Post Hurricane Shelling. Epic Finds in the 10K Islands After Hurricane Nicole. 

I cannot tell you how PLEASED I am to hear that excitement and joy in your voice!! Of course the shells and critters are beautiful and exciting, but YOU deserved that break! You are still in my prayers up here in Tennessee!!❣️

Live gaudy and spiny jewel box, octopus, watching the banded tulip and fighting conch schlumping; just the best way to end a Sunday and start my week. So glad you are allowing yourself to get your joy back. Hello from the hard hit Daytona Beach/Wilbur-By-The-Sea area.

OMG! YOU!!! First of all! I think you set a cone record!!! Secondly, the interaction with the octopus and the excitement and happiness in your voice just truly made my heart smile! I am so happy to have the honor to live vicariously through you. Thanks for taking us along with you once again! 🥰

Sharmon, I'm so glad to hear joy in your voice! Thank you for sharing your happiness and shell enthusiasm! We love you so much here in Minnesota! Keep the optimism! And as always thank you for my precious beach time! P.S. It's GREAT looking at seashells AND octopuses when we have snow on the ground! Love Katie ❤ 🐙 🐚

You sounded so very happy. The critters and shells...wow. thank you for sharing your adventure...

The aww in your voice is beautiful. The shell and critters just priceless. I am glad you had a beautiful shelling trip💕💕💕💕

Thank you so much for taking us all with you on this fabulous shelling trip.. I just loved it.

What a heart warning shelling adventure ! I loved to see all the fantastic shells and all our critter friends ! So much fun and keeps me warm with all the snow we got last week ! 💛

I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to hear your excitement in this video. Your have enriched my life in ways I didn’t know were lacking! I love how you organize content, your quiet moments for beach time……oh so much! I’ve prayed for you during this stressful time….keep your positive and grateful attitude….you are a blessing in the lives of so many people! I’ve got my grandchildren wanting to go shelling when things return to normal…..and we live in Utah! Again, prayers and 💕!

Thank you for the joy you share in your adventures. Octopi are amazing creatures!! You should have played with him more in your hand. They do recognize people. Your encounter was only brief but you did help it back to the water. It may revisit the area so next time you are there, maybe it will be back to greet you?? ...you may need to get into the water. I’m looking forward to more snorkeling adventures 😊❤

I am so happy for you that you got to have a day like this! Just magical! ❤️

All those before me said it all..your joy, enthusiasm, your wit, your genuine personality and most meaningful, your recognition that we can't be there and you put your all into sharing with us kindred spirits. Thank you soooo much for this episode. It was just wonderful!

This whole video was so great and your sounding more like yourself. Bless your heart, I know the aftermath of a tornado, but not a hurricane. Nonetheless both cause such awfulness. We haven’t forgotten you guys down there and realize things are still a mess. I feel so bad for the swf people.😢

Wow, this was one heckova fun trip! The shell piles are insane. I'd want to spend all day there. So glad you got to do this. ❤️

You have such a wonderful calming voice with so much expression!!! My computer crashed so I have been using an I pad which I couldn't coment on. I "82 and all this new stuff is a little mind boggling. Thanks for the wonderful tour. My grandaughter was on the east coast out fishing. She is just 19 and caught an Octopus that was a little larger. The man helping get it off the hook got inked. I kept worrying that would happen to you. You are brave. Keep shelling. I love watching you pick up the shells and being so exdited about them. Hugs.

Captain Carlos and allie were absolutely amazing. We will be touring with them in the future. They both had nothing but great things to say about you. As well as the hemmingway shuttle owners. Hopefully we will meet you one day while we are there. You have taught us everything we know. Thank you for your continued videos and hopefully cleanup is going well for you.

I’m so happy to see you enjoying the beach again. Thank you for sharing!

Love how you are finding the positive in it all. Thank you for pushing through all the emotions that come with what happened to your area. Love the sea creatures. Again thank you for being you.

WHAT A HAUL TODAY!! WOW! Just the joyful sound of your voice in your many great finds is infectious! I am so excited for you finding so many new critters and that octopus!? Your life must have been rewarded that day for something major! Congrats and enjoy!

l am glad to hear that you're ok

This was SUCH a great adventure - capturing the motion of the FFC was a beautiful highlight for me! The Sanibel Turid in that chocolate color form is an EPIC find. That HUGE Apple Murex was like a giant one I found in Puerto Rico...soo cool to find one that size in Florida! Awesome content as usual, friend!

What a joyous "trip" this was with you! I was smiling all through the video and was so happy for you and your extra special treasures! And the octopus encounter, I'm sure, was something you'll never forget! Thanks for sharing with us, as always!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 😃😃😃 thank you !!

'Beach Time' brought such a smile to my face. I hadn't realized how much I had missed it! Your enthusiasm and happy came through loud and clear....glad you got a chance to visit the islands and find such special treasures -- rose murex and all.

