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Here are the shells I collected from the Lighthouse Beach yesterday. I soaked them overnight in a 50-50 bleach and water solutuon and took about an hour and a half this morning to pick the barnacles off. Two of them were non-viable – the barnacles were too tough to get off and they cracked.
This was so much work, I am not sure I want to go back today for low tide!
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I never get lucky enough to find shells like that!
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so you still can get nice shells there?I had heard they were hard to come by but yours are wondrous sandy
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Nice figgy haul. You got some nice ones — but isn’t it funny how shells come in in bunches like that? When I first started shelling, 8 or 9 years ago, and the beach was littered with mainly one or two types of shell, I only picked up one of each because it seemed like they were so common and I figured I’d get another on my next visit. Of course, some of those shells I’ve NEVER seen again, and lots of them I don’t see too often. I remember once walking past cones and angel wings because I thought they must be soooo common, and now I’d be thrilled to find a few! Sigh, you make me want to be there!
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Nice haul No Mac and Cheese though. Oh well, maybe next time.
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Gorgeous shells, my Mom would be so jealous. We have not been lucky enough to find such pretty shells.
Cece
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I’ve tried commenting so many times today but kept getting a fuh-reaking browser error…ugh. Firstly, your shells are beautiful! Next time you’ll have to take a picture with the barnacles on them as I have no idea what a barnacle looks like! What do you do with these shells after you collect them? I have never heard of someone cleaning them and such (I also live in the mountains/desert of Utah so go figure!!)
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They are gorgeous!
Renee is just dying to go shelling. If we ever make it down your way, will Auntie Tink show her the ropes?
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