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My Beach/Shell Collection

wilma — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:22:29 GMT

Here are the beach & shell organisms I own.

FYI: All of these were obtained legally and ethically. There are laws and/or guidelines regarding the purchase of coral, starfish, etc.

From center top left: Sea sponge, starfish, sand dollar, Keyhole or Mexican arrowhead sand dollar, grey brachiopod fossil, King’s crown striped conch, murex spiky conch

Large piece of Brain coral

Re: My Beach/Shell Collection

cindyNC — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:12:26 GMT

@wilma I love your photos of your collections.

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches.

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twinny70 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:57:58 GMT

@cindyNC wrote:
@wilma I love your photos of your collections.

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches.

My DH and I went to HI for our 20th wedding anniversary 30 years ago. We were on a beautiful black sand beach. It was so hot on our feet, but beautiful. Always wanted to go back, but never did. Too many other places that we wanted to go to.

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tends2dogs — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 21:17:36 GMT

A few beach shots from the last couple years:

I will be happy to hit the beach again!

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MoonieBaby — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:16:56 GMT

@tends2dogs

VERY COOL COLLECTION, thanks for sharing it with us.

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cbrite — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:54:05 GMT

@wilma Very lovely....I adore sand dollars...I have a huge conch given me as a gift from an old friend in Mexico. Shells have such a happy feel....thank you again for sharing.😊

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Shanus — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:38:36 GMT

@wilma One of the recent local news shows had a piece on all the shells piling up on the beaches since no one's going. It was ALL shells and almost no sand. It was the NC and SC beaches.

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IMW — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:54:29 GMT

Gorgeous, thanks for sharing

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:59:52 GMT

@twinny70 wrote:
@cindyNC wrote:
@wilma I love your photos of your collections.

They made me think of all the places I've heard about that have pink or black sand beaches.
My DH and I went to HI for our 20th wedding anniversary 30 years ago. We were on a beautiful black sand beach. It was so hot on our feet, but beautiful. Always wanted to go back, but never did. Too many other places that we wanted to go to.

@twinny70

I envy you. Always wanted to go to Hawaii. I’m sure it’s both beautiful and fascinating. My sister and in laws have been. Maybe me someday.

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:01:04 GMT

@Shanus wrote:
@wilma One of the recent local news shows had a piece on all the shells piling up on the beaches since no one's going. It was ALL shells and almost no sand. It was the NC and SC beaches.

@Shanus

I didn’t even think of that, but it makes sense.

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:02:02 GMT

@tends2dogs

Love your photos! Thanks for posting them.

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twinny70 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:39:49 GMT

Wilma7500, beaches are our favorite vacations. Our ds and ddil live in the Boston area, so we have been to Cape Cod several times and many beautiful beaches in ME & MA over the year's. We had planned to leave this Wednesday for a two week road trip to Louisiana. It's the only state that we haven't been to. Our 50th wedding anniversary was in March, so we were hoping to do all 50 states in 50 years. God has other plans for us, so we are just enjoying each other. Maybe one day we will get the desire to travel again. Right now, we are happy to be healthy.

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DREAMON — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:00:09 GMT

Love your collection!

I am a shell collector and living on the water makes it pretty easy for me to find shells.

We also vacation 2x a year in the Outer Banks and I always find really interesting shells, sea glass, etc there.

Hope this Pandemic is behind us soon and it doesn't cancel our big family vacation set for 4th of July week in OBX. Everyone really looks forward to it.

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tends2dogs — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:20:19 GMT

@wilma I love shells, too. After I posted my pics, I thought some might think I was horning in on your thread. I am glad you don't feel that way. Hey, it is a way to pass time and I am thankful for the people that are taking the time to post happy things. I don't see it as putting my head in the sand, but just a nice diversion. I also enjoy your pics on Outfit of the Day.

Stay well!

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:37:31 GMT

@tends2dogs wrote:
@wilma I love shells, too. After I posted my pics, I thought some might think I was horning in on your thread. I am glad you don't feel that way. Hey, it is a way to pass time and I am thankful for the people that are taking the time to post happy things. I don't see it as putting my head in the sand, but just a nice diversion. I also enjoy your pics on Outfit of the Day.

Stay well!

@tends2dogs

No worries. I love seeing the photos and posts of others.

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cbrite — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 03:56:34 GMT

@tends2dogs Your shells are lovely too.....😋 I forgot to tell you....

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Years ago I was in a fish shop as I love fish and sea creatures....they had the most darling Sea Horse there!!!!! Swimming around and such....a gentle creature of beauty. I did not buy him/her as they take a lot of special work to keep alive and if it had died I'd have been devestated.........to no end....I did have ELVEE, my gold fish for 17 years... went to heaven March 2014. I cried and buried him out back under the trees. I loved him so much.