Happy Easter!

Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of your fun!?
I'll be back to the blog next week.  In the meantime, enjoy your Easter- and for us- Spring Break! Finally!!

Awwww! Gopher Tortoise

Barefoot Beach

Hello! I took my daughter(10) and her friend to the beach on Saturday. We had a blast! Very easy to spend the day at Barefoot Beach. We spent about 5 hours on the beach shelling/playing and of course- eating!  Luckily these 2 are interested in shelling!

There was a guy fishing by us- they had to see what he caught

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After the beach we decided to go on the hiking trail- It was really pretty. I think it was 1 & 1/4 miles long. Now normally this would be fine- but, it was H-O-T! We did make it to the end, which was great but we weren't thinking about how we'd have to walk back!

Gopher Tortoise

We really enjoyed splashing around for a while before we headed back.

We were hoping this was a sno-cone stand!

We are ready to go back to the beach though! Good shelling day!!

Haven't found this many worm shells in a long time

Score!!

Khakifish Signs

This is my new favorite sign that we've made. It was a little hard to come up with a favorite shell though! Hope you like it. If you haven't already, you can 'like' my page on Facebook:

You can find me @ Khakifish Signs.  Have a great day- I'm ready for this rain to come and go today so I can hit the beach in the morning!  stephanie

I MAY be a shell hoarder- but at least I'm organized now

Scallops

When I came home from the beach last week I set my shells in the garage so I could clean them up the next day. I had many weeks, possibly months, worth of shells in that pile. So- I got in gear and sorted and organized them. Huge task!

Olives

Misc.- but at least separated.

Back off family: This is my shelf!!

In the office

As I walked thru the house I became super aware of how many I had. Yikes!

In the family room

Bedroom

Gameroom 

 

 

Window on Lanai

 

It was funny though because when I was thru sorting- I had a big bag of misfits that I don't even know how they made it to my house. So, I took them and dumped them in the parking lot at Algiers! Isn't one mans trash another mans treasure? haha

Algiers Beach - Beach Birds

Came across this walking down Algiers. It  took a dad & son 7 hours. I thought it was really cool. Look at all those shells- they did a great job!

near the parking lot   

Royal Terns- How cute are they?

Black Skimmer

You've got to know where to go!

A few years ago I was told by a friend that there was a cool place to look at exotic birds on Sanibel. I thought he was talking about the birds outside Jerry's Foods. But no- it's a little more hidden than that!

Not only are there birds, swans & ducks- they have lemurs! No, I don't know why, but it's fun!

After walking around Periwinkle Park for a while, we headed over to Lighthouse Beach before heading over the causeway.

Sanibel Lighthouse was built in 1884.