Virtual Shelling Southwest Florida locals beach. Bunche Beach has tons of critters!
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- Virtual Shelling Southwest Florida at what I would consider a "locals" beach, Bunche Beach in Fort Myers Florida. I fell in love with Bunche Beach for many reasons and on this particular day I was looking for crowned conchs as well as some critters. And I found both!
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Those Oyster Shells make such pretty tingling sounds when put on wind chimes staggered so they hit the other shells in the wind. Those shells with holes & growths or color loss on them, will still SING about their life in the sea when strung on the wind chimes!
I imagine they would make a lovely sound. And my the looks of this beach, I imagine one could collect enough for a few wind chimes in one trip! 🐚
What a charming comment Debbie Mitchell ... I can almost hear them ☺️
Great video. I love how you talk to the little critters and you’re so caring and gentle with them 🐚 💚
I’m a newer subscriber and I love everything about this channel!👍🏻💕
Well thank you for subscribing and thanks for coming along on my beach walks! 🤗
Thank you! 😊 I love when I get to say hi to the little creatures that inhabit the shells. Thank you so much for coming along!
Beautiful day even with the weather rolling in ! Great photo opportunity! Love the little creature! They’re so cute ! Thanks for sharing them and being good to them ! Love how the horse conch cleaned up ! What a prize ! You deserved that one ! 🐚
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I had read where a couple of people didn’t take weather seriously and got struck by lightning at Sanibel. I appreciate your awareness. I love little shells too- so great for crafting. Once again, your video brings a smile to my face. Cant wait till I get to live and shell🏖
Yes, I also heard a few people were hit by lightning recently and I was really saddened to hear that. I love to encourage people to go to the beach, but I also want people to make it home safely. The lightning is not to be underestimated! Thanks so much for watching and I hope you find lots of goodies when you make it to the beach! 🐚
The Crown Conch are beautiful shells. It’s hard to believe they like the mud and gunck, and underneath it all, they are gorgeous!
I LOVE cleaning those shells. What was once a triangle of slime turns into a gorgeous spikey treasure 🥰
My husband and I had to cancel our last two, yearly trips to Fort Myers. We are scheduled again in 2 months. I can not wait, I am always brought to tears when I stand in front of the Ocean, and pick up my first shell of the trip.
Your videos give me a bit of that same feeling.
Awwwww - I know that feeling. Especially when you drive over that bridge and you can see the ocean. I hope I can keep you connected with this area until you can come back!!!
Utterly delightful video ... the beach, the ocean, the sky & of course... you! 🙂 I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love your beachy adventures and so happy that you take us with you. With love & warmest best wishes from Scotland 🏴 🙂🐚🌊🌅
Wow, thank you Scotland beach friend! I am so fortunate to live in this beautiful area and it's truly my pleasure to share my excitement, knowledge and these beautiful beaches with others. Thank you so much for coming along with me!!! 🌴🌊🐚❤️
It’s so nice that you share the name of the shells, especially the tiny ones. The film footage underwater was so cool. Just love it❤️
I LOVE seeing those creatures move about in their natural inhabitant. They are so interesting! Thanks for coming along on my beach walk with me! 🤗
This is a beach I haven't heard of! As always thanks so much for sharing!
You are so welcome - thank you so much for watching!
I really enjoy your shelling adventures. I have learned so much. Thank you.
You are so very welcome!
What a nice walk on Bunche was fun to see the critters.
at 25.39 when the two shell halves are closed together I see an angel so clearly forming in the center of that shell 😍
* I am so thankfull to you for bringing me the beach to Indiana...from my first visit to the beach I fell in love. xoxo
Well I'm happy to share these gorgeous beaches with you! They are just too pretty not to share!
Very cool focusing on one type. Helps me to remember and you gave lots of special Trivia. Thanks 🤗
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching!
OH NO! Another Gorgeous day at the beach!!! 😆 🤣 😂 Let's go shelling...HOOORAY...
I loved seeing all the critters and fish. I couldn’t believe all the teeny tiny little ones you found. I love the conch shell that was really dirty but came out really clean(Too row far right.) and the lines were perfect. The big shell at the end was totally beautiful!!
Happy no lightning ⚡️ was happening that would’ve been alarming to me. Thanks for another excellent walk!! Have a great weekend!!😊
Thanks so much for admiring all the tiny shells with me! Hope you have a great weekend too!
