Thank you, Bobbi, for telling us about the hobby you and Jim share.  It's
nice that you can both enjoy it together.

I have a very nice husband but he is not particularly interested in
shells.  However, he does have his uses.  There was this time many years
ago when I was shelling a tide line on Sanibel, with him disinterestedly
ambling along behind, when he suddenly called out "You just walked over
this.  Don't you want it?" "What is it," I asked.  "A shell," he said as he
came up to me and held out his hand to show me a near perfect Scaphella
junonia.

Betty Jean, The Tall One


At 12:05 AM 4/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I sent a private e-mail to Andrew Rindsberg and he says I need to share
>it with all of you.
>
>Jim and I have shared our mutual love for conchology together now for 38
>years.  Although our talents, knowledge and abilities are
>different....we combine them together to make it exciting.
>
>Jim is the scientist.  He studies books and papers and does all the
>identification.
>
>I am the artist (creative person).  So I design exhibits and backboards
>for shell shows.
>I am also the computer "nerd".  So I catalog all the shells and do all
>the i.d. labels.
>
>Although we spend time in the field together collecting....Jim usually
>cleans the shells or freezes them.   He also takes care of all the
>diving and snorkelling gear on trips while I take care of the FOOD!
>
>We work together at our Shell Club.  Jim is president and I am shell
>show chairman.   We invest a lot of time together in our club...and feel
>it is very important.
>
>Jim "started" this whole thing by collecting a few shells on a beach in
>California...and soon our whole family was involved.   Our daughter
>started collecting shells when she was two years old.  She now teaches
>science in a junior high school and has her collection set up in her
>class room.
>
>We both give programs at schools, senior citizen groups, churches, you
>name it!  Sometimes we go as a couple or sometimes we go as an
>individual.  We both really enjoy sharing our hobby with others.    Our
>shell "museum" is always open to guests.
>
>So we are involved together as life-time partners.
>
>Bobbi Cordy
>Merritt Island FL