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I just saw the part about them being added to you store 😊

@@tbarrow7389 I made em!

@@tbarrow7389 I have to get some more made up to add to the store I have only 1 left but they will be coming soon :)

@@echouebijoux do you have an idea when they will be available? We are heading to Florida soon and I would love to have one.

@@tbarrow7389 I have 1 left in stock - let me get some photos taken and I can hook you up ;) how many do you need?

thank you! I hoped people liked the discoloration info since we see it in shells often around here :)

Thanks Freda! Yeah I know, it's been a while, and i have kind of missed it too! - i gotta get back to doing this more often! between the porch renovation and the kitchen reno and the upcoming reno on my craft room, my schedule has been a little less than predictable this year since this winter - but i will get caught up eventually hopefully and back on track! ;)

sure - its a Carex UpWalker - folds down - roughly 70 or 80 bucks - avail on Walmart.com that's where i got mine hope that helps!

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@@echouebijoux thank you!❤️

@@carriechristie9058 I have so many ;) I wanted other people to get shells they were looking for - like the tulips lol - most of them were from far away!georgann & sherry are from Colorado and happened to be in Dunedin on vacation & then saw that I was gonna be in pass a grill so they drove down lol! Sabrina was here on vacation too and we met her on the scouting trip, all the way from NY - and she works at the natural history museum up there so I was really hoping for her to have a very immersive experience! And Keily was out of town too - and dawn , nancy from an hour away too :) I come to pass a grille all the time ..: so I really wanted them to experience that same YAY and thrill that I have when I’m there 🥰 that place makes me so happy I wanted other people to be happy too!

@@cindyrowland5030 awesome!! I wanted to find one soooo bad but didn’t spot any- can you post a picture over on the Facebook shell buddies page? People would love to see it

I found 6 at Hunting Island State park near Hilton Head last fall! I heard you say you used to live there and my baby sister lives in Beaufort. 😊❤

@@cindyrowland5030 I used to be in bluffton!

What months do you consider winter shelling?

@@carriechristie9058 well - things start picking up falling any sort of hurricane activity but November is when the temps start to cool off and the weather patterns change. so november to about march or so i would consider witer shelling

@@user-ht2iv7rz5r personally I’m a super sucker for anything fossil but in the modern shells I’d have to say it’s a tie between Junonia and speckled tellin love em both and both tough to find!

@@merriezahra8747 whoa!!! 😮

We tried the gulf side first but with the dredge running the sand and silt were kicked up and it was chocolate milk! I wasn’t expecting the dredge to be running on a Saturday evening lol so we ended up at the rocks and people had a good time! A couple of people found alphabet cones and lots got tulips and other goodies :) pass a grille the gift that keeps on giving ❤🎉

Great job Mich!

It was a lot of fun!🤩

Thanks so much!

@@dawnmeguin9648 oooh let me know where to look! I have only been there one time so I haven’t checked around that area much but heard they are all over the tailings islands….

there are about 40 spots blocked off on the gulf side immediately near the jetty, including the handicap spaces. on that street there is parking on the ocean and on the house side... and there are spaces on the house side. there's also spaces at the dog beach side too. go get at the rocks, you will need to park over at dog beach side and walk around the bottom ... the rocks themself have a fencing around the ROCKS because the dredge pipe is going over them BUT the flats by the rocks and the lil beach there is accessible if you come in from the dog beach side. Hope that helps!

I am trying to make this an annual thing - July is really the only time when we can make it work cuz then storms start kicking up and i am crazed with beach reports etc... so maybe next summer! :D We just went back again yesterday and had a blast!

lol i am not sure yet i haven't saved up enough big ones to do what i want yet lol! :P but once i do I will share ....

wellllll funny you should mention that... yesterday we went to PAG to SHELL TALK WITH GARY - He is a master Naturalist and does a free talk once a month at Paradise Grill. Gary says the small broken pieces on the beach are clearly not alive nor viable and that they CAN be collected.... i contacted Fish and Wildlife a few weeks back, and never got an answer from them so i may have to actually drive up to their office and get a definitive answer.....and that i will have to schedule cuz they aren't real close by... I CAN'T ADVISE OTHERS WHAT TO DO >>>YET>>> But as for me, i have been a fossil junky a while now, and i can tell by looking at many pieces if i have fossil stuff or not most of the time ....so if I find fossil stuff, then yes i will keep. We get a lot of Sepastrea Marylandica & Occulina Sarasotana fossil corral here and they are long extinct

I noticed last time I went to PAG there were mostly broken shells and bivalves. Have you seen any conches, cones etc there?