I love watching you. I hope you made out ok with the hurricane. Was worried about you and a friend at Ft Meyers. My prayers are with you. LUCY
I love your channel. My grandparents lived in Florida for 25 years, New Port Richey. I would make the drive to Sanibel and Captiva every time I visited and spend days on the beach.
Smart. It's absolutely beautiful over there!
Loved the minis! 26:25 is indeed a dwarf olive (also nicknamed the rice olive). Your horse conch cleaned up great! Great color, considering how large it is and it usually fades a little more quickly as they age. One time I found a bunch after a storm and they literally had a wall of periostracum and shell crust and where a huge pain to clean, but it was worth it - one of them was totally dark orange beneath! Thanks for taking us along as always!
I hope I don' have to wait another 1-1/2 years until I find my next one!
Always enjoy a shelling video during dinner after a day of shelling 😁
My finds of the day were a nice chunk of a Junonia and a pinkie nail sized queen helmet.
Wow, a queen helmet. I've only ever found pieces - good for you! It's been a while since I've even found a piece of junonia. Well, the J will probably be the next bucket list shell I try to find. 🤞🏻
Yep, watch the weather! I love the minis, I’m partial to them because they are easy to pack and get back home. I really enjoyed the glassy, crystal clear water this week, so fun to wade around looking for beach treasure. Also, your giant horse conch really came out beautiful.
Well you got that right - minis are way easier to bring home than the full size ones! I would be in TROUBLE if I ever vacationed somewhere with lots of great shells. Ah, I'd probably just throw away my clothes and pack the shells for the return trip home! 😅
I like Bunche Beach for a quick beach day without going to Sanibel. Guess I need to start looking for itty bitties there! Great finds!
I found my first Wentletrap there! Bunche might not have the variety that some of the other beaches do, but I'm never disappointed with the critters and goodies I do find there! 🤗
We love Bunche Beach! It's also my go to spot for king crown's and rose petal tellins. One day about a year ago we found over 20 angel wings up in the highest tide line.
You found 20 angel wings at Bunche? That's pretty awesome! I think I might have found them there too, but very rarely. Good for you! Thanks so much for watching 🤗
Bunche was one of our favorite places when we visited FL! Thanks for another awesome video.
You are so very welcome! Bunche is definitely more of a local's beach - but I love it too! Thanks so much for coming along!
Nice walk! Thanks for taking me along! 😉😁
My pleasure 😊 Thanks for watching!
Those little hermit crabs just crack me up! Thanks for another great beach walk, the water is so clear. Happy shelling…🐚❤️
Thank you for coming along!
Thanks for sharing I so much enjoy your videos I look forward to every Sunday until we meet again have a great week yourself. 🐚🐚🐚🐚🐚
Thank you! You too!
The ones you cleaned up look really nice. Thanks for showing us the live ones. Your channel never bores me. I love shelling. Thanks for another great video. ❤️
I love exploring these beaches and sharing my finds. The beach never disappoints! Thanks for coming along Artie! 🐚
I like the crown conchs. Glad you found some. Thanks for sharing and have a Blessed week.
Thank you for coming along! Hope you have a wonderful week too!
Loved all those itty bitty ones. Too cute!
I just love your big honkin' horse conch! 👍🏻
Agreed! Those tinies are cute - wish I could have scored a wentletrap, but maybe next time. Ya never know what you're going to find! 🐚
I visited Bunchee beach in the afternoon of the 9th ! My first time, and yes..got Soaked to the bone ! But, found some nice shells !!
Well awesome! It's not normally a beach I would recommend for shelling but I did find my wentletraps there and I almost always find the crowned conchs 😅 Tonight we're going to Lover's Key but next weekend we're going kayaking 🤗
Love seeing the clouds and rain! You also got some great shells!
The weather drove me off the beach, but I did indeed find a couple of goodies 🤗 Thanks for coming along Carol!
Love watching your videos, there so educational and informative! I always learn something new! Keep up the awesome work! 💕
Thank you so much! 🤗
Not my best ‘day at the beach’. The most informative part was the example of not taking chances with possible lightening and how to clean up shells. I’m thinking of ways I can get to a beach and doing some exciting hunting myself. Thank you for sharing👍👏
You are so very welcome! I hope you do get out there and manage to find a few beach souvenirs for yourself!
Loved seeing how beautiful the horse conch cleaned up. Its lovely.
Everyone was asking so I had to include it! 🐚 Thank you for coming along!
