Sanibel Island. Walking to Lighthouse Beach before it opened to see the Sanibel Lighthouse.

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июн 2023
  • Sanibel Island got wholloped by Hurricane Ian, but repairs are being made and the beaches are open! Is it a bad thing to have the beach to yourself? Normally I would say no, but Sanibel Island is open and the beaches are beautiful and it’s such a shame more people aren’t here to enjoy it.
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Комментарии • 217

  • @stacymccarty1057
    @stacymccarty1057 11 месяцев назад

    "Just show me a shell and I'll tell you something I like about it." ----can't love this quote more!!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      LOL - someone else picked up on that line. It's so true - I just love these little calcium deposits!

  • @seashellmermaid
    @seashellmermaid 11 месяцев назад +9

    I walked from Tarpon Beach to Lighthouse beach back in January. Saw full refrigerators...dumpsters...embedded in the sand. There she was...still standing, that beautiful sign of resiliency, our Sanibel Strong Lighthouse!!!
    I spent months having the beach to myself most days.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      There is something about that lighthouse isn't there? We still have a long way to go in the clean up department but the beach is still beautiful. I hope you and yours are okay!

  • @cazee100
    @cazee100 11 месяцев назад +13

    Like a Phoenix, Sanibel is risen from the ashes. I was so worried for Sanibel during Ian, happy to see she is still beautiful and has shells. Lovely walk too. Stay safe xx

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +3

      There are times when I still can't believe that hurricane happened. Piles of concrete where a hotel used to sit. It will be okay in a few years but it's going to take a lot of time. ❤️

  • @janiebennett5645
    @janiebennett5645 11 месяцев назад +11

    Thank you so much for taking me back to my old stomping grounds. I love seeing how much repairs they have done to her. She is still in ICU but she's looking better each time you go to our favorite gal, Sanibel.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, she's off life support but she still needs some TLC. We just need people to come and spend some money here!

    • @janiebennett5645
      @janiebennett5645 11 месяцев назад

      @@SWFBeachLife I'm in Indianapolis, Indiana. I would LOVE to come back and spend time ...AND MONEY!! Maybe one day.

  • @lindsayschilling8707
    @lindsayschilling8707 11 месяцев назад +13

    Hooray, Sanibel! 🐚 😎

    • @cherylhafner1946
      @cherylhafner1946 11 месяцев назад

      So happy to see Sanibel♥️! Have you received your new shell bag yet?

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      I did! I got it from sunsportcanvas.com.
      One of these episodes I'll remember to tell everyone!

    • @billrobbins5874
      @billrobbins5874 11 месяцев назад

      Beautiful day there, thanks for taking us along!

  • @crafteymag
    @crafteymag 11 месяцев назад +2

    The part I enjoyed the most today was the last with your poem and the five doves, beautiful!

  • @abeach5420
    @abeach5420 11 месяцев назад +1

    Yes to 'chunky beachscapes' = so many treasures.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      I love a good chunky beach!!

  • @hartsingh815
    @hartsingh815 11 месяцев назад +1

    Lighthouse oh Lighthouse how strong art thou? Yaaay 4 being there oh Lighthouse...thank u Ms.sharmon

  • @juliebessett8127
    @juliebessett8127 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m about to say something I’ve never told anyone.
    Long ago (early 90’s) I had the most magical encounter with a gentleman on a beach on Sanibel. I’d give anything to be with him again.
    He lived there and I was just a naive Vermonter…. We Vermonters obviously haven’t a sea coast.
    My memory is still vivid.
    My heart breaks in learning the beautiful island’s damage. My love and prayers for it’s thrive.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      What a magical memory! Hold onto that special moment you were able to create! ❤️

    • @deehuntley1712
      @deehuntley1712 11 месяцев назад

      Thank you for sharing. You made me smile with a giggle in my heart💜

  • @jacruick
    @jacruick 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love those kitten paws ….