I’m so glad that you had a great day! Your treasures are awesome. The shells are beautiful. And, the octopus was such a treat!

You sure hit the mother load of awesome cones! How the heck does an angel wing, 2 paper figs and sand dollar make it unbroken to shore after a hurricane 😮 I found an Octopus last Winter on the beach and of course scooped him up and returned him to the water. I was beyond ecstatic! Your excursions to Kice are some of my favorite videos 😊

How awesome and overwhelming. So exciting. What a great experience with the octopus. I love it! Thank you for taking us with you. I could watch all day. Have a great week. See you Sunday! XOXO

Your heart needed this trip. And I'm so happy for you

Such an amazing day on Kice Island. The island took a hit, but it's still so beautiful & peaceful. The beautiful gifts God blesses us with. I have done a tour with Allie & she was so amazing. I learned so much from her. Can hardly wait to get back to such a beautiful state. Continued prayers!

A beautiful video, Sharmon! Thank you for sharing and God bless.

Oh that octopus, so adorable!!! Your so lucky and blessed to see that awesomeness all the time. And as always, thank you once again for the beach time!!! I love it and thank you for sharing!!❤️

Thanks for you video. In the mid 90’s I was the resort Naturalist at South Seas Plantation. My most popular program was shelling. Watching your video has brought back so many memories and shell names. My favorite find was a perfect orange Lion Paw.

You are literally one of my most favorite people, and I don’t even know you!! Haha.

Thank you for this video and showing us how the beach’s are looking and all the good shells you found. Take care 🐚

Omg that octopus!!!

Your love for the beach life and nature is so heartwarming- you are a treasure!

You found some beautiful shells. When we were kids. we always thought the cat's eyes were like finding the gold.

What a beautiful day, an amazing adventure, and a much needed stress relief for you!! Thank you once again for the adventure, the wildlife, and your wonderful commentary! I'm so happy it gave you so much joy! I know it did for me too! 🥰❤❤ Take care of yourself! Stay safe!

On my bucket list to go there some day. Thanks.

Fabulous Kice. After watching videos of the devastation on our beloved Ft. Myers beach it’s good to see Kice in all it’s glory.

I think my top finds so far here in south florida where the water and shelling is rougher is my flame cone and my tiny lion paw. We have our good shelling days and most are bad days but I still go every weekends in case it’s a good shelling day

You know I am sitting here loving so many of those shells!!! I would have loved to see the octopus also. Love the little critters. That was a dream day for me, so glad you got all those goodies. Can’t wait to see what happens next week.

Awesome shells! The live gaudy and spiny jewel box were beautiful! Kice never disappoints.

Thank you thank you Sharmon I appreciate you a great deal. I agree with these other viewers that it is great to hear the joy in your voice as you are shelling. And wow I love that you show the shells with the critters and other live animals like the octopus. How wild! Thank you! See you soon.

Octopus !!! So cool

It was so great to hear your voice and go on a beach walk with you. Loved seeing the critters. The octopus was really interesting, I would have been just as excited as you were. As always thank you for making my week!

I think it’s great that you’ve been able to do what you’ve done since hurricane Ian and Nicole!!👏🏻👏🏻 I can’t believe that we saw an octopus !!🐙 I mean really, how cool was that?!! You found amazing shells today and the amount you showed us was incredible!! Loved our beach walk!! Thanks, please never worry about fitting a video next week, we’ll see you soon!! Have a great week!!🤗🥰🐬

What a great trip you had. The octopus was so cool😊

kid playin in a pond. An uplifting fun trip amazing haul

A great day indeed! You sounded so happy and the island was in rare form!

Thanks!

Wow! What an awesome day! That octopus was so cute and all the live critters really was the icing on the top. Thanks for bringing us along!

I am so happy for you! It is wonderful to have you back❣️

A perfectly awesome day!

I found a huge limpet in Australia! It is as big as the palm of my hand!

I'm so glad for you! Relaxing and finding awesome shells and great beach vibes! The Octopus was soooo cool! I was literally smiling watch this video, I felt so positive:) I saw some many fighting conch shells that would have been hard to resist collecting, dang what an awesome day!

What an exciting day! I love shelling after a storm. Good job moving the octopus to safety. I always feel that God blesses me with a gift from the sea when I go out. I would love to go on a trip like this. Thanks for bringing us along. It was so exciting! I was interested to see which shells you saw and I saw some others in the same shot. Have a great week! Jane in SC ❤️🙏🏻

So I did have to save an Octopus on marco in October when I was there it was dragged in on low tide and was in a patch of water on beach low tide so I had not had done any research on them prior to seeing one so wasn't sure if I could touch so thank god I found a big cockle shell so I had scooped him up and put him in main water next time I will pick him up with my palm knowing nowhere won't hurt me or I won't hurt him 😉

There is a certain sadness to see Tiger Tail beach after the storm, but signs of life are so abundant. The octopus was amazing, truly a wonderful moment of joy!