Guess I'm going to have to make another trip down there and go to Bunche! I've made a bunch (no pun intended) of necklaces with those flat oyster shells and a charm...Loved the underwater filming! Also love those little nassa shells, especially when they have color. I think that was a dwarf or rice olive. Happy to see the horse conch cleaned up nicely! Thanks, Sharmon! xxoo
Bunche isn't great for all around shelling, but if you have a hankering for those crowned conchs, I always find them at Bunche. Yes, my big horsey cleaned up nice, but I was lucky to find one that was so clean. Thanks for watching Ginger! ❤️
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Yeah you did it and showed us the bleach work. Thank you. Amazing shell.
Thank you so much!
i love "beach time" and i am loving "critter education time" (or "creature appreciation time"), but you haven't named it yet like you have for "beach time." those hinged sunray venus clams would make great angel wings for an angel figurine made out of shells. thanks for taking us along with you! *:-)*
I never thought about the sunray Venus clams as wings - everyone just goes straight for the angel wings! I'll have to keep that in mind. Thank you so much for coming along on my beach walks! ❤️
Such an enjoyable walk and the pretty crown conchs…what fun you have going to each place and u make it so fun…I love the pink little shells u find
I haven't met a beach I don't like 🤗 I love sharing the beautiful beaches down here. Thank you so much for coming along each week!
I’m the only shell fanatic in the family and I was thrilled to find your channel! It’s lovely going along on your hunts! Many thanks for sharing!
Welcome aboard! I go on a new walk every week, and I'm ALWAYS looking for shells!
Just left Sanibel yesterday after my 1st shelling excursion there. Have to admit it was a disappointment. Sure wish I was goong to be there post tropical storm.
I'll just keep experiencing it through your posts!
Sorry to hear you had a disappointing time. Summer shelling can be quite SLOW and I was really surprised at the lack of goodies after Hurricane Eta swept by. Hopefully Fred will be a good lad and stay a little storm and drive those shells on the beach. We shall see!!!
It happens there to Sue and I also. The beaches go thru cycles. We will return.
I absolutely love watching you find beautiful shells. It makes me want to be in Florida all the time.
Well, I can't get you here full-time, but I can at least bring you on a new walk each week 🤗. It's beautiful here. I love it! 🐬🌴🌊🐚
As always, fun video with great finds!!
Love the shells and the critters. Shame the weather turned as it was so beautiful and clam at first. Thank you for sharing
It's crazy how quick the weather can turn down here. I was bummed I got drove off the beach by the rain, but I still managed to find a few goodies 🐚 Thanks for coming on my walk with me!
That FHC shell turned out awesome a beautiful job as well as all your other shells you've found today
Thanks so much for coming along on my beach walk with me! 🤗
@@SWFBeachLife Honored to do it I really enjoy your videos so much fun nice and relaxing before I go to bed have a great week my friend and I will be looking forward to seeing your next video and watching your videos
@@toro220d Thank you!! Next Sunday we’re going to Lovers Key!
I'm looking forward to some Crowned Conchs. That would be cool. Those oysters are cool too. Those Hermet Crabs scare me. lol. I'm afraid of being pinched. :)
Maybe because the beach is so calm, the shells have time to get bleached by the sun? Best guess I’ve got for the color. Great trip!
Thanks so much for watching!
I love all your trips and hunting. Makes me want to go visit FL just to go shelling😉
Another great video, luv the horse conch!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗
Nice haul! Loved all of the Sun Ray Venus shells! My favorites are still the tiny shells though! TFS! Have a great week!
Thanks for coming along Donna! Hope you have a great week too! ❤️
so cool to see the live shells underwater!
Aren't they fascinating!? I love watching them move around in their "natural environment." Everything about the beach fascinates me. Thank you for coming along!
Hi beach friend,
The little shells are definitely my favourite. They are so cute!
Great to see all the critters on the water, so fun to see all the small fish around that crown conch when you filmed it under water.
That dark sky really scared me. It amazed me that there were still people in the water when you were already walking to your car. Open water and lightning scares me so much. Glad you were sensible.
It was very interesting to see how your finds cleaned up. I'll hope you will do that also in your next video's.
Hope you have a wonderful week with lots of good finds!
Sending you a big hug and lots of love from the Netherlands. ❤ xoxo
Hello Netherlands Beach Friend! Yes, I absolutely have a healthy fear of lightning. We had a crazy wicked lightning storm last night - love to watch them from the safety of indoors!