  • @dmcdaniel2009
    @dmcdaniel2009 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for ALWAYS picking up trash!! Your LOVE for the beach is BEAUTIFUL. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

  • @carolmusso7767
    @carolmusso7767 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for another peaceful, informative adventure. I look forward to spending time with you every week. It is my mindfulness time! ❤️🐚

  • @c.s.7266
    @c.s.7266 11 месяцев назад

    My dream has always been living on the beach. It must be so peaceful

  • @kathycox6420
    @kathycox6420 11 месяцев назад

    Oh Lighthouse Beach….😢. The view of the parking lot is quite a sight. Thanks for the walk and see!

  • @JILLCritterologist
    @JILLCritterologist 11 месяцев назад

    "Show me a shell, and I'll probably tell you something I like about it." 🥰 Me too, although you've given me a new appreciation for some of them, like the prickly cockle. I'll be admiring their purple interiors now! I've been watching for some months now but only recently been able to comment (finally figured out I needed a you tube channel to post comments). Love your positivity!!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment!

  • @donnanicolazzo8577
    @donnanicolazzo8577 11 месяцев назад +1

    I used to hate Sundays...knowing it is back to work tomorrow. But thanks to you, I now look forward to Sunday !

  • @joanne9195
    @joanne9195 11 месяцев назад +2

    So glad to see Sanibel again the recovery will happen! Thanks for a great video, my Sunday’s are not complete until I watch your video. Thank you!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      You're too sweet! 🙏🏼

  • @heidicook4030
    @heidicook4030 11 месяцев назад +2

    Nice Sunshine shells!

  • @courtneyawalsh
    @courtneyawalsh 11 месяцев назад +2

    Sharmon…you should develop a seashell app! 🐚

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +2

      It's been added to "the list"!

  • @mariejung73
    @mariejung73 11 месяцев назад +1

    Cool to see all the different egg casings

  • @courtneyawalsh
    @courtneyawalsh 11 месяцев назад +1

    Arielle Ford has a book called: “Wabi Sabi Love” I believe.

  • @jolynnburns4306
    @jolynnburns4306 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for taking us along! I was glad to see the lighthouse! Have a great week. See you Sunday!! XOXO

  • @karynagibson05
    @karynagibson05 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks again for the BEST part of my Sunday Sharmon! ❣
    As always, love from Minnesota! 🎉❤🐚

  • @JerrySmith-jm2hu
    @JerrySmith-jm2hu 11 месяцев назад

    Sanibel stay strong!!!
    See you soon.

  • @haydenm2489
    @haydenm2489 11 месяцев назад +2

    Finally got to go shelling again. Went to Siesta key last week, not to many shells but found a few decent ones.
    Really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work.

  • @jflclc
    @jflclc 11 месяцев назад

    Watching your videos makes me want to visit Sanibel Island!

  • @zelmabyrn2115
    @zelmabyrn2115 10 месяцев назад

    Loved the beach walk and learning as we go! That was refreshing!

  • @justyp
    @justyp 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hey, thanks for the trash pickup you’re doing! When I walk my dog up here in pinellas, I do the same. Nice for wherever your neighborhood is!!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you! I know we can make a positive impact when we leave things better than when we arrived!

  • @roxannereinhart1801
    @roxannereinhart1801 11 месяцев назад

    I can’t believe how you identify the different egg casings so quickly!

  • @fields-n-feathers
    @fields-n-feathers 11 месяцев назад

    I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE EVERY WEEK.🧡👏🏼

  • @deedorothypapineau6920
    @deedorothypapineau6920 11 месяцев назад +1

    It’s late Sunday night and I’m really enjoying SWF in the middle of a lightning storm.
    Boy it was loud!
    The ground shook.
    It’s 1:43am and I hear a small bird outside. I hope it’s nest is okay.
    Great to see the lighthouse is still standing.
    I’ll see you next week 👋❤️👋

  • @dianesherrill1130
    @dianesherrill1130 11 месяцев назад +1

    Your show is the best. Love 💞 it. Love 💞 it.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @beachbum-mk1cu
    @beachbum-mk1cu 11 месяцев назад

    I love what you showed us about the Sand dollar!!

  • @Eco-pu2zs
    @Eco-pu2zs 10 месяцев назад

    It breaks my heart to see the island like this. I wonder how old those lighthouse buildings were. You can rebuild houses but not history.