@@dalegruder2363 in my last video I found a lot of bivalves but John and I went back a couple days later and found baby whlks and baby fighting conchs and we gave away a baby horse conch to a tourist so yes they are around… in the video I just posted people were pulling fighting conchs and bigger whelks while snorkeling at higher tide level so yes they are there

@@echouebijoux I’m not going to make it. Sorry. Weather is too iffy and I’m not feeling It. It’s 94 out there! I’ll go in winter or spring. See you in shell club!

@@dalegruder2363 I wondered what happened - you were so excited to come! We didn’t have any rain at all it was great! Hot as all get out tho! I had the GoPro going tho will get that edited and up as soon as I can!

you're very welcome! And- If you like this one i have another coming out soon showing you how to make flowers from shells :) should be up in a couple weeks ;)

i have -- loooooovvveee that movie !

I am toying with the idea of a channel just of these and shorts :) still considering it but people seem to like these :)

thank you very much! You might also like a video from about a month ago where we went sharking and shell hunting in the same day :) it was called FOSSIL HUNTING IN FL, i think... 1. For Tides, I use an app called TIDES. i used to use Tideschart website a lot too - but recently their website kicked me off for checking too many places in too short of a period of time. I couldn't use it or like 3 days, that's when i went and got the TIDES app. Available from google play - not sure about iPhone tho... 2. To find fossil shells - you can check landscaping piles pretty much anywhere in sarasota and manatee counties. you can also find a LARGE pile of them out on Egmont Key on the trails... check sand bag filling stations when we have a storm coming... or there are a few river locations that you will want to check out. Upstate near brooksville and center hill, suwannee river, and there is a spot in port charlotte are that also has the older eocene and oligocene stuff too... ALSO - check the bags of shells ad rock out in from of lowes. you can literally buy bags of fossils from sanford and other areas of Florida that are FULL of fossil shells. And of course if you get lucky enough to know someone who's doing some new construction, absolutely ask to look at whatever they dig up out of a hole! Fossil hunting in FL used to be much easier, but these days it's harder to find places to go. For more o the vertebrate stuff definitely the alachua and peace rivers are where to go.

thank you! i love FL shell fossils! there are very few places where you can get this kind of diversity and quality of good shell fossils - so lucky that i live where they are!

How did your grandkids like the little fossils i sent for them in your box? :D

I know-- that color on that one was just incredible! but not gonna lie some of the fossils that we find that have color send me over the moon too!

thank you so much! and we recently got a bottle of magnesium oil that we are keeping in the van too to see if it helps. due to my autoimmune junk, i don't absorb that very well - or B or D vitamins either... so we will see if it helps! :) also, i am starting to wonder if my beach shoes were also causing problems - i got 2 new pairs and am trying both out. the 1st pair gave me blisters so those are a no but i have 2 others i am giving a shot... will let you guys know how it goes!

i wear a necklace gumby by telesin :) lets me stay hands free

interesting... i tried it out on the phone and the tv and the audio was working on this end... ???

@@echouebijoux must be me... Cheers and thank you!

you may have if you are in FL GA or the carolinas :) there's loads of them around here-- but its not like this all over the place :)

@@echouebijoux I happen to reside in South GA so that makes sense

@@TZKT21 Did you know that FL has been under and above water 4 times in the last 65 million years that they are aware of? that holds true for GA AL Carolinas and other areas around the gulf too - there is a huge ridge that drops of out in the middle that stretches from texas to here. the coastline at 1 time was 100 miles offshore in the gulf, at another it was 75 miles inland and there was no Everglades, it was all a huge inland shallow sea! The whole region is known as the Coastal Plain, and certain areas of it are particularly rich in fossils... charleston, for example, has OLDER than megladon short teeth fossils, from the C. Angustidens shark :) Check out my longer videos for ne that is called Fossil Hunting in FL, there's some cool info in there for checking into the ancient seas further :) Enjoy!

