and your videos are the closest I may ever get to this dream. For that, I am most grateful. Thank you for this gift. People who have never shelled have no idea the healing, the love, the peace, the perspective of everything that comes with it. Shell on!
Your words have have truly captured the essence of meaning for why I enjoy creating, and sharing these experiences with everyone. Years and years ago, when I was 11 years old, my parents took me to Miami Beach, for the first time. I played in the trough where the waves were hitting the beach, and I saw that there were shells being washed and tossed around me. I collected a couple handfuls, analyzed, and appreciated the beauty - this was the moment...and I haven't looked back since. You have reminded me of the importance of capturing the beautiful perspective. Shell on, my dear friend!
Another awesome video with great videography. Love those giant moons! Ugh, I wish I was close enough to go for a day of shelling there. Thank goodness I've got you and Jaime to watch.
Live Moonsnails love to spread out all over the place on the sand, haha. They are truly an impressive creature to observe.... Thanks so much for watching!
Hi from SC. I love the bea he's at Plym Island. I watch Jamie all the time and purchase from her shop because it's too far for a trip there. I love the moons and my fav are those gorgeous sand dollars. Love your videos and music you play. So relaxing! Those BIG moons, WOWZA!!
We live close to Plumb Island and must have just missed you there last week. We ended up with some nice moonsnails. Plumb island is best appreciated in winter as the limited parking lots fill up quickly in the summer. It is truly a beautiful place, especially the lighting in winter.
Hello! This episode was actually filmed a couple months ago - I only saw one person on the area of the beach I was at, so it was a quiet day at PI, for me! Winter is the BEST time to shell and beach-comb here, so I agree with your sentiment - thanks so much for coming along!
Hello! It's so funny you mention this because, I realized(when editing this video), I only kept a handful of these goodies when I left the beach this day. After I did the outro, I left most of the shells on the beach. I LOVE to collect shells, but as my collection grows, I find that I only take specimens that are, new species(that I don't currently have in my collection), or, unique specimens of species - variations in color, shape, or biological mutation etc. Thanks for watching!
great video. I like that you showcase all of your finds at the end. Do you have any suggestions for places to stay at plum island in the winter months?
Hi friend! I don't live near the Plum Island area(Newburyport/Ipswich, Mass). I am aware however, that there are many AirBNB rentals in the area! Even though winter is considered the slow season here, there should be some option for a rental! Thanks for watching my content!
@7:18, that Sand Dollar is gorgeous; the surface looks like a woven basket! Actually, all of the shells are beautiful. Thanks for taking us with you 😊 🐚
The inky blue of the ocean in contrast to the light blue of the sky with passing wispy clouds certainly makes for a gorgeous backdrop when shelling....Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!....and thanx for letting me tag along once again!!!🤟
Hi friend! All of the colorful descriptions...I can tell you have been watching this content on your new 4k TV! 🙂 I am so appreciative of your support - thank you for continuing to watch the content and engage in the comments!
What a great day - no people, beautiful weather, my kind of shelling! So @ 8:20 when you showed us a "mollusc operculum," what is your guess as to what it belongs to? It is pretty large (my first thought would be a moonsnail) and it definitely has an interesting shape - not flat like like most operculums I have come across and it looks fairly thick. Additionally, considering how many moonsnails show up on this beach, from the videos I have seen from you and from others, from my vantage point anyway, it doesn't seem there are a lot of shells that show moonsnail drilling - even other moonsnails, unless, of course, their prey don't get to the beach. That one moonsnail that had been in a state of being broken down by organisms @11:25 - very cool would have made a great shell cleaned up. All interesting! Plum Island on my list to get to - LOVE the moonsnails! Thanks for taking us on another great hunt!
Hello! Wow - such great observations! This operculum, given the size and shape, would most likely belong to a Northern Moonsnail - my best guess! Moonsnails are VORACIOUS predators, and will even eat each other! I may not have captured it here, but if you observe dead molluscs in this area, there are MANY times, drill holes, or attempted drill holes in the shells. Thanks so much for watching, and engaging with the content!
Happy New Year to Solace in Shelling. 🐚You bring me such joy watching and learning. I am from Massachusetts and missed the boat to Plum Island. Now living in Oregon, are any of your Moon snail's available for purchase? Would LOVE to have one.