  • @williampacey9194
    @williampacey9194 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the sand dollar dove explanation. I didn’t know that.

  • @wendylandry4252
    @wendylandry4252 11 месяцев назад +1

    The lighthouse losing it's leg makes me 😢. I guess coming from a hurricane hit town I remember when I heard the main tall building in our town was badly damaged. It kind of makes your heart hurt. I am glad Sanibel is making it's comeback and the beach walk was fabulous as always. Thank you.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      It was really awful not knowing what was going on down here but even if we stayed we still wouldn't have had info. There was no power and no internet. We had the radio but that was about it. I was SO relieved when I heard the lighthouse was still standing! 🙏🏼

  • @VeronicaRonniDorval2638
    @VeronicaRonniDorval2638 11 месяцев назад

    Some very beautiful colors today! 😍

  • @marie-sophie4
    @marie-sophie4 11 месяцев назад

    What a wonderful blessing to go back to Sanibel lighthouse beach it is so nice to go back and enjoy this beautiful beach with you 🩵😎🏖️🐚🐬

  • @carolledger8047
    @carolledger8047 11 месяцев назад

    Yay! Sanibel is open! I'm glad it's mostly repaired after hurricane Ian. Thank you for taking me along on another great adventure. 🥰🥰🥰

    • @crjvideos9755
      @crjvideos9755 10 месяцев назад

      Sadly, it is not mostly repaired. All those condos along the beach are, at best, gutted. The blue-roofed buildings at 9:36 are Sanibel Arms West. My heart is there and it's so painful to see it that way.

  • @tammymoore-kloss9680
    @tammymoore-kloss9680 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful day at the beach ! ❤thanks for sharing

  • @donnabopp9327
    @donnabopp9327 11 месяцев назад

    So good to see Sanibel and the lighthouse! I especially liked Lear I g your new phrase: wabi sabi!

  • @jkperdue1109
    @jkperdue1109 11 месяцев назад

    I felt like I was in a class, today.
    Thanks for the lesson Professor Charmaine🍎 I enjoyed every minute. I like that term, wabi-sabi

  • @kathyterrell2452
    @kathyterrell2452 10 месяцев назад

    Your knowledge is so vast!! Thank you!! I love your videos!!!

  • @lindylou3519
    @lindylou3519 11 месяцев назад +1

    Good to hear Sanibel is accepting visitors. Was planning on staying somewhere like Ft Myers or even Punta Gorda but Punta Gorda is still trying to clean up as well.

  • @OliviaLayton0407
    @OliviaLayton0407 10 месяцев назад

    I’m a big fan of shelling and I even use a sand sifter to get shells

  • @nancyalberghini7581
    @nancyalberghini7581 11 месяцев назад

    Love your channel, would you please while on Sanibel beach scan along the beach the hotels, condos etc so that we can see how the construction is going for those of us that are anxiously awaiting the new construction and staying on the Island.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for coming along with me!

  • @user-ds8wz2zh3i
    @user-ds8wz2zh3i 11 месяцев назад

    Love seeing the Lighthouse! We are excited to get back to Sanibel in the fall for the first time since Hurricane Ian!

  • @user-wf5gx5ud3q
    @user-wf5gx5ud3q 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you Sharon for a lovely beach walk to the Lighthouse 🩵

  • @crystalcloud5065
    @crystalcloud5065 11 месяцев назад +1

    I am so glad I found your channel. I so enjoy these weekly videos. Have been sick with respiratory problems lately and have been rewatching earlier videos. Your excitement makes me laugh, makes me feel better. I just can't wait to move down there. Hopefully sooner than later. I would love to go shelling with you one day. I think that would be so cool. Thank you for the videos. You Totally Rock!!!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I hope you are feeling better! When we decided to move I waited 3 long years and it was worth every minute!