Bunche beach is so great for checking out what's living in the shells. I was happy the critters did not disappoint. And sometimes the shells might be in horrible condition but they'll clean up great. They just need a little TLC. Thanks for coming along and I hope you have a great week too! ❤️
I’ve noticed also about the shells at Bunche being off colored. Maybe it’s a mineral rich area? I can’t figure it out. Thanks for taking us along for a great beach critter adventure! OMG the horse conch cleaned up so gorgeous!
The sand is a bit different there so maybe it is minerals. The bottom has a brownish tint to it, making the water look brown, even if it's very clear. Very curious 🤔 I have been keeping an eye on classes to become a Florida Master Naturalist - maybe one day I will find out!
@@SWFBeachLife so cool!
Awww great relaxing video my sweet friend 💕🧜🏼♀️
Yay, thank you!
Loved seeing your after photos. Your huge conch looks great!
Thanks so much! 😊 I will treasure that shell forever! 🐚
Hi ! I very much enjoyed the video and it was way interesting to see the live shells underwater. I also really loved the sun ray venus shells. Thank you so much for bringing these videos to us!
You are so very welcome! Thank you for coming along on my beach walk with me!
❤ My Daddy ... used to say nothing changes faster than weather in Florida than a womans mind lol😂
🤣🤣🤣 Wise man your daddy was!
I came to Daytona thinking i was going to find soooo many seashells and i couldn't find anything. Lol. My son found a sun bleached olive but its a little bloken... we passed by Pensacola and I shelled a little there. I found this trip's treasures there! I should have known.
Well, I haven't been to all the beaches in Florida (yet) but I think the best shelling is probably down this way in Southwest Florida. I'm glad at least you got to find some treasures!
@@SWFBeachLife well, don't go to Daytona to shell...
@@nubybautista9814 Good to know!
Love seeing the live creatures.
Me too! Thank you so much for coming along!
Awesome shells
Love it!! When we go there on super low tide days, we find hundreds of sand dollars!! And that's just the dead ones we can bring home!
Lucky you! I've found sand dollars here, but not hundreds of them. Good for you! Thanks so much for watching 🤗
I love that beach it beautiful and pretty and I love your shell its amazing😍❤
Thank you so much 🤗
This day was a beauty, even with the storm, it was great. Clear and cal water didn’t turn up a lot of what you wanted but it was awesome! The sand appears different there. I wonder if that contributes to the gray color of the shells. Loved all the cute critters!❤️❤️
I wonder the same thing - the water always looks brownish, but it's clear - if that makes sense. I think there is silt or mud or something that does discolor the shells but I don't know for sure 🤔 Thanks so much for coming along with me on my walk!
Love the littles!
We are up the road from Bunch but decided to go to the lighthouse tonight.
Hope you had fun! I like the Lighthouse beach, but I never find anything good there! Hope your luck was better than mine! 🐚
Beautiful as usual.
Thank you!
Great video!
Thank you so much!
I’d like to know your name? I’m a fairly new subbed and haven’t heard or seen your name anywhere as yet (unless I missed it).
I luv listening to your voice n just the way you talk n use cool lil verbal mannerisms or sayings.
Like when you find a critter n say ..off she “OR HE’ goes…lol. When ya say “hello fish” (so cute) n so many other funny lil phrases that Mae me smile.
Hello! My name is Sharmon. 🤗 I'm glad you're enjoying my videos! I don't write a script or anything so as I'm describing my walk things tend to just fly out of my mouth 😅
Horse conch looks great
Thank you! 🤗
Your beautiful find cleaned up. But it wasn't to bad to start.
I could see there might be some color under there. At least I got what I was looking for!
Love your videos and LOVE Bunche beach! I still need to clean mine up from my trip in May!! I had slimy green ones from Bunche too! Very curious how they’ll turn out. This video was the kick in the butt I needed!
How should I go about cleaning my slimy green crown conch shells best?
Prob resoak in water to scrub with a hard bristle brush before bleaching?
Then how long should I bleach?
How long did you acid dip?
Also I have one urchin. I’m going to watch your videos to see how you cleaned and preserved those. I can’t remember how you did those and if you used glue to seal. Saturday is my shell cleaning party day!
This is what I'd do with your crowns. Soak in water to soften gunk and try to scape as much off as possible. Then soak in 100% bleach for at least a day. Then...dip in the water/acid for about 3 seconds. Ok to go longer if you think there is more cleaning to do but don't over do it.
The urchins I collect I scrub and soak in soapy water - several times and let them dry. Then I seal them with 1 part white glue, 1 part water - 1 coat. Others like to put more coats on or use modge podge but I like a more natural matte finish. Just a personal preference. Hope you all your goodies turn out gorgeous!