Happy New Year, friend! MA ---> OR - that's a great move! The northwest coast of the US is surreal in beauty, and I do believe there are species of Moonsnails there! I don't actually sell any shells, but I know a close shell friend who does sell PI shells - www.etsy.com/shop/PlumIslandSeaCabin If you like my content, you'll also like hers! I hope to see you on my next adventure!
Hi friend! I do indeed have a fond reverence for nature - it's one of the reasons I so enthusiastically attempt to capture it's raw components in my content. Thank you so much for appreciating, and watching the content!
Hi friend! So funny you mention this. I sometimes mix the False Angelwing up with the Fallen Angelwing shell. The Fallen Angelwing(Barnea truncata), is also known as the Atlantic Mud Piddock, and is a separate species from the False Angelwing. I haven't yet found a Fallen Angelwing, but I hope to some day! Thanks for watching!
Hi friend! Plum Island is located in Massachusetts and is warm, generally from around April through October. I usually only visit Plum Island to shell in the colder months, because shelling is often better then, or at least I have found! Thanks for watching!
I see people selling the moon shells for quite a lot, so worth collecting, by the time it converts to nz dollars it like 50 bucks... a bit much to justify : -( but I'd love to do a swap for kiwi shells if anyone's keen?
Hi friend, I don't collect shells to sell them - I collect just for the joy of the experience. With that said, I would love to visit NZ some day to find shells!
Hi friend, I am a big proponent of ethical shell collecting. While I've collected many specimens over the years, I am always mindful of what I personally remove from any beach. I also frequently mention this in my content as a suggestion for others to adopt similar practices
Why don't you bring an empty margarine container with a cover to put the delicate shells in. They might .ake it home. Instead of complaining about broken shells. Do something about it.
I love your shells they're beautiful and I also love that you don't talk constantly and repeat yourself
Awwww all the angel wings are my most favorite
I love your videos 🤗 I can see you are quite a very experienced videographer!! They are so professional!! Blessing to you for 2023!! 🙌🏻🦋🙌🏻
Hi friend! Since the conception of this channel, I have aimed to create an audio/visual "experience" of shell collecting for viewers.
Thank you so so much for acknowledging this component of my work.
💙
I love northern Moon shells
Beautiful video and some wonderful shell finds. I appreciate you naming all the shells for us so that we can learn their names. Did you see Jaime from Plum Island Sea Cabin? May 2023 bring you a bucket list shell or two. 😃🐚
I was wondering if he was going to collaborate with Jamie when I first saw the video too.
Hi friend! So funny that you bring up the idea of a collab - Jamie and I have loosely discussed(in YT comments section), the potential for a collab. When the timing is right, we'll make it happen! 💙
@@solaceinshelling6552 I look forward to it! 😊
Wow! Beautiful moons 😍
Thanks for your videos. Always learn a lot. Love the moon snails.
Thank you so much for coming along!
As I get older I keep hearing that same question in my heart that has haunted me my entire life "what would you do the rest of your life that would bring you immense joy?" This ... I would travel the world and hunt for treasures on the beaches and share the art of God and the sea with the world. My soul aches for this ... and given my life and its challenges and everyone must come before my own desires, I follow you here. YOU and your videos are the closest I may ever get to this dream. For that, I am most grateful. Thank you for this gift. People who have never shelled have no idea the healing, the love, the peace, the perspective of everything that comes with it. Shell on!
Your words have have truly captured the essence of meaning for why I enjoy creating, and sharing these experiences with everyone.
Years and years ago, when I was 11 years old, my parents took me to Miami Beach, for the first time. I played in the trough where the waves were hitting the beach, and I saw that there were shells being washed and tossed around me. I collected a couple handfuls, analyzed, and appreciated the beauty - this was the moment...and I haven't looked back since.
You have reminded me of the importance of capturing the beautiful perspective. Shell on, my dear friend!
Beautiful shells thank you
Maine is my favorite
The moon snails are just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your videos.
Thanks for coming along, friend! 💙
I just love those moon snails! Thanks so much for sharing plum island with us
Hi friend, thank you so much for coming along!
Thanks for your time and all your videos. They are much enjoyed. 😊
Thank you very much for appreciating the content, and for continuing to watch!