  • @Jean2235177
    @Jean2235177 11 месяцев назад

    I miss Sanibel. Thank you for taking us along. ❤️

  • @andreaontariocanada5220
    @andreaontariocanada5220 11 месяцев назад

    So miss and feel bad that I never got my kids to Sanibel back in 2018. Love the white sand and the warmest waters

  • @trishcook1857
    @trishcook1857 11 месяцев назад

    Lovely to see Sanibel and the Lighthouse, thank you x

  • @gotbaby
    @gotbaby 11 месяцев назад

    We are headed to FMB, Sanibel and Captiva on 7/29. Been watching so many of your videos since I found you! I've gotten very good at identifying shells thanks to you, lol. My almost 17 yo man-child is obsessed with shelling (which I find so sweet and cute!). Our Ohio house has soooooo many shells, lol. We have been to this area several times - all pre-Ian, so I'm preparing myself for what it will look like. This is where he wanted to go after I sent him links to your videos - and seriously, the kid just got back from the BVI! And we wanted to return and support all the local businesses. I will be watching your videos every week as we get ready for our trip. Now thinking we may try to do a tour up to Cayo Costa. So many shells, so little time! Let's go to the beach - and maybe we will see you out there!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      You never know - I'm always out there somewhere! And if you are having a hard time finding shells - maybe try a tour to Kice Island. That place never seems to stop having shells!

  • @samsmomm
    @samsmomm 11 месяцев назад

    Just got back from two weeks in the Smokey Mountains and it was so good to see your video! Great that Sanibel is open again.

  • @SnowPink90
    @SnowPink90 11 месяцев назад

    Sanibel, how I love Sanibel!! If I find out if a person went to Florida, I’d ask them, Have you been to Sanibel looking for shells? Some say, Yes, and I loved it. Some say, Ya, it’s ok, but it’s the one beach I’d love to check out if I ever get down there. I was so upset when I saw it after H I. So happy to see it trying to get back to normal.
    It’s wonderful that you did a video of what it looks like now and that you went to the lighthouse, thank you!!🩷
    I’m going to collect sand dollars and get the turtle doves and I’ll just do it to broken ones. 🥰🐬
    The name of that nut is just so comical!!😂 So cool seeing the Cuban land snail. The one that landed in or around you pool after H I was bigger than the ones you saw today if I remember correctly.
    Thank you for your beautiful beach walk video, it was great!! Have a great week!!🥰🐬

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I am thoroughly impressed with your memory! I did indeed fish one brown cuban snail out of my pool after the hurricane! I can't believe you remembered. I actually found two more of them on my morning walk in my neighborhood last week. Too bad they aren't albino moon snails!

  • @maggieslifeisawildride512
    @maggieslifeisawildride512 11 месяцев назад

    Your videos/excursions are always so relaxing. I remember my mom telling me that little poem as a child during one of our vacations. I collected several sand dollars and one broke. I was upset but we sat down and fished out the five doves. I kept all the pieces together in my little ballerina jewelry box...Lol! Fond memories. I can't wait to see the process for cleaning and preserving them again. We knew how to clean but never knew about the white glue trick.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Your mom was a smart lady! There can be benefits to things that are wabi-wabi! I will show you how white the sand dollars get next week. They are still soaking in Hydrogen Peroxide!

  • @michelecarter5017
    @michelecarter5017 11 месяцев назад +1

    I want to thank you. You inspired me to go shelling which I dearly love. Went to shell key today and had a blast

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      You are very welcome Michele! I'm glad you got out there and had a great time!

  • @trinidadcindy3908
    @trinidadcindy3908 11 месяцев назад

    Love those sea shell hoping also to have them especially sand dollar ❤...