What a trip to the beach! I’m so glad you’re going on these tours. Your voice sounds so happy! Thank you for taking us with you!!

Thank you for taking us on another fabulous adventure. I love your message of being present in the moment and being grateful for what Kice Island gifts you. Thank you.

You are such a "glass half-full" person! After all that you have been through lately, it is wonderful to see and hear in your voice. What an amazing video, so many living creatures for us to enjoy this trip to the beach. I was enthralled to see you interact with that octopus! I turned 65 this year, and was thinking about a new hobby to commemorate the milestone, and found YOU on RU-vid. You inspired me to immerse myself in shelling. Living in Ontario, Canada (currently buried in snow) has forced me to get creative about beginning, and expanding my newfound passion. You mentioned in an episode, that if you are purchasing shells, to choose a vendor with no live source shells. I have followed your advice, and only chosen moral and ethical sources. Thank you for being "YOU" and inspiring us each week as we tag along to the beach with you.

Thank you so much for this awesome shelling experience! You truly brighten my "dreading going to work Monday" Sunday evening blues with your enthusiasm and positive outlook. Question: Do you usually use non concentrated bleach instead of muratic acid to clean your shells?

A wonderful blessing to lift your spirits after all the devastation!!! Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!! Stay safe!!!

I'm not sure whether you or me was the most excited to see so many beautiful shells. I would have sat down next to a pile and went through every shell. Lol! Thanks so much for taking us along with you!

I love hearing your joy! So many amazing shells. I LOVED seeing all the live creatures! Did the octopus feel slimy. What a trophy for your day!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻⚓️⚓️⚓️

U were blessed

I was excited to see your post. I wish I had been in your shell bag. Lol. So many many many many shells. Those alphabet cones were epic but my faves would be that larger horse, the rose murex, and those spiny jewel boxes.

The hinged spinny jewel boxes are so beautiful along with the merrex.the points on the shells were so nice to see the points. I love that you have such a great time. I know I would also if I lived close to any oceans. Just amazing shells again today. Seeing the live shells and seeing them move was great. Still saying prayers from the storms. Hearing your excitement really helps people have a better day. Thank you so much for sharing. Hearing the water and waves is very calming. Have a great day.

Cool video. A mystery shell I found on Sanibel 3 years ago and you just identified it. The Sanibel turrid. Thanks!

Beatuful shells and animal critters I love how you save them. I collect lighting welks in Ct but they are always bleached out, would love to get some with color. Watch every video , like the beach views

Hi Sharmon! I was so touched to see this video tonight. You warmed my heart with your excitement. I am so jealous! All those beautiful Alphies, that sweet live gaudy and that octopus! Precious!!! I could tell you were having the time of your life. Wish I could have been there with you. So glad the tours are going out. That makes life so good for you after all you have been thru and are still going thru. Thank you so much for sharing.

Schulmping, huh? lol You are sounding more like your old self every time you get out on a beach now. I'm so glad to hear it!!! No doubt the destruction you can see is daunting, but you're staying strong and pushing on. Good for you!!!! It was a great beach day today. Lots of beautiful treasures to see, and all the live critters make me so happy. Life, although changed, resumes. xoxo

Did your shell guide mention that there are 4 species of cone shell that will kill you in very short order? They are almost impossible to differentiate from the harmless ones. They attack when you pick them up and they thrust their "arm/foot" out and sting you. (Just like the cone shell you picked up at the beginning of the video.) People pick the shells up thinking they are empty and put them in their pockets. The animal comes out and stings them through their clothes, usually causing death by asphyxiation. They have a neurotoxin which gradually paralyses all the muscles of the body ending with the heart and lungs. There is no antitoxin. I have heard of one person surviving when a Dr friend they had with them kept up resuscitation for 45 minutes all on their own. A herculean feat.

There was stuff there but you couldn’t see them.

Wow! What an exciting trip you shared! So happy to see you enjoying the shells and critters again. The octopus was the icing on the cake! ❤

What a variety! I so love it when you find and share with us the live critters. I'm glad you had a soul-replenishing day.

