Florida Shells

On our trip to Florida we visited Sanibel Island.  It is one of the best places to collect shells.  They are up to 6 inches deep at low tide.

When you dig on the shore you bring up handfulls of shells.

Here is a sample of the shells we collected.

This is what they call the Sanibel Stoop.  All the people are stooped over looking for shells.  

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Did You Know????

While we were in Florida a few weeks ago, all of this Spanish Moss caught my eye.

I didn't know much about it.  So I looked it up on WIKI and learned this:  Spanish Moss is a flowering plant that grows upon larger trees, commonly the Southern Live Oak or Bald Cypress in the southeastern United States.

The plant consists of a slender stem bearing alternate thin, curved or curly, heavily scaled leaves 0.79–2.4 in long and  0.039 in broad, that grow vegetatively in chain-like fashion (pendant) to form hanging structures up to 240 in in length. The plant has no aerial roots and its flowers are tiny and inconspicuous. It propagates both by seed and vegetatively by fragments that blow on the wind and stick to tree limbs, or are carried by birds as nesting material.

Now I know where all my crafty moss comes from.  Very interesting stuff!

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Palms

Watch out for falling coconuts!

One of my favorite shots this time

in Florida were the palm trees.

The Palms down south are like
the Oak tree of the north.

They are are everywhere. I like how they grow and bend! This was our view at one of our hotels.

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Do you have a sunset setting on your camera? I LOVE mine! It just captures all of the glorious colors as the sun dips down on the horizon.

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