  • @ittybittykittymama7582
    @ittybittykittymama7582 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hurray! First again! I've been waiting! Good evening, dear Beach Angel! Glad to see you!
    I don't remember the lighthouse, but my only visit to Sanibel was when I was about nineteen. I had time to run from the parking lot to the shore, scoop up handfuls of shells into my rucksack and run back to the car! I got a few nice shells and a lot of "craft shells," but I was happy. I'll do better next time, as I have a plan.
    I like the disc docinias because they are so white and pristine. To pick up a joined pair would be great!
    I'm so glad I just read that shell book. I can relate better, now, to the shells you find. The book said that the black shells come from sulfurous soil under the sand, indicating that, a long time ago, that area was a lagoon and not an open sea beach. Cool!
    I LOVE the calico scallops with the sunray patterns streaking up from the umbo to the edge. They look like the sunrise!
    Beautiful operculum! Great managrove propagule! I'd throw it back as far as I could, to give it a chance to sail farther! Did you know they often sail upright so their roots are sticking down, maybe to enable rooting.
    Great pen shell! I used to collect those when I was a kid, but they're more trouble than your fighting conchs! Those carditas are very pretty!
    I knew that feathers from songbirds and raptors are illegal. However, if you hold a Bureau of Indian Affairs Identification card designating you as an Indigenous Person of an Affiliated Tribe, you are allowed to possess and use certain feathers (eagles, hawks and some owls), in religious ceremonies.
    I wonder if you could drill the nicker nuts to make a necklace? That would be cool!
    Oh, the lighthouse at last! It's a real survivor, just like all you wonderful people of Lee County! God bless all of you!
    Pretty little paper fig! Apple murexes, too! Joy, joy!
    Speaking of joy, it's beach time! How that blessed sound washes over my landlocked soul!
    I see two seahorses, back to back, in that calico scallop! That red scallop is strangely beautiful.
    Finally, a fighting conch! You have actually gotten me to develop a new appreciation for fighting conchs. They are very pretty!
    Beach Angel, you made a good haul today! Now for the doves! Oh, I never heard that poem before! Now I'll have to find a broken sand dollar!
    Hope all you virtual beachgoers have a great week! See you all next week on Kice and Dickman!
    Remember to leave nothing on the beach but your footprints in the sand!
    Good night, Beach Angel, great video!
    Much love, The Lost Mermaidu

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Four years ago I couldn't have told you a bivalve from a gastropod or what the heck an operculum was. It's amazing how much one can learn when you're really interested. Lighthouse Park was so pretty with all its greenery, but it will come back. I'm just grateful we still have that lighthouse. Pieces of it had to be fished out from the bottom of the ocean when it was originally being constructed as the boat bringing the pieces over sank. Normally the destination doesn't matter, but this trip I really wanted to see that structure. Hopefully each visit will show more recovery progress! XOXOX

  • @roxiegs348
    @roxiegs348 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much! Once again a great video. Calming and peaceful.

  • @leslyeschoenhuth1107
    @leslyeschoenhuth1107 11 месяцев назад

    * Thanks for the app for plants. Very cool.. I love your fountain of information. Blessings.

    • @pooh196847111
      @pooh196847111 11 месяцев назад

      I searched the App Store and couldn’t find the app. Please share where to download please🫶🏻

  • @nancycross2228
    @nancycross2228 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for visiting my favorite beach ! And that was an access new to me..thanks again.

  • @shellstories
    @shellstories 11 месяцев назад +1

    When I have a hard time finding the larger shells I generally end up trying for minis or otherwise changing up my strategy. I've used the Seek app in the past, it's pretty cool. Briefly tried it with shells and it seemed to have worked, albeit the shells I used were a FFC and a Lightning whelk, which may have been too easy. I think its main selling point are plants and otherwise things that don't frantically run away from you. Happy shelling!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I have managed to ID a few birds, butterflies, a snake and bugs with that app too. It's pretty neat. What I would give to have one resource to ID all the shells we find!!

  • @theshellnuts
    @theshellnuts 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing these updates and images. More great FFC finds! So good to see Sanibel. We went back a few months ago and weren't able to access the lighthouse area because parking was still closed so thank you so much for sharing this footage. We can't wait to get back and shell in this area because it's such a beautiful place and also contribute to some of the local businesses. Great restaurants there. So sad to see the buildings missing from around the lighthouse. Hopefully we have a quiet storm season and this area of Florida can continue to recover. Really great video. Thank you again!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I have a real problem with the FFCs. I do pretty good if I don't pick the shell up, but once in my hand there's a good chance I'm taking it home.
      I was dying to go back to the Lighthouse and didn't find out they were opening the parking lot until I had already been there. So parking is now open! It's so sad to see all the destruction but I just concentrate on the positive developments 😃 Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

  • @marciaslay1149
    @marciaslay1149 11 месяцев назад

    Great video and I love that lighthouse, also the broken shells are beautiful and I will always remember Wabi Sabi, thank you for sharing

