Salting beaches by parents to keep their kids busy and happy is a widely
practiced.  I used to find Florida shells in Hawaii!

Avril Bourquin
Invermere, BC
Canada, V0A 1K0

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From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan
Gettleman
Sent: December 8, 2009 8:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] North Captiva Field Trip

Avril,

For this Floridian, my coldest winter this year was a trip in June to
Washington State and a short sojourn to your beautiful British Columbia.
The Floridians in the group were wearing every piece of clothing we brought
with us and were still cold.  The locals were in shorts, t-shirts, and
flip-flops, and one toddler outside only in diapers and oblivious to the
temperature.

Your Cypraea amulet reminded me while looking for land shells in Poulsbo,
Washington, I found a Cypraea annulus in the dirt.  It did not have holes in
the shell-my first guess would have been it was a remnant from a souvenir
necklace.  Although old I presume it had to be recent but its location
buried in a wooded area was curious.

Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, FL
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