@@echouebijoux yes I was taught that in middle school and I find it quite fascinating and cool

@@TZKT21 me too - i geek out HARD on the fossil FL stuff lol... it's just so incredibly interesting! especially the shells the fossil counterparts are SO much larger than the modern ones its incredible

omg ... i do ALLLLL KINDS of stuff with them!! lol Check on my playlists tab on my channel - the "mostly jewelry" and "mostly making stuff" play lists include all sorts of fun projects... shell gazing balls, christmas lights, shadow boxes, frames, lights, wall art -- I create with shells a LOT! Stay tuned to my channel because i am currently working a wedding video (part of a series) that shows you how to do your wedding flowers out of shells! :D and as we get closer to the holidays, there will be another one on fall (halloween + thanksgiving) and christmas decorations too :) And I am glad that you know all those lil white shells are fossils now too! I am fascinated with them, and have a couple videos with lots of fossils identified in them... another one is already in the works from a recent trip where we found just MONSTER huge AMAZING Fossils - and we stumbled into them by complete accident too lol! Check out the Easter Eg-Hunt at Egmont video, we lucked into a big fossil pile over there as well lol!

They are fun to make! :D

I got some other new ones to try, some clarks - those with some water socks might do the trick :) now - if it would stop raining and lightning all the time in the afternoon, maybe i can get back on the beach again and try them out lol! Been raining a LOT around here with very energetic storms packing a lot of lightning and thunder...

it was stunning in person truly - the colors were incredible!

it was soooo much prettier in person - the camera reallyydidnt do it proper justice!

Thank you so much! :) most folks don't realize this, but i used to teach crafting classes and get projects published in instructional magazines a lot back before seeeeee one nine happened ... i even taught a class at interweave Beadfest years back! :) When I make my crafting videos, i am aiming for my viewers to have the feeling like we sat down in class or home and just hung out a while being creative :D i sure hope that's how things come across! i try to give a lot of pointers so people who try the projects are happy with how they come out :D

I have not seen any signs that they are separating the shells from the sand unfortunately - but the beach is all blocked off too. its technically possible that they are behind the equipment...but i have not seen any sign of that at all so far. the sand is also not coming from an offshore sand spot that's deep either - its coming from over near the op of shel key because sand has been choking a channel. so we will have to see what kind of shells wash out once they are done this phase! we dont have the go ahead for phase 2 yet so we will be able to see what's what when this phase wraps up. its a fraction of what they want/need to renourish

@@echouebijoux wow thank you for all the info! I’ll keep an eye out for any of your videos on the status of the next phase. Would love if some cool shells were uncovered at some point 😊

@@vickyjronica they should be done this phase by late august or september i think, and you can bet i will be out there looking once they are!

Thank you so much!

thank you so much - I worked pretty hard on this one to get good info together and present both sides of things.. renourishment --- its a catch 22... renourishment is necessary because infrastructure is at risk - but the trouble too is that when some of this infrastructure was put in place, the coastline was a lot different. There's a fellow who's been in a few of my videos, Master Naturalist Gary - i run into him a lot at Pass A Grille actually. He was showing me this chunk of coral rock on the beach near the rocks at PAG - its distinctive, has a hole through it. He told me he has pictures of him reaching up and the hole being 7 feet above the sand line. This spring before they closed the area off, that same rock with the hole, the hole was like 8 inches above the sand. The bottoms of these barrier islands are growing and the tops are getting wiped out ... pinellas, manatee, sarasota counties its the same on the islands. That's the trouble with barrier islands and keys., they move. and most of the ones i see seem to me moving southward.... A fantastic example is the dome houses down near the 10k island area - they started on land and within 20 years they were completely inaccessible and uninhabitable. so - yes renourishment needs to be done to protect homes, to protect infrastructure... but GAWD its expensive - and at times, almost seems futile. I was out at sunset beach right after the repaired dunes were finished then we went again after some winter storms and the brand new repair dunes were obliterated. so its a never ending battle on the beach between mother nature and man ... but one we must continue