  • @ztag1p
    @ztag1p 10 месяцев назад

    Love your vide, love the shells, love the water and critters. So, in regards to those particular things, what’s not to love? We were there part of last February and March and enjoyed it so much. Stayed in Ft Myers. Hoping for a repeat visit this year. Keep working, it’s going to get there, maybe even better than ever BECAUSE of the adversity.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  10 месяцев назад +1

      I like your attitude! ❤️

  • @sconn0925
    @sconn0925 11 месяцев назад +4

    Loved walking the beach with you and learning some more interesting beach facts. Watching the pelican dive near the lighthouse was cool. I was lucky enough to visit Sanibel yesterday. My last visit was about a month ago and I was so pleased to see the substantial progress that has been made on the island in the past month. The cleanup is so impressive. We visited Bowman's in the late morning so we didn't find much of a variety of shells but I did start a collection of colorful calico scallops. They just call to me. 😊 I was lucky enough to step on a good-sized lightning whelk while bobbing in the surf so my great day on the island turned into an even better one. We plan on returning at the end of July. Will any of the Sanibel beaches be better for shelling than others at that time? Is early morning usually best? Thank you.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      It's always hit or miss on the beaches, but I go anyway and try at low tide if at all possible. July will be "slow" - however if one of those summer storms happens to be close enough it could kick up some shells for us. I would just spend as much time at the beach as possible. It increases your chances of getting struck by shell luck!

  • @janetkyle9932
    @janetkyle9932 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this and the ending with the sand dollar. So awesome 🥰

  • @aleciagrant4114
    @aleciagrant4114 11 месяцев назад

    I went to Pass a Grille beach today and found my first limpid. I am going to Sanibel soon. Thanks for the awesome video. Have a Blessed Week!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Congrats on that limpet!

  • @geraldineficarelli8626
    @geraldineficarelli8626 11 месяцев назад

    Another great video...loved the doves and the poem ❤

  • @lindsayschilling8707
    @lindsayschilling8707 11 месяцев назад

    Wow, the Murex Egg Casing was fascinating! Thanks, Sharmon, for always keeping it real and very, very interesting. I learn new 'stuff' with each of your vids. 😊

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I like "slowing down" in the summer. It lights up a different part of my brain and gets me thinking about different parts of the beach 😃

  • @ninakerstetter579
    @ninakerstetter579 11 месяцев назад

    So happy to see the sea life renewing itself. ❤️

  • @denisem6754
    @denisem6754 11 месяцев назад

    Sanibel does have gorgeous beaches and I’m sure the crowds will return. In the meantime you get to enjoy those beaches almost alone! The shell piles were amazing. Thanks for a lovely visit to the beach.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      It's "slow" season right now anyway, but holy smokes there is no one on the beaches! I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

  • @suzisharp132
    @suzisharp132 11 месяцев назад

    So glad to see you on Sanibel again. It's very sad that everything around the lighthouse is gone, but good to see the lighthouse itself is still standing . . . sort of. I loved the week I spent on Sanibel and was blessed with many wonderful shells. I don't travel any longer so I love going with you on your beach walks. Thanks for sharing!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you for coming along with me on my beach walks!

  • @bonnerdebbie
    @bonnerdebbie 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks Sharmon, lovely walk on the beach.

  • @rosaliepingree4198
    @rosaliepingree4198 11 месяцев назад

    Enjoy watching your beach visits every Sunday evening! Pittsburgh, PA

  • @brendachapman7686
    @brendachapman7686 11 месяцев назад

    I had no idea about the sand dollars. That’s so cool!!! I love your videos. I live in the mountains of western North Carolina but I love the beach. Every week you take me to the ocean, my happy place. Thank you and have a great week!!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for coming to the beach with me! I hope you have a great week too!

  • @denisedill3552
    @denisedill3552 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for your videos!

  • @Notable2Nikki
    @Notable2Nikki 11 месяцев назад

    It is hard to see the Lighthouse area so devastated! I'm so thankful I was able to vacation on Sanibel last year before the hurricane. I want to go back so much but I want my kids safe from the debris in the water as well. Hopefully, we can do it next summer!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      By next summer the place should really be looking good!