I think this might just be my most favorite episode yet!!!! 🥰❤️ So excited that you got to see the octopus 🐙! So cute!!! Oh! And the White operculum! I found one of those! I didn’t know what it was! So neat! Kice was my absolute favorite place that I went when I visited at the first week of September. I would have stayed all day there if Allie hadn’t been driving the kayak! 😂 And she is a magnificent tour guide! I loved hearing the joy in your voice. That was beautiful. 🥰

Now that's my Beach Angel, full of joy and anticipation! So good to hear your voice happy with excitement! Can hardly wait to tag along to see how Kice fared in the storms! I wonder how we look to a horse conch! Their eyes seem to be so focused on our faces...hmmm. Strangely enough, I never heard of Kice Island before meeting you and seeing your explorations of this amazing shelling island. If I ever get down your way, I'll make sure to visit Kice. I find it odd that I was planning a trip to SWFL after I recover from my heart surgery, but after two hurricanes and my lengthy recovery, it seems that I will not make my journey for quite some time. I know from growing up in NWFL that it will take years for the hurricane damage to be repaired. I was thinking about it the other day and I realized how many of my childhood memories were of running from hurricanes, stuffed into the back seat of a car filled with suitcases, dogs, cats and birds in cages. It was during one such trip that I learned that my grandma's parrot really could talk! This discovery kept me amused for hours, much to my Daddy's dismay. Oh, Sharmon, hearing the delight in your voice at finding that Rose Murex is like medicine to my storm battered spirit! God bless your sweet, always optimistic soul! I admire you so much, dear lady, for your throwing your energy and courage into restoring your world and recovering the losses the sea caused when it abandoned its boundaries and ravaged the fragile land. Others might sit and cry, but not you, dear Beach Angel! I don't know if you are a native Floridian, but you have the soul of one born with the sound of the sea in your ears and the salty sea breeze filling your lungs. People who were cut from your sturdy fabric settled that land in the first place, giving their life's blood and energy to wrestling a living from the palmetto thickets and the mangrove swamps. As a descendant of a Spanish explorer who helped to settle Pensacola over five hundred years ago, I offer my profound gratitude to you and for you for your efforts to help rebuild your tropical seaside home. Don't make excuses for your trip to Kice Island! You deserve a fun experience to scrub your soul clean from the sound of the wind and waves. I'm only sad that I wasn't there, too! Take good care of yourself, dear. Don't take on too much. Don't worry about making videos. We'll survive. Much love, The Lost Mermaid

👏👏👏 that big apple murex! Nice haul this week. We were supposed to be there on Friday, but we were staying on Sanibel and that’s no longer available. So we wait and watch. Thanks for sharing your story with us!

I ❤ the little octopus!! TY for the Kice videos! We drove over from the east coast and went on an Allie/Captain Carlos shelling excursion to Kice a week ago! We had a blast!! Thanks again!!😁😎

My Mama always called jingles “sea money”. She said the mermaids used those. 😊😊 I am noticing some purple looking conch shells in your video? What is that?(15:30)

I know you had a wonderful time. Great finds

You hit the jack pot today! I'm so jealous. Feel like I'm collecting right next to you. So there aren't any people around there today? I would get down on my knees and just move the shells over. Have fun!

What a fantastic trip! Great variety of beautiful shells.

I love all cones especially the tiny ones, moon snail and tiny shells

I just got bit by one and let me tell you it hurts so bad

Wow! That was an amazing trip to the beach! In absolute awwww! So beautiful!

Where do the shells actually come from? Is it years of rolling around on the bottom of the ocean picking things up? How do they grow or do they? You show tiny ones of the same kind as some of the large ones. I never thought about how they “grow”.

This wad do outrageously exciting... cone after cone and all the live creatures and a extraordinary encounter with the octopus! The care you provide to the beached creatures along the way is reason for your gifts from the sea! Thank you for lightening our hearts along with your own.. hugs!

🐙🐚🐌🐢 Wishing you & all your critters a Happy Thanksgiving! My favorite quote: "It's what you enjoy that constitutes your abundance." Thank for sharing your joy!

Fantastic Shelling Today🐚🐚🐚 WOW!!! I wish I could do this with you. Thanks for another great shelling day. Hugs 🌞🌞🌞

Wow, you had a fantastic day. All those cones and that Hugh apple murex. Wow. Thanks for taking us along, I normally like beach time but todY I was like no don't stop looking for cones Great day.

I loved this video! I am for sure going to look up Allie and book a shell tour the next time I can go to visit my parents in Naples (hopefully early this spring). And that octopus oh my gosh!!!! You DID have a wonderful beach shelling day!

How awesome! The living things and octopus, the tulips, the rose murex!!!!! So amazing! Can;t wait til next week! Thanks!

Kice said Welcome Back! Glad to see you getting back out there to your zen... 💜

I'm glad you're doing well! My cousin ended up having her house condemned in Ft Myers 😐 Maybe she'll come back to CO. What a treasure trove!

stay tuned for next week: Spiney jewel box-The sequel, "unhinged"! 🤣

What a fabulous day! I’m landlocked in Nebraska but my heart was so happy to see the fun you had!

Such a beautiful haul you collected. Love your videos. 🐚🤍🧡🤎💛 Glad you found some peace.