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Hello Folks,
Today is an abnormal day for Southwest Florida..... The sky is cloudy and I don't think it is suppost to rain. It is very rare to have a day which stays cloudy ALL day in Southwest Florida. Normally we will have a few clouds roll through, but then in no time, the sun pops back out and is a beautiful day.
Even though it is cloudy, we decided to take an afternoon break and walk the beach. One of our favorite beaches is Barefoot Beach which it right next to Bonita Beach..... The county line between Lee County (Ft. Myers) and Collier County (Naples) is the deviding line with Barefoot Beach being in Collier County.
The Gulf of Mexico was like a sheet of glass today with very small waves. These ways weren't over a few inches tall. The water was that pretty aqua blue/green, but would have been spectacular if the sun had been shinning, then the colors would have really shown nicely.
While walking along Barefoot Beach, we came along a new home which has been under construction for the past year. It is quite modern in design and it appears that they have about completed the exterior of the house. Here is a side view looking south and a view from the beach....
 
We also came along some marine life, as usual. The next three pictures are of a Lightning Whelk I pulled out of the sand. These shells like to burrow into the sand until it is feeding time. When they do they it is easy to spot them, at least for me, but I would guess that 90% of beach walkers would walk right on by and not know these guys were even around.
The first picture (right) is how these animal look when they are buried in the sand and only about 1 to 1.5 inches of the tip of their shell sticks out.
These shells are extremely shart and if you are not careful they can slice open a foot or a hand.
This next picture is of the shell after I have gently wiggled it out of the sand. The shell and the hole are about the diameter of a baseball.
You can clearly see the section of the shell which was previously sticking out of the sand because it is not covered with sand. A very small portion of the whole animal.
Lastly, you can see how pretty a shell they have after I've rinsed it off in the surf.
Don't worry, I placed him back in the water after taking these pictures. In most areas of Florida it is illegal to keep live shells.
As mentioned above, the wide part of this shell is about the diameter of a baseball and it is about 5 to 6 inches long.
The final picture is of a Sea Urchin which was washed up on the beach. I took this picture before returning him to the water also. This guy was a little smaller than a baseball.
Hope you have enjoyed todays visit to the beach.
Sincerely,
Sean Allen
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