Fun Time Shelling

I had a great time with long time visitors to the islands. Carol, Tom, Dean and the sometimes militant sheller, Bonnie. We started our trip by travelling to favorite spot number one. Bonnie found a great small horse conch. Carol found olives and many minis. Tom was just happy to be wading in the water with his shell net. Dean covered lots of area and found some very nice sun ray venus. After spending time at favorite spot number one we traveled to "Stu and Vicki's Spot". The olives were rolling in and Carol kept saying " I won't pick another olive" then she picked up another one, then another. (I think she is getting the shelling bug). We also found sand dollars, two albino cockles, two tusks,  banded tulips, apple murexs, worm shells and baby's ears.  It was a great trip! I enjoyed the conversations and listening to their stories about earlier years on the island. We also got to break in the shell board today. Carol was the first one to sign the board. I am looking forward to when they return. Thank you for a fun day on the water!

Capt. Brian's New Shell Board

What is a shell board?

I had this idea...why not make a board that I could display and photograph my client's shells on at the end of the trip. I usually put the shells on the fish cleaning table to take pictures.  Many times I want to show how big or small a shell is. You will notice numbers across the bottom that are black and white and indicate inches.  I took this idea from one of my archaeology books. I put a few shells from the back porch on it for a "Test Run" today.  I soon realized that I need the black and white numbers on both sides going up the board.  The back of the board is an area for people to sign after the trip, if they wish.  Yes, we will have a "signing of the shell board". There you have it, Capt. Brian's shell board!

Last Light And Bonus Pictures

 Charlie Robinson was singing about pioneer town people and footprints in the sand as the sun fell into the sea. 

New Places On The Chart

Billy Idol drove me to the waters edge. But it was Robert Earl Keen that led the way. I made many discovories along the way. . I have wanted to explore this remote island for some time, I wanted to check this island out in early December, but today was the day.

September Photos

Here are some photos from September.  Van Morrision rode shotgun and  sang me into the Mystic once again.  Thank you Van.

If I Had A Boat, If I Had A Pony

 

"Kiss my ass I bought a boat I am going out to sea-" Lyle Lovett.

What a fun afternoon with Rebecca, Garret, Nicole and Jamie. We took advantage of the extremely low tide and explored the flats. The live shells were a beautiful sight to see. Garret led the way finding many large lightning whelks. His girlfriend enjoyed the shells from a safe distance. Jamie was a great little adventurer and pointed out many live shells and a beautiful starfish. I enjoyed talking with Rebecca about cameras as she took many photos of the kids and wildlife. Rebecca is an outdoor lady (who walked barefoot on the flats I might add) and has a quick eye for photography. We all got a great look of a 4 foot bonnet head shark that was trapped in a tidal pool.  Garret followed it for a while in knee deep water with his mom right behind him taking pictures. It was a great day on the  water with an adventurous family.