  • @doctordoctor7813
    @doctordoctor7813 11 месяцев назад

    Can’t wait to get there in August 🐚

  • @fredamoore1743
    @fredamoore1743 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Sharmon! Loved the trip to Sanibel Lighthouse. I found so many nicker nuts there back in 2022. I love those. And I am crazy about the egg cockles like you are the horse conchs! Can't pass one by. Can't wait to see Sanibel again this year. Thanks for taking us along!

    • @debnordman1640
      @debnordman1640 11 месяцев назад +1

      I love the nicker nuts too; I've always just known them as one of the types of sea beans. They're so smooth & irresistible to the touch. I like keeping one in a pocket like a worry stone. Just a cool thing to find in Nature!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +2

      And I love that you can feel that little seed on the inside knock around. So many neat things to appreciate at the beach!

  • @jenniferstevenson7379
    @jenniferstevenson7379 11 месяцев назад

    Lighthouse Beach still looks wonderful! Thank you for taking us along. I was In Jacksonville, Florida over Father’s Day weekend and went to Mickler’s Beach. I thought of you because I found a Lady-in- Waiting Venus clam (instantly recognized thanks to your videos!) and several Wentletraps in dried up tide pools. Yay!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I love finding those wentletraps!

  • @countrygirlgramma
    @countrygirlgramma 11 месяцев назад

    I so enjoy your channel. I'm from Oklahoma, but I just love the beach. In 2020, my family took a vacation and drove to sanibel Island. We hit about 4 other beaches on the way. I would do it again in a heart beat.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      It's a little beat up, but it's still beautiful!

  • @jeanmarie4368
    @jeanmarie4368 11 месяцев назад

    It is wonderful seeing your video of Sanibel especially having just been there on opening day of the parking area and beach at the lighthouse. The amount of shells I found at low tide that evening was incredible. Some people even found Junonias buried in the sand. I wasn’t that lucky myself but I did find at least one of every shell listed on the FloridaShell guide and several more that were not listed. I can’t wait to go back again.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Whoa - really? Lighthouse beach has NEVER been that good to me. I'm glad she was to you though. It was her way of thank you for the visit! 🌴

  • @saraclark8611
    @saraclark8611 11 месяцев назад

    I am so happy you were able to go to Lighthouse Beach. I am sure it was a moment of relief and happiness and yet sad all at the same time, but I am really happy for you to be able to go! I can not believe the flip side of that calico scallop!!! OMG soooo beautiful!!! I will be headed to the Fort Meyers area in the next two months to look at perspective neighborhoods I would like to move to, while I am there I plan on spending lots of time in Sanibel. I will never know pre Ian beauty but I do know there is beauty in everything and that walk on the beach was priceless!!! Thank you 💕🐚🪸

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      Even after that hurricane I love here! The buildings are going to take time to repair but the beach is beautiful!

  • @pamschmeltz2013
    @pamschmeltz2013 11 месяцев назад

    Loving your Sunday videos,please don’t stop making them. I don’t like the short videos that everyone is making!

  • @carolined5923
    @carolined5923 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful place

  • @gingermackeen5741
    @gingermackeen5741 11 месяцев назад

    Lol. "Show me a shell and I'll tell you something I like about it." That's a great SS quote!😊 Wow! Can't believe how different the lighthouse looks from when I was there last summer...😢 Well I guess I made a wabi Sabi shell sculpture the other day because I kept 2 brilliant pieces of shells. One was a beautiful gold inside chunk of a pear whelk and the other was the piece of purple FFC I think I sent you a picture of. Happy to see shells there! I'm hopeful tomorrow will be better here. The onshore wind has finally died down...😊 Thanks Sharmon! xxoo

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      I am DYING to pick up more turbans! I have this lamp I want to fill with them so I'm excited about bringing my husband and 3 shells bags when we do make it up there- LOL!
      Yes, Sanibel did get hit right on the chin but we are resilient us Floridians! After a summer of good rains a lot of the green should come back.