Thanks for braving the cold for us.. those moons are mega.. I'd love a huge bowl of those! Lol
A big ole' bowl of Moons, haha!
Thanks so much for coming along!
I love how you leave things on the beach, if you don't need them.
Hi friend, I am a big proponent of maintaining an ethical awareness when it comes to beach habitats, so I appreciate that you also acknowledge this!
Another exciting and interesting video. Thanks for sharing your adventures! PS. I really wanted that Sand Dollar! 😂😀
H friend, thank you so much for coming along!
Fabulous way to start the New Year!!! 🙏🐕🥳🎉🎊🐚🐌
I agree! Hope to see you on future adventures, friend!
Another awesome video with great videography. Love those giant moons! Ugh, I wish I was close enough to go for a day of shelling there. Thank goodness I've got you and Jaime to watch.
Hi friend! Thank you so much for the appreciation, and for coming along.
I look forward to seeing you on future adventures!
finding that live moon snail was amazing! have never seen a live one. chilly beach walk, but appreciate you taking us along.
Live Moonsnails love to spread out all over the place on the sand, haha. They are truly an impressive creature to observe....
Thanks so much for watching!
Hi from SC. I love the bea he's at Plym Island. I watch Jamie all the time and purchase from her shop because it's too far for a trip there. I love the moons and my fav are those gorgeous sand dollars. Love your videos and music you play. So relaxing! Those BIG moons, WOWZA!!
THANK you so much for watching my channel!
SC has some of the Northern Moonsnails cousins - the Sharkeye Moons(they are closely related species).
Love Plum Island, can't get there often enough, so this video was super welcome. Thanks for a Super awesome video and always so informative.
Thank you for watching, friend!
We live close to Plumb Island and must have just missed you there last week. We ended up with some nice moonsnails. Plumb island is best appreciated in winter as the limited parking lots fill up quickly in the summer. It is truly a beautiful place, especially the lighting in winter.
Hello! This episode was actually filmed a couple months ago - I only saw one person on the area of the beach I was at, so it was a quiet day at PI, for me!
Winter is the BEST time to shell and beach-comb here, so I agree with your sentiment - thanks so much for coming along!
Plum Island is one of my bucket list’s shelling destinations. Great day at the beach! Happy new year Solace!
Hi friend, Happy Shell-New Year!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful collection! Amazing how many shells you collected, especially considering you left plenty behind!
Hello! It's so funny you mention this because, I realized(when editing this video), I only kept a handful of these goodies when I left the beach this day. After I did the outro, I left most of the shells on the beach.
I LOVE to collect shells, but as my collection grows, I find that I only take specimens that are, new species(that I don't currently have in my collection), or, unique specimens of species - variations in color, shape, or biological mutation etc.
Thanks for watching!
Oh wow..that small sand dollar was perfect ! We don't get that variety in Pensacola beach..nice find !
Hello! Yes, but you get those awesome keyhole Sand dollars - I love them!
Thank you so much for watching!
@@solaceinshelling6552 Trade ?? !
Yet another great video!
Happy New Year 🎆
Happy New Year! Thanks for coming along!
great video. I like that you showcase all of your finds at the end. Do you have any suggestions for places to stay at plum island in the winter months?
Hi friend! I don't live near the Plum Island area(Newburyport/Ipswich, Mass). I am aware however, that there are many AirBNB rentals in the area! Even though winter is considered the slow season here, there should be some option for a rental!
Thanks for watching my content!
@7:18, that Sand Dollar is gorgeous; the surface looks like a woven basket! Actually, all of the shells are beautiful. Thanks for taking us with you 😊 🐚
Interesting observation! It was indeed an intricate little beauty 😀
Thanks for watching!
The inky blue of the ocean in contrast to the light blue of the sky with passing wispy clouds certainly makes for a gorgeous backdrop when shelling....Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year!....and thanx for letting me tag along once again!!!🤟
Hi friend! All of the colorful descriptions...I can tell you have been watching this content on your new 4k TV! 🙂
I am so appreciative of your support - thank you for continuing to watch the content and engage in the comments!
Shell-a-brate
OMG, Friend. I didn't know what to say, when I saw this - it's AMAZING!
