Cedar Key Periwinkle Snail

Rae Rae and I did some paddling this afternoon. Nice high tide, due in part to the new moon. Speaking of the new moon this is a great time to do some star watching. Very dark sky here in Cedar Key. Anyway Rachel and I were out in a kayak today at high tide. Periwinkle snails were climbing the needle rush and Spartina grass to get above the tide. Idea. Collect a bunch, and Google a recipe for Periwinkle stew. Raechel began collecting and about 250 snails later and a lot of fun it was bon Appétit. 

Selfie. Me and Rachel

Climbin' the needle rush

Headed for the periwinkle stew.

Collecting

Countin' em

Cookin' em

The lowly periwinkle

A bunch of em'. Most of the family enjoyed the stew made from the common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

Beach Girls

These two fun loving Cedar Key girls, Hannah & Raechel, had some fun posing for some photos on a local Cedar Key beach

Girls havin' fun

Girls at the beach

Girls just wanna have fun

Play day

Beach Babe

Family. They're worth it.

Rocky Edwards

Hannah, Elisa, Raechel, Shani

Hannah Brinkman, Elisa Edwards

JD & Shani

JD, Pam, Jerry & Anita Edwards

Uncle Bill Chapman

McCormicks, Edwards & Brinkmans

Aunt Cookie, Glenna

G Dad & Levi

Sharon & Larry

Overlooked

The small things of life are often so much bigger than the great things . . . 

the trivial pleasure of a bikeride, 

Pickin' eatin' Loquats

Or admiring a miracle like this

Finding a hidden garden

An hibiscus at the island hotel

wildflowers

an hour with friends, 

solitary walks,

A gift from good friends

common things that posess uncommon greatness. Like