He's gonna come out to kicbutt. My wife hates ghost crabs near dusk. Nice proboscis on the conch. Be well.
I tried to get a ghost crab to come out and say hi last weekend on my beach walk but no dice. I'll have to look for them next time I'm at the beach at dusk!
Oh, I work voluntary 2 days at an op shop and today a guy came in who’d lived in Florida. I mentioned I’d just got into watching your shelling videos and talked of a few beaches from your videos and the Florida fighting conche. He then informed me that some area/beaches used to be a lot lower under sea level? And something about kinda prehistoric (or something like that) which means a lot of quite unusual things can be found? If you get my drift Is that correct ?
That’s the calmest beach water I’ve ever seen, more like a flat lake , 😆😂💙
Yes! Florida used to be completely underwater and would be exposed and covered again as the glaciers melted and froze. The water level used to be as much as 100 feet lower! I'm not a fossil expert by any means, but you can absolutely find fossils here by looking in streams. Florida is so fascinating!
Great walk. TFS. I wonder if the broken 1/2 of sunray Venus clams and other bivalves are from birds like oystercatchers and other shorebirds opening them for snacks.
That's a great hypothesis - I suppose it's possible. I think something ate those clams because of the way they were all broken. I hope I discover the secret one of these days. Thanks so much for coming along!
These videos I love them 😸
Thank you!!! 🐚
The shells there seems like they are bland in color. Not so good looking crown conchs and then the nicer looking crown conchs are occupied by the hermit crabs or alive. Cool to see them alive. The little shells are pretty neat. Not too bad of a shell find there.
It's not the beach I would normally recommend to go to for shelling, but if you know what to look for, you can still find plenty of gems 🐚 Thanks for coming along!
Oh thank you for telling what you find I have a kittens paw and didn't know until I seen your other video yaaaay
Awesome! I hope eventually you'll be able to identify all your shells! 🐚
It's beautiful there
Stay Safe ... Fred may be coming Been watching for a few months on you tube TV. Take care!...m.
UGH - if The Weather Channel had their way we'd all be completely hysterical by now. I watch the local news so I don't get all freaked out. Thank you for your concern but right now it's still just a cyclone. Fingers crossed it's nothing more than a bunch of rain! 🤞🏻
I remember finding my first crownchonch and It was not long ago I PRIZE it
Aren't they awesome! I love those spikey shells! 🐚
Pretty good haul, anyway.
Yes it was! Thanks for watching!
Could you do a updated cleaning video maybe how you remove the film off of the fighting Florida conch? I remember in one of your videos you had stated that you found a way to remove it. I’m curious. Love your videos
As a matter of fact, I found some pretty slimy FFCs and they seem to be cleaning up pretty well. I will show you how they clean up in an upcoming video!
Ya know, I'm wondering if some vinegar might clean off that chalky scale on those Bunche Beach shells? It works for my tea kettle.
Someone else had suggested that so I tried it on a Florida Fighting Conch. Didn't work at all and actually made the white worse if you can believe it. Great idea though - wish it worked! I would much rather use vinegar!
What if you put the crown conchs in the acid dip, maybe they would be more colorful 🤷🏼♀️
I wrote before I finished watching. I’d love to see how they turned after dipping.
I figured it would be interesting to see how that slimy green shell cleaned up. I was hoping for a bit more color, but I'm not going to complain! Thanks so much for coming along!
What do you do with your shells? How are they displayed? I use my Florida shells in my decor in the summer months here in New England.
I get asked that question a lot!! At some point in the near future I'll make an update, but for now I show at the end of this video some of the things we've done with shells: th-cam.com/video/d7SmDUcvdjU/w-d-xo.html
And then in this video, I finally got around to making a shell mirror I had been wanting to make: th-cam.com/video/Mf5SVm8m5n8/w-d-xo.html
I have a few more projects I'd like to tackle - i just need to find the time!!!
Thx for showing us the before and after.
I will be in New Smyrna Beach in a cpl weeks.
Do you know how the shelling is there?
I’ve been trying so research. I know it’s known for sharks but not sure what kind of 🐚 shells.
Thank you!!
I have never shelled that far North on the East coast of Florida so unfortunately I don't know how the shelling is. Hopefully it's decent and you'll find a couple of goodies 🐚
@@SWFBeachLife I’ll keep ya posted. 😃
So I just got back from New Smyrna Beach on the East coast. I must say, I am a Gulf Side Girl. I love how clear the water is. How calm the water can be and ALL the beautiful 🐚 shells.