Thank you so, so much for supporting this channel! ❤️ ❤️ 🐚 🐚
@@solaceinshelling6552 do something wonderful for yourself and pay some forward.
What a great day - no people, beautiful weather, my kind of shelling! So @ 8:20 when you showed us a "mollusc operculum," what is your guess as to what it belongs to? It is pretty large (my first thought would be a moonsnail) and it definitely has an interesting shape - not flat like like most operculums I have come across and it looks fairly thick. Additionally, considering how many moonsnails show up on this beach, from the videos I have seen from you and from others, from my vantage point anyway, it doesn't seem there are a lot of shells that show moonsnail drilling - even other moonsnails, unless, of course, their prey don't get to the beach. That one moonsnail that had been in a state of being broken down by organisms @11:25 - very cool would have made a great shell cleaned up. All interesting! Plum Island on my list to get to - LOVE the moonsnails! Thanks for taking us on another great hunt!
Hello! Wow - such great observations!
This operculum, given the size and shape, would most likely belong to a Northern Moonsnail - my best guess! Moonsnails are VORACIOUS predators, and will even eat each other! I may not have captured it here, but if you observe dead molluscs in this area, there are MANY times, drill holes, or attempted drill holes in the shells.
Thanks so much for watching, and engaging with the content!
Happy New Year to Solace in Shelling. 🐚You bring me such joy watching and learning. I am from Massachusetts and missed the boat to Plum Island. Now living in Oregon, are any of your Moon snail's available for purchase? Would LOVE to have one.
Happy New Year, friend!
MA ---> OR - that's a great move! The northwest coast of the US is surreal in beauty, and I do believe there are species of Moonsnails there!
I don't actually sell any shells, but I know a close shell friend who does sell PI shells - www.etsy.com/shop/PlumIslandSeaCabin
If you like my content, you'll also like hers!
I hope to see you on my next adventure!
I just love the respect and admiration you have for your surroundings and creatures very impressive
Hi friend! I do indeed have a fond reverence for nature - it's one of the reasons I so enthusiastically attempt to capture it's raw components in my content.
Thank you so much for appreciating, and watching the content!
LOL @ "Fallen" Angel wing comment you made. Too Funny! ;)
Hi friend!
So funny you mention this. I sometimes mix the False Angelwing up with the Fallen Angelwing shell. The Fallen Angelwing(Barnea truncata), is also known as the Atlantic Mud Piddock, and is a separate species from the False Angelwing.
I haven't yet found a Fallen Angelwing, but I hope to some day!
Thanks for watching!
Haven’t you added a couple of containers for carrying shells in your bag?
Hi friend, a couple people have suggested bringing some plastic containers along to keep delicates etc. I wish to try this in the future!
Jaime calls the giant moon snails Mega-moons. I call them Cinna-buns 😉
Hello, yes... Mega-moons and Cinna-buns, love that!
Thanks so much for watching the content!
My backyard!
Woo!
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos ❤ do you sell seashells?
Hi! I am too attached to my collection to part with any of it 🤣
Thanks so much for watching!
Why don't you bring a separate bag for delicate shells?
If I may ask: do you sell moon shells? Thank you.
Hi friend,
I don't actually sell any shells, but I know a good shell friend who does sell PI shells - www.etsy.com/shop/PlumIslandSeaCabin
Thank you very much.
Is it ever warm there?
Hi friend! Plum Island is located in Massachusetts and is warm, generally from around April through October. I usually only visit Plum Island to shell in the colder months, because shelling is often better then, or at least I have found!
Thanks for watching!
I see people selling the moon shells for quite a lot, so worth collecting, by the time it converts to nz dollars it like 50 bucks... a bit much to justify : -( but I'd love to do a swap for kiwi shells if anyone's keen?
Hi friend, I don't collect shells to sell them - I collect just for the joy of the experience. With that said, I would love to visit NZ some day to find shells!
Please don't hoard shells. Little critters need homes. ❤
Hi friend, I am a big proponent of ethical shell collecting. While I've collected many specimens over the years, I am always mindful of what I personally remove from any beach. I also frequently mention this in my content as a suggestion for others to adopt similar practices
Why don't you bring an empty margarine container with a cover to put the delicate shells in. They might .ake it home. Instead of complaining about broken shells. Do something about it.