  • @carolhopps5871
    @carolhopps5871 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Sharmin. I will ge on Sanibel island Oct 17th & 18th. I hope I get to meet you!

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      You never know! I've been running into beach friends more and more these days!

  • @suzieplum7995
    @suzieplum7995 11 месяцев назад

    Hello.... Ireland by the sea at bedtime here.... :) THIS time... Im IN bed already and watching ... I will return in the mornin. Yayyyyyy... shelly WARM sandy dreams tonight ! And... BTW.. I was very nearly triggered by the LACK of FFC's through the majority of the video! You saved me at the eleventh hour !

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      LOLOLOL! Triggered by lack of FFCs - it happens, but hopefully we won't have TOO many of those beach visits ❤️🐚🌴🌊

  • @debblair5761
    @debblair5761 11 месяцев назад

    Sanibel still looks great. So does the shells and the lighthouse

  • @steph1462
    @steph1462 11 месяцев назад

    Would love to see a video of all your rare Shells 🐚

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      I did do a video about my collection not too long ago ruclips.net/video/GZQVCKCJQZk/видео.html
      My rare shells I keep in that special box that I show.

    • @steph1462
      @steph1462 11 месяцев назад

      Thanks 😊

  • @shannonwalker4147
    @shannonwalker4147 11 месяцев назад

    Love your videos! Are you still picking shells for people or just selling what is on your Etsy store now? Thank you for all you do.

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      I'm all over the place with my shells! I have shells on Etsy, I have a ton of shells I want to shoot and sell and I also want to set up my own store on my website. So yes to all of the above. I wasn't doing "custom" orders as it was stressing me out, but If there are some certain shells you can't live without shoot me an email at swfbeachlife@gmail.com

  • @Averagetunafish3683
    @Averagetunafish3683 11 месяцев назад

    So glad that recovery is going good, pass a grille is having a bad erosion problem now and there was a tiny line of sargassum lining most of the beach

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      UGH! I hope the winds change and the situation gets better.

    • @Averagetunafish3683
      @Averagetunafish3683 11 месяцев назад

      @@SWFBeachLife same

  • @ilonamollema6467
    @ilonamollema6467 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Sharmon,
    Thank you so much for taking us with you on your beach walk!
    I'm so glad to see Sanibel's lighthouse!
    Like you, when hurricane Ian happened, I was afraid that the lighthouse was taken by the sea.
    I'm happy that it survived! But it's sad that the beautiful houses next to the lighthouse are gone.
    Are there plans to rebuild these houses?
    Even though it's summer, you still found quite a nice collection of shells! Love the little kitten paws.
    Next week's video will be fun! Looks like you had to use more than one container to get all those sand dollars home. 😅
    I hope you have a wonderful week. I wish you all the best, my dear beach friend!
    Big hug and lots of love, xoxo ❤️, Ilona

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      Hi Ilona! I am not sure if they plan on rebuilding the groundskeepers homes at the base of the lighthouse. I suspect they will build something as it does have a wonderful history. The boat bringing the lighthouse structure over to Sanibel sank, and pieces had to be recovered from the bottom of the ocean. You can't keep that lighthouse down!
      And when I go to certain areas I bring different "equipment" because I know what to expect. I was sure to have a nice container for all those sand dollars!

  • @stephenwilliams8481
    @stephenwilliams8481 11 месяцев назад

    I grew up on Sanibel, Then CAPTIVA!!!!

  • @shellyjay8954
    @shellyjay8954 11 месяцев назад

    Will new palm trees be planted to restore that visual beauty?

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад

      That's a good question. I assume for now they are still in clean up mode.

  • @flaviazupke6910
    @flaviazupke6910 11 месяцев назад

    I appreciate the fact that you have your favorite shells but can you look at other ones for those of us who have different likings, please.

  • @oklasum1140
    @oklasum1140 11 месяцев назад

    Your videos are so informative. Could you explain the lifecycle of a shell ? Thanks

    • @SWFBeachLife
      @SWFBeachLife  11 месяцев назад +1

      I've talked about baby snails - the lifecycle would be neat. Thanks for the idea!

  • @sandeepettit696
    @sandeepettit696 11 месяцев назад

    Beautiful ❤