I spent a lot of time picking up seashells along the Florida coastline when I was a resident there, and the blue shells are some of my favorite. Because they all somewhat match, I arranged them around a white moon shell and took this photo to use in my Millhill shop.
Blue Seashells Postcard
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As my son and I boat around the Indian River and Intracoastal Waterway on Florida’s east coast, I get photos and share stories on this blog. Click one of the images below to read more.
The Coffee Melampus Shell Identification
The Coffee melampus shell is small and roundish. The one I photographed is brown in color with horizontal stripes. The hermit crab which was carrying the shell, was hidden down under the large crown conch. It’s one of those small shells which would be easy to overlook while beach-combing. The living crown conchs seemed to […]
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The Bruised Nassa Is a Tiny Sea Snail
The Bruised Nassa shell is so small that it would be very easy to miss on a sandy beach. They only grow to be 3/4 of an inch and this one is about a half inch. Luckily there was no hermit crab inside so I brought it home to get these photos. I found this […]
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Horse Conch Called “Knobless Wonder”
When a reader left me a comment about my big horse conch photo, saying that it looked unusual, I began to look more closely at the horse conch photos I had taken and compare them with photos online. Apparently the horse conchs I usually find are called “knobless wonder”. This is because they lack the […]
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Kevin
very cute blog and i love all the great images! i just started a website selling seashells at http://www.seashellsupply.com if anyone is interested in purchasing some for crafts or decoration.
-kevin
Dustytoes
Hi Kevin, that is a great looking site. I will link to it on my side bar. Thanks for visiting.