The Incredible Stiff Pen Shell

I did a little research today...as my husband has been under the weather all day...hopefully nothing serious...


We have been finding these shells all along the beach...but I never knew what they were called....after a lot of fine tuning on the internet, I finally came up with the name....Stiff Pen Shell...
The photo above was some design somebody put together with them....there are so many....

The info I came up with for this photo I took, is that after the Pen Shell gets beached, the freshly dead muscle of the animal, expells itself from the shell....YUCK...I thought it was a jelly-fish wrapped around it...

They range from 6-12 inches long....they have 6-8 ribs along them...if they are bigger, they are called Sawtooth Pen Shells..

Someone put this one upright...in the shape of a heart...for valentines...

This one has slipper shells, barnacles and other marine life attached to it...now you know as much as I do about Penn shells.....Happy??

A lot of people rent bicycles, and bike along the beach...they usually have a big strip of wet sand up their butts!!!!

If you look closely at the bottom of the photo...yup...there he is sticking his face in all my photos....

Gotta love that....

Hope my husband feels better tomorrow....:o)

Awwwww....Valentines Day

No words needed...
a picture says a thousand words...



Enjoy the day... 

             Best wishes to all my friends.....    :o)

              We are going to the movies tonight...George Clooney
The Descendants.....supposed to be really good...

                                          :o)

Left Behind....Wonder Who Was Playing In The Sand...

 On many of our beach walks, we often find Beach Toys left in the sand....


Forgotten by some tiny soul, who had played with them for hours in the sunny warmth of the beach... We came across this one a few days later, and had obviously been run over by the beach raking machine....we felt sad....hoping that perhaps whoever had left it behind, might recover it the next morning...no such luck...

 Completely destroyed...left alone..


Gazing up at the sky...






In bits and pieces...

This tiny green bucket was all alone....not even a shovel as a buddy!!

These tiny footprints were found walking away from this cute little sand dollar  mold...I am sure somebody was crying that night...

This is my favorite....isn't that the cutest little tug boat??

The weather is improving...supposed to be a hot, sunny week....guess I better get started on my tan!!

     See you soon...   :o)

39 Again.......

Yesterday was my birthday...

I was lucky enough to have my brother Bill and my sister-in-law May, come to spend the day and overnite with us.


They are vacationing south of us, and drove up to our place.

They arrived with cards and a bracelet....with "amethyst stones" for me.....a few dangly charms as well....I love it!!!
and....anyone who knows me....knows that I DO love bracelets....


 

After some of my "homemade"chicken soup...we headed out for a walk on the beach...down to "The Pub" for some refreshments...chowder...and grouper bites....deelish!!

As you can see from our outfits...it was pretty windy...and nipply....the same cold weather hitting home had reached its' icey fingers down here as well...today is only 50 degrees....supposed to start warming up tomorrow, and be back in the upper 70's by wednesday....

We dined in....my choice....I made rack of lamb, roasted taters, and greek salad with our favorite...avacado...

had plenty of refreshments...listened to CD's from home...and told stories...

The Sara Lee cheesecake topped off the evening...



So glad they could join us on my Birthday...

Had a lovely breakfast and they were on their way...

My boyfriend bought me flowers.....my favorite...

What a lovely birthday it was...


                  :o)

Seagulls......there and here

Is there a difference between Seagulls by the Ocean and Seagulls on the Great Lakes???



I have taken many pictures of both...but can't seem to see any difference...


Perhaps the beach seagulls are less scared of humans....they kinda cosy right up to you...to wait out the chance of getting a piece of stale bread!!

They wait.....and wait...and wait

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They circle endlessly overhead...

and they wait...on those spindly legs and knobby knees

They come so close....are those toes or a tasty treat?

They call all their friends to share in their good fortune..

The seagulls on Lake Erie are much more refined..

Patiently waiting for the dregs of the day...from mouldy bagels..to soggy potato chips...they love it all!!!

           

            Hope you are all keeping warm...this winter has been unbelievably mild so far..


Cheers...

:o)