@@echouebijoux No one does a beach info video like you do! I love the reports, and PAG is my #1 fav. I always come home with something nice. I hope they get the results they are expecting, because it sure is pricey! PS Love that you are wearing more of your lovely jewelry! It's a highlight for me as well.

@@Kammy44 thank you!

in a manner of speaking, yes... tax dollars set aside by pinellas and by state of florida too for beach erosion repairs. honestly, altho i understand some of the resistance on the part of the homeowners, if i was one of them i would want it fixed. i have seen firsthand how much disappeared over on longboat key and it was staggering - some of those homes had the dunes piled against their homes 3 feet high and the beach was stripped and ocean was getting to where folks had grass - i mean like BAD. it can happen so fast... 1 storm can make a huge difference. and we had MANY this winter. Like 1 A WEEK for a while...

Thank you so much! and YES you can ABSOLUTELY GET TO THE BEACH by Paradise Grill and The Hurricane! The lower down area being renourished is blocked off but there is access at and above Paradise Grille right now. That area is supposed to be Phase 2, but without the easement issue resolved it doesn't look like Phase 2 has the green light right now. When you hit the beach at Paradise Grill itself, the high tide makes it to the sea wall but at low tide you'll find some shells and some broken up frit... above that tho, its as it always is in the summer - a good selection of smaller shells with a few bigger ones mixed in. Keep your eyes peeled for Alternate and Speckled Tellins around that area, too.. i have gotten very lucky around there on many occasions!

PS... if you can, go hit Egmont Key too! the ferry for it leaves from the lower launch in fort desoto now instead of the north boat launch - its right over by the dog beach now and worth a visit!

@@echouebijoux this is wonderful news! I love to visit Pass A Grille every time I come to the area. Thank you! 😁

I echo Michelle's suggestion of Egmont. The ride to the beach is considerably shorter now, even if you spot dolphins and they drive to let you see them. The shells there were AMAZING when we were there in March. I love Egmont, but I've never had a bad day on a boat. Also Ft. DeSoto is another of our favs.

@@Kammy44 we just went to Desoto yesterday and we had a GREAT shell run :D that's coming to video soon... :D i love desoto its awesome

Thank you! It's sure interesting watching this all unfold and I still need to check on Sarasota for the same issue too - longboat key got really roughed up in some spots too... and re the muffled sound - Thanks for the tip - i took the cover off my GoPro to get the card out, and discovered there was some sand blocking the microphone holes in front on both the camera and the cover! i hadn't even noticed! If I can save up some funds, I am hoping to upgrade to the next generation of GoPro - that would let me use a wireless mic, which would help incredibly on the windy beaches and save me a lot of audio tweaking edit time for sure... when Im in front of the computer i just need to make sure I speak loudly enough - but when we are in windy conditions with the GoPro, it's tough to get clean audio in the winds :)

Thank you so much! It was fun to get together with her for a lil bit too when we dropped the items off :) we met up and got stuck by some crazy rain for a bit so we sat and chatted a bit :) lol we've been texting for a long time, so it was cool to finally meet up! The Sanibel box and the shell tree were my favorites but i really liked a couple of the necklaces, too :) LOL Sharmon loved the shadow box (her exact words were WOW! You NAILED It!) but her eye also got really big when I showed her the baby fighting conch called Make Up Your Mind, as it was both knobbed and knob-ess in 1 shell hahaha!) It was awesome to see how the online community pulled together as well, and a couple folks who got my items came up to the Sarasota Shell Club show and I got to meet them too! ahhhhh... look how much love and light that the fascination with seashells creates in this world... it really is extremely special :D I am honored to share it with the world :)