What does Fort Myers Beach look like? Post Hurricane Ian beach walk looking for shells among debris. 

Doesn’t it make you stop & think, that hurricane destroyed concrete, cinder block, brick - all the really hard industrial stuff. Yet the delicate shells, some so fragile, made it okay. Lovely to see the huge range of shells & critters on FM. Stay safe x

Thank you for taking us along on this adventure. It’s so sad to see the destruction but also inspiring to see how the ocean repairs itself. So many beautiful shells found today- all those angel wings! Beautiful! And, thank you for doing your part to clean up the debris. ❤️🐚

So many emotions watching this video. So glad to see people banding together to clean up the beaches! I wish I could be there to help! Those nutmegs brought tears (my favorite shell!) so amazing to watch Mother Nature heal its self better than us humans could ever! Can’t wait to get back to my favorite place on earth! ❤

I’m intrigued with the crown conch that has spikes swirling down to the bottom. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your beach adventures 😎

Loved the extra beach time! Tried to ID some of the birds and I thought I spotted several Ruddy Turnstones...always a treat to see them. What great finds - all those beautiful rose tellins, spiky crown conchs, that huge nutmeg (almost as large as a crown conch), gorgeous intact angel wings. Lovely day shelling. I was so excited that your auction raised the $$ that it did! Congratulations! I really admire the way you have spread your efforts so thoughtfully and kept all of us updated on progress. My heart goes out to the families who lost their homes and the businesses that still aren't back up and running. BTW - you're reading a message from the new caretaker of the gorgeous Horse Code! I was outbid on a couple of other items but not that baby. Please mail mine last bc I know how busy you are and I can wait. Take care. Namaste 🙏. Looking forward to your next visit. Penny

Lots of progress, I’m seeing from this side. For your information, I watch several RU-vidrs from Florida. Mostly fishermen and women, then you and an artist like me. Everyone has slowed way down. They are doing their part in getting Florida back up and running again. Then, they are going fishing. So if you worry that you are not doing enough videos, you’re not lonesome. This was a great video!

I just got back from 2 glorious weeks in Florida yesterday. Spent time on Turtle Beach & Coquina Beach. Found lots of wonderful shells & a bunch of live critters. Now I am back in cold Wisconsin 🥶.

Love the weirdo yellow Venus Clam! The giant Nutmeg was amazing! All the Nutmegs were, WOW! So much destruction, but so much beauty. Thank you for taking us along.

It's so wonderful to see people out on the beaches again. And your doing a awesome job bringing us along with you. I so wish I could be there to help clean up and help anyone that could use it. You all take care and GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏 ❤️

I teach Elementary (Pre-K-5th) I told some of my kids about your channel. The NEXT time I had that class, a 2nd grade sweetheart HANDED ME a beautiful ALPHABET CONE!❤🐚

Wow, my heart goes out to those people who have to be constantly reminded of the devistation in their neighborhood playground, BUT! its coming along, I am sure everyone is pitching in like you did to remove as much as they can while they are there. That was a really nice haul. I have never seen soooo many crown conchs at one time!! Holy cow? Its interesting how the life in the sea gets moved around but seems to be bouncing back, lots and lots of birds, All in all...... a beautiful day!! 🥰 👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼

Thanks for the update Beautiful walk - nature is resilent Continued prayers as all recover from the hurricane.

Thanks for taking us along. It was beautiful.

Thanks Sharm for allowing us to shell with you! I look forward to each Video you post and seeing progress of the beaches as they look better as time goes by.

My husband and I love Fort Myers’s. Thank you for sharing. Love the shells! The angel wing❤️

Very nice finds! Love the crown conchs. And the cones. And the rose petal tellins. And the urchins. And the angel wings...love it all!!! Thanks Sharmon!!! 😏

You are doing a great job! Thank you for your positive attitude and your kindness. Love those crown conchs!

This gives me hope for y'all. Things are looking better ❤

I love what you do! Thank you so much for the wonderful beach shelling travels you take us on! They make me so happy and lift my spirits. It’s been 4 years since I’ve been shelling. I keep my chin up by sorting through my previous beach collection of shells from Sanibel. This winter they have been the forefront of my hobby time, and it has been quite enjoyable. Please keep doing what you do on your website and caring for the surrounding beaches! I love being apart of it, even if it’s from Cincinnati Ohio 😊

Hi Sharmon. So great to see people on the beach again. It's still going to be a long time for things to be somewhat normal again but it's looking a little better each time I see it. Shells are still there,right!! Beautiful king crowns, Angel wings, nutmegs. Ahhh what the heck, they are all beautiful!! Love that you are able to bring us beachy goodness again. Hugs💕

It’s taken me awhile to watch this vid because I think (?) at heart I’m letting them pile up to see progression (which I know will be SLOW). But, as you say, it is just going to take time. And you know what? Good things DO take time to develop and we appreciate them because of that process. So thank you for the vids. No more “piling up” the vids to watch; I’m in need of them whenever you are able to get them posted. Thank you again and again.

Thanks for the tour, Beach Angel, it's good to see the beginnings of recovery after Ian left his horrible mark on the shore. It always makes me sad to see the destruction of the trees and other vegetation. Buildings can be rebuilt, but it takes years for the greenery to recover its tenuous hold on the salty land. I'm glad you did get to do a bit of shelling. It's sad to see the evidence of the sea creatures' demise. Ian did his work very efficiently. Still, in time we will recover, as humans are always wont to do, and we will forget. I am glad for that, for the passage of time dimming our memories and the years going past washing away our pain, even as the tide cleanses the shore. Oh, those sunrise Venus clams are lovely! You are surely being blessed by the god of the sea today with treasures like that dark purple coquina pair. I am growing teary-eyed for longing to be there. I'm hoping that the shelling will be good this autumn when I can finally go home. It's always hit and miss there, not virtually guaranteed like it is on your beaches. Was that ambergris? There has been a lot discovered lately, maybe as a result of whales being stressed. What a pretty crown conch! Those curls are wonderful! I have never found one, I don't believe! I seem to recall one in my old collection, but I would have bought it or traded for it. I used to hang out at Shell World a LOT! I can still remember the distinct, wonderfully organic odor of that place. There was also a little museum my parents and I visited once, in a low, rambling Victorian house. Sadly, I have only the memory of it and no idea where it was. So many of my memories are of south Florida and its beaches. My Dad's business took him all over the State and we explored every corner of South Florida. I am so glad for those years and their memories! Good on you, dear Angel, for cleaning up some of the carnage left on the beach! I would be right with you, pulling trash and debris from the waves. Oh, what a cute little sea star! I like the way their little feet tickle your palm! Your efforts to clean the shore are certainly being rewarded! Ah, Beach Time! I can almost feel my blood pressure falling! Thank you for helping me to relax before sleeping. I am so grateful to you for allowing me and my fellow adventurers who love the sea to accompany you on your travels through the wasteland. I am SO PROUD OF YOU for removing so much trash from the beaches! Others might not do as much or they might do nothing at all. I will be busy with my hats until we meet again. My husband says it's a good thing I have multiple crochet hooks in my favorite sizes, so I can let them cool off occasionally. I'm making over a hundred hats a week now, working from waking until quiet time, when I must rest and recharge, often in your company. Take good care of yourself, darling, and enjoy your wanderings as you keep finding the treasures of the sea! Much love to you, dear Beach Angel, from Becca, The Lost Mermaid

Great finds!!! All those crown conchs and angel wings! I have seen over here on the east coast that Jupiter and Hobe Sound beaches are finding Bonnets although I haven’t been able to get out there myself. Hopefully I get out there soon to do some shelling. Thank you for all you are doing for my beloved west coast. 🤗🐚🐚🐚🐚

I love your outlook on what’s going on; positive yet realistic. Gonna take time but FMB is starting to shine again. I’m rooting for you all and are in my daily prayers. xo

It’s good to see the critters thriving, hopefully the vegetation will do the same eventually.

Thanks for sharing this. After the hurricane national attention seemed to forget/ignore Fort Myers. You have brought it back to our consciousness in an effective way. Thanks. Sending Fort Myers our best and hoping they recover and build back their community.

So glad people are helping with the clean up. It’s encouraging to see. Thank you so much for the beach walk and all the beautiful shells. Continuing to pray for all! 😊😊😊

Thanks Sharmon, I really enjoyed your trip to FMB, love the shells. I wish I lived closer and could help with physical clean up.

Thank you for the tour. I'm so sad to see my childhood playground so destroyed. My heart aches for those who have list so much. Bless you! Enjoy thecshelling!

My heart is breaking. Getting back to Fort Myers has eluded me since 2019. I so miss my favorite beach. I'm so hurt I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever get there again.

It’s so calming n comforting experience, to watch this lovely channel! My mind gets refreshed n rejuvenated ☺️🌹♥️👌 Thanks, Sharmon!