As far as 🐚 shells, where I was, very little. I couldn’t tell you the name of them. Common shells. Lol. On bright side, I found 2 shark eyes. 😉
@@brendataylor9139 2 Shark eyes are better than nothing! I haven't been that far North on the East Coast and what's crazy is I know there are fabulous shells in the Carolinas - but why not N Florida? Enjoy those shark eyes!
"If you don't like the weather, it'll change. Just wait five minutes."
Literally Florida in a nutshell with it's bipolar self
Pretty much right?! It's crazy how quickly the weather can change! Thank you for watching! 🤗
Sorta like my town in Ne. Changeable.
I know this an old video, but I was wondering if the bird broke open those sun ray Venus clams,
It certainly could be! Of a lightning whelk trying to get inside to eat the clam could be another culprit leaving part of the shell broken.
Would it be worth going to Bunche Beach as the tide is coming in if you are still looking in the water? It may be 1-2 hours past low tide when I would get there in Sept. I really want to find a crown conch
Bunche is such a shallow beach it very well might be worth it. When I was there the tide was going out, but it was at 1.87 ft. around when I started. Hope that helps! I always find crowned conchs at this beach 🤗
I’d love to know if an acid bath reveals any color or that white color is permanent!
Edit: Thanks for including the results!
The acid definitely helps, but it all depends on what condition the shell is to start with 🤗
Where is the turtle? I ❤ him
I’m coming in from Texas so what is the beach that you recommend for A the best shells and B beach glass. I have always collected white colored shells and glass, but would like your opinion.
Best shells really just depends on the tides and winds. There is no one best beach but Sanibel and South Fort Myers Beach are two of my favorites. You might find a piece of sea glass, but we don't have much over here. The gulf if rather calm so most of the glass I find is just broken and needs to be recycled. Hope you find what you're looking for when you come!
@@SWFBeachLife thank you!
My family & I are taking a trip to Florida around September 5th we're very much into shelling where should we go?
Florida is a pretty big state! I live in Southwest Florida where I happen to think all the best shells are so I would start there; Sanibel & Fort Myers Beach are pretty fantastic!
When you acid wash, does it make the shell losr its color?
If you dip it quick enough, the acid will remove the white calcium layer but leave the beautiful shell surface colors.
Is the border fighting Conch you sound would it be one that you would use the acid on?
I don't dip anything naturally shiny in acid because the acid will eat away at the shine.
What in your opinion is best beach for finding sand dollars?
Definitely Marco Island Beaches. I went to Tigertail Beach in Marco and found more sand dollars than I could carry!
th-cam.com/video/OJYA8aEB6-c/w-d-xo.html
Not sure what you do with your shells, I display mine in various bowls and collect small shells and fill unique wine and different bottles.
I get asked what I do with my shells a lot!! I show at the end of this video some of the things we've done with shells: th-cam.com/video/d7SmDUcvdjU/w-d-xo.html
And then in this video, I finally got around to making a shell mirror I had been wanting to make: th-cam.com/video/Mf5SVm8m5n8/w-d-xo.html
I have a few more projects I'd like to tackle - i just need to find the time!!!
Hi, love your videos. I don't want to be picky but when you are talking about the small part of the snail that is sticking out of the small long end of the shell, it is pronounced " PRO-BOSS-KISS " not "PRO-BOSS- IS". You keep forgetting to pronounce the "C" in there.
Thank you! I didn't study marine biology in school, so I look up how to pronounce those words. Apparently there are 2 ways to pronounce it. You must be on the academic side since you're recommending the "academic" way to pronounce it. I want to sound smarter, so I'll be sure to change it in the future! Here's the short video I found about how to pronounce it and thank you for pointing me in the right direction! th-cam.com/video/DGg65WiZPZY/w-d-xo.html
And another thought: Sunray Venus clams look like they've been dressed by Burberry trench coat tailors.
Is that why I really like them? I have the same "issue" with calico clams. They're so fancy!
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Is the water enjoyable in Florida or cold?
Lynn, it's like bathwater in the summer. Coming from the North East, it took me a while to wrap my head around the fact that the ocean is warm. Not just not cold - warm. I dislike the cold so I LOVE IT! I don't think I could snorkel otherwise. It's awesome!
Hi, how much is the cost for go shelling with you?
Sorry - I don't have any tours on the calendar right now 😌