Somebody recently asked about my shell collection. Here are some photos of my back porch. These shells were collected in the last two years. Some were from Panama, most were collected in southwest Florida. The shells were found at low tide and high tide after winter storms and light winds. The beauty of shelling is that you never know what you will find. Kind of like my back porch or garage.
I ♥ your back porch AND your garage! Both are very cool places where there's all kinds of neat things. Your shell collection is AMAZING!!
Nice haul. You kind of have a treasure chest of goodies there. I love the old, frosted glass bottles too.
Holy baby ear Shell Man! I've never seen so many in one cigar box (which is awesome too)
I agree…amazing!! Did the huge murex come from Florida??….and I love the baby ears and angel wings….Heck..I love them all!!
The large murex are from Panama. One mans's trash is another mans's treasure. This family ate the murex and then threw them out by the sea. I collected the shells. (35 pounds worth) and found out they are pretty tasty. O, how I love Panama.
So amazing! Thanks for sharing.
A truly amazing shell collection. Thanks for sharing!
Love the baby's ears. They are my favorite and I always feel lucky when I find one.
What a collection, now what do you do with them?
I always feel lucky too. I give some away. I plan on putting them in a round glass fishbowl.
Great collection! I have collected shells every year on Captiva since I was a little girl and never tire of it!
Great collection! Being landlocked in Iowa I can only dream of a collection like this! What is the green liquid that shells are soaking in (6th picture)? Thank You for sharing your collection!
Tara, Thanks for the comment. The green liquid is Mr. Clean. I was trying to get rid of the smell of wormshells found in some funky smelling muck.
Back in Germany I very much enjoy the pictures of your gorgeous porch! I am green of envy!! All these alphabet cones and the huge horse conchs.
I take very good care of the baby ears I found on Cayo Costa, thanks to you!
Take care and many greetings from chilly Germany,
Kerstin