On Tuesday night we had the first ever tropical storm develop on land in Florida - right over
Jacksonville! It is very rare that a storm develops over land and this is only the second one to ever occur in the south of the USA. Of coarse the weather people got it totally wrong and only gave the storm a 10% chance of developing into something more than a rain shower - well Tropical Storm Julia fooled them all -
you can read more about it here.
Anyhoo - yesterday morning Mom decided to go and see if King Neptune had been feeling generous and went over to that evil nasty Talbot Island State Park that is for "people's only" at least on the beach - we doggies are allowed on the other bush paths but not on the beach - so so wrong. She didn't find very much at all but the few shells he did find were awesome - including a giant lightning whelk and some beautifully patterned giant heart cockles. The only thing we got to enjoy from her walk on the beach was a sniff of the shells!
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| Giant Heart Cockle |
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| Giant Lightning Whelk |
Well those shells are indeed very beautiful, but a 'people only' beach??!!
ReplyDeleteWhose stupid idea was that?
Toodle pip!
Bertie.
What GREAT finds! Those shells are really pretty
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Princess Leah xxx
Wow! Those shells are huge!!! Glad you guys weathered the storm OK.
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ReplyDeleteOh my word - but boys - treasure has to be rare and few... else it becomes common!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Not Fair! I hate silly rules.
ReplyDeletePretty shells though :)
kISSES AND HUGS.
ReplyDeletePretty shells!
ReplyDeleteI love your treasures my friend. They are beautiful! XOXO - Bacon
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys are safe. Those storms are scary
ReplyDeleteLily & Edward
People ONLY! There is something DRASTICALLY wrong there.... Glad you rode out the storm and your mum found some new shells! There's always a silver lining for someone.
ReplyDeletePretty shells!!!
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
Maybe your mom could take you out for seafood chowder
ReplyDeleteNot fair to not let you on the beach but the shells are beautifur.
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Louis Dog Armstrong
What a gorgeous big shell. Wish I could find something like that on our beach.
ReplyDeleteElliot and Cricket x
Oooh, Mom loves that whelk!!! What a great find!
ReplyDeleteCammie!
gorgeous shells!!! DakotasDen
ReplyDeleteWow, your mom found some beautiful (and large) shells!! Glad you all are OK!
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Murphy & Stanley
I don't think my mom ever goes for a walk without at least one dog.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful shells! Very lucky. Too bad you doggies weren't allowed on the beach, though. It was interesting reading about that storm. Our Jessy called today from Boca Raton and said it was raining but there was not a cloud in the sky! She also said there are iguanas everywhere and they're eating up the lawn!
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