What a wonderful beach walk and I loved our beach time, it was so beautiful!! You did great!! The Florida Fighting Conchs with their spikes were fantastic, especially 2 of them, the one that had curled spikes and the one that appeared @26:59 that one had major spikes at the bottom, like WOW!! What a haul of beautiful, beautiful shells!! Rose Petal Tallins are one of my favorite shells because of it being PINK!!💗💗 Love the Nutmegs as well, what a beautiful design!! Thank you for such a beautiful time and spending my Sunday with you is the greatest!! I'm so sorry that Ian happened and changed your beloved beach. Seeing the area tugs at my heart and I can't imagine what it does to yours. Hopefully soon there will be a rebuilding and cleaning done so that it'll start to look like Fort Meyers again. Thank you for the warning about the parking and also how people may react. Better to be warned then face it. I so respect how you respect the area, economy of the area and that you asked permission to park. You're such a great example of how we should all feel about the place we live or visit. It takes nothing to take a garbage bag so that we're not leaving anything behind. Love it!! Have a great week Sharmon!!😍😊🐬

I’m glad u were able to go there again ! The crowns where amazing ! It was a good day and a beautiful one no matter what ! So thank you for going and sharing !

Thank you for another lovely beach walk and they are coming around slowly but surely

All of my total favorites! So good to see such life after such destruction.. gotta love those angel wings just laying in your path... thank you for showing us the real deal. Heart goes out to everyone there always!

That jingle was beautiful!

The little hinged False Angel Wing would make a fabulous pair of ear rings! Lovely video!

NIce video! Been watching your beachy goodness for a while, but this shows HOW IMPORTANT it is to RECYCLE, clean up after ourselves, bc it comes back on the beaches, the fish, gets caught up in the trees and mangroves, choking them out. And that's the beaches protection that so many more need to be educated on. Keep up on the great shelling, teaching and protecting of our beautiful oceans!

Hard to believe that the waves and water can be so brutal sometimes. I love Fort Myers Beach. So sad about the beach! I’m coming there in March and I’m sure I’ll shed many a tear! But I can’t wait to get there. I raised my kids on the beach!

That sand dollar is beautiful. Love all those shells. I have seen so many shells in one place! I would be in heaven collecting......your so lucky to get all those nature beauties!

* Thanks for taking us to see the beach & the extent of the clean up & repair.. You provide good information.. Loved the Shells.. Congrats on the trash.. every little bit helps..

Sharmon, my heart goes out to you and your community. I wouldn't know how to navigate a disaster either, but your efforts to clean the beach and also to enjoy it are working wonders! Be blessed! Hugs from Virginia!

So many vacations in FMB and so many beautiful memories. I love FMB and my thoughts and prayers are with its beautiful citizens.

Just a lovely day! Fort Myers beach never fails❣️Wonderful shells!!!

Even though I've collected shells over the many years of going to beaches with my family, I still learn so much from you! I can't wait to get back down there. :)

As always love your videos Shar!!! Thanks for posting!

What a joy to see the beach slowly coming back! Even though I've only been there once, 😅 very briefly 😂, it was good to see it. Thank you for showing us how the beach area is looking. The crown conch's were amazing. But that nutmeg!! Holy 🐄🐄🐮 that was huge! Enjoy your week and look forward to next time.

Always great to see the beach and all the goodies you find. Those large angel wings are gorgeous!! Wish I was there, see you next week!!

That was a fun walk on the beach with you.🤗❤❤❤

Cool SeaPork, I've never seen one before. Thanks for picking up the trash as you go !. My pet's water dish is frozen solid. It's after St. Patrick's Day. Loved that I found Virtual Shelling !

It's so reassuring watching your videos post Ian that nature is returning and gives me hope that one day I can return here. Your positive outlook and everything you're doing for your community is heartwarming!

I am so sorry. I pray that everything gets better. I just want them to have the calm I have listening to you and watching you shell.❤❤❤

During Beach Time I shut my eyes and place myself on the beach💕

Thanks so much for sharing all that is happening in SWF, and the gradual rehabilitation after Ian. My passion is Abalone shells, which I have collected for years having spent time professionally fishing from Victoria to the most Southern tip of Tasmania, Australia. ❤I love the variety of shells you get there, and look forward at some stage to visiting SWF, so different from our new home up at Sapphire Beach (sub tropics) in Northern New South Wales, Australia, Turban snail shells, Cowrie, Various Drupes, Murex, Cones, Balers, Wentletrap,Tritons, pear Bonets, Trochus, Urchins…. just to name a few are some we find on our lovely North Sapphire beach at our back gate. I enjoy stripping some back to the mother of pearl and make hanging shell mobiles to give to friends. 🐨🦋🐠🦀 🪲🦑🦎🪸🪷🦪

The markings on that coquina shell - sooo cool! 🥰😍🐚🌊✌️

Thank you so very much. It is good to see how things are going at Fort Myers. It is going to take a very long time for recovery but you can see recovery taking place. Lovely to see all the shells and critters x

Thanks for cleaning the beach!!! All visitors anywhere, the beach, the mountains, the prairie should always follow the moto carry in and carry out, carry out extra if you truly love nature. It's sad to see the destruction. Yet in time and it may be many years they will recover just as many other communities have in the past be it a hurricane, a tornado, a flood. Most of my favorite shells come from this area and Sanibel.

What's up Sharm! Thank you for sharing this experience with us. You have a good, heart, positive outlook, n a shining spirit. You gathered such a beautiful variety of shells. Also, picked up a big amount of trash. Inspiring how much love you show for your community. Thank you.

Love keeping up with my favorite place (swf and particularly sanibel) through you.

Everything you go back to the beach,it looks better !

The aftermath of this storm is heartbreaking and astonishing. I watched with my mouth gaping open when you showed the buildings, seeing the shredded trees and then the massive piles of trash and the boats still piled up. It will still be a long time before everything is repaired, removed or replaced. Incredible.

I’ve been down here for about 7 1/2 years love your videos. I spent my initial time learning about dangerous things now going back and learning about fun things with your help. I appreciate your identifications. Maybe we’ll bump into each other someday take care and thanks again.

Wonderful video as usual. So wonderful to see you show such appreciation for migrating birds and concern for environment. Also, great example of focusing on the beauty in spite of devastation. There’s beauty all around us if we just take the time to appreciate it 👏👍😊

Thank you so much for this update! We will be down soon to our little place. It should have repairs completed and we are so thankful❤ I haven’t been back since August and I’m trying to prepare myself. The info on parking, trash and remembering that residents are still still recovering emotionally too ❤️‍🩹 Continued prayers for all

Hi Sharmon. I am very sorry for what your community has and is going through. I could have said I had no idea what you have all gone through until we had a bomb cyclone come through last month. I have never been that scared in my life so now I have some understanding of your physical and emotional injuries. Thank you for spreading joy with your beautiful shells. We will visit your area when you all are ready. Sending love and light.

Lovely, lovely angel wings. Such a great variety of shells. Thank you for showing us what is happening on these beaches and thanks to everyone that helps in taking whatever amount of trash that they are able to. 🐕🥰

Thank you for all you do! Bless you!

Hey Sharmon I wasn’t able to afford any of your beach treasures, but wow, congratulations on a successful auction.

We've watched your wonderful videos for a very long time and absolutely adore them. Your presentation style is just perfect and you make every session so much fun to watch and we've learned so much from you. Thank you for doing what you do, and thank you for keeping us up to date on Fort Myers as it recovers. We have shelled in the very same areas you went shelling in this video and have some really great memories there. We truly appreciate your updates and everything you do to produce these great videos. Also, congratulations on the hugely successful auction for charity. An absolutely wonderful idea and we all appreciate it. Sending you a huge and sincere virtual hug! Keep up the great work!

Love and hugs from Ontario Canada. Sending healing energy. Take care of you. ❤️

Thanks so much for this walk! Life goes on. Look at all those birds back doing their thing!🥰❤️👍

I'm glad you got to get back out to FMB. Despite all the destruction, the wildlife and the shells persist, and to me, that is inspirational. Nice finds too, that stack of angel wings is impressive! So interesting how that crown conch has such curly spines. Even if it's a "common" shell, you just never know when an oddball pops up and that's what makes the search so much fun! Hats off to you for removing all that trash from the beach too. Take care!

Looks like the shell were there for the picking! It is sad to see the garbage but great to see progress. Even though I came to Florida in November 2022 it still feels like I have not been there in years. Not sure why. but I love Sanibel and Ft. Myers there really is no place like it. Thanks for sharing your adventure and the beach updates.

It did my heart good to finally see through your eyes the beach and shells of FMB and how they are doing. I just returned from a very quick visit to Siesta Key and though it has a beautiful white sand beach I found that I was missing FMB and her shells. Thank you for keeping us all posted about the recovery of it all.

Love from Minnesota! ❤🐚

The cruly crown conck, the waves looked like waves. So amazing!

Great to have your videos back! Missed you, and was worried about the animals and their shells. Still praying for people affected.

Missed you but today was "let's go to the beach"!heaven.....

Thank you for showing the good, the bad and the ugly as it is all certainly there. So many emotions about it, so sad to think about. But the shells, and the beach time you give us just brought all the beauty back if you close your eyes and just listen. there is no more relaxing sound on earth. Except for crickets and tree frogs at night when they come out in the early spring in Ohio! Jut incredible. Yes a long recovery is in store for SW Florida beaches and area. Thanks for doing your part picking up anything you can.

Greetings from Germany, we love Fort Myers Beach

What a great haul! Beautiful shells!

I was able to go to Ft. Myers this past summer for the first time. I had an amazing time there and it’s so sad to see it all gone now. I love your videos, they have helped me so much in identifying what I collected in Ft. Myers last year!!

Hi… love your videos. Looks like your experiencing what we did with Ida… mountains of trash and destruction everywhere. You’d never know it because we (Terrebonne Parish) are not New Orleans. We lost a lot and somethings will never be the same but thank you showing a bit of positivity thru the rebuilding and clean up.

Ahh, I needed this. Thank you so much.

thank you for showing this awesome beach. love your videos

Another wonderful video! Thank you.

I was recently on Marco for a couple days, great shelling, but we flew in/out of RSW and on our last afternoon we drove thru FMB and Sanibel….the videos, pictures and news clip don’t begin to show the actual devastation. I was completely heartbroken. We will definitely book a stay on FMB as soon as it is more habitable, but there were a couple places open and that was encouraging. That mountain of debris across from Lovers Key State Park is at least 4 stories tall and miles long, we were really taken aback by the sight of it, especially considering how much debris is still needing to be cleaned up. We will continue to pray for the entire community, but if you have never been to Fort Myers Beach or Sanibel, you missed what was. I’m looking forward to seeing what these communities look like as newly built.

Those curly spikes are so beautiful 😍

It was so perfect thank you

Thank you so much for sharing your shelling and the updates ou f the hurricane. I do not live anywhere near an ocean but I do live where there are lots of wooded area. I always pick up trash when I am out and about. Most of what i find is from people who just dump their trash wherever they feel like it. I think what you are doing is so amazing. I just love the shells. I still have yet to pick a favorite shell. Thank you f ou r the updates. Hope you are doing well.

I really wouldn't care what it looks like, I just would love to visit there soon!!!

Thank you

Wow I can’t believe all the pretty nutmegs and crowns .. amazing!! Great day ❤

Awesome score ❤❤❤

I feel for all of those who went through that. God bless!

I was enjoying the video when I had to pause it to go see which one of our smoke alarms was chirping. I was standing under one and it never chirped. I thought how funny it would be if it was on the video and I was standing there like an idiot waiting for it to chirp. I rewound the video and tah dah, it was on the clip. I got a good laugh out of it and continued on with your beachy goodness. Thanks for the video and the unintentional laugh ! You might need to check your alarms. Haha Have great day !

Love your videos. I don't hear any beeping! I always have the same type of inner dialog when I shell. Good to know I'm not the only crazy shell lady 😛😆

Oh I love that moment of just the beach and the water and the soft sound of your feet in the sand. I almost fell asleep in that! You should do a channel that has just that. Or like a video that people could used to go to sleep or something. That was amazing. Really like the whole video. Going to subscribe now :-)

Hi Sharmon! ( : Yeah. I feel awful about Fort Meyers Beach! ) : I always am always checking up on FBM. I admit that it worries me seeing so many people at the beach at Time Square! ) : It is such a mess still! ) : I am so sorry your beautiful town has been soo impacted by rotten Hurricane Ian! ) : The rose petal talons are sooo gorgeous! ( : I feel like I haven't seen a lettered olive in forever! I love the sun ray Venus clam. I wonder why it was so yellow?! ( : The FL Cone shell was perfect! ( : I love jingles soooo much! ( : Beautiful coquina too! Fallen angel wing I have never seen either! Love watching you collect all the gorgeous shells you do, Sharmon! It always makes my day! ( : 🥰🥰🥰 Wow! That Atlantic cockle is huge! I love it! Sea Pork! Never heard or saw that before! ( : Sooo many crown conchs today! Holy moly ( : Sooo fun and a pretty shark eye! ( : Wow, you have found some really gorgeous nutmegs today too! Ohhh...and a Sand dollar! ( : Loving the beach time and seeing all the pretty designs from the waves on the beach today! Thank you sooo much! ( : Thanks sooo much for this lovely trip to Fort Meyers Beach today! I thought the water had v6ery bad red tide still down there. So I am very relieved to see the water looking mostly nice, clean, and clear! Phew! ( :

Thank you so much for another very informative video!!! 🦋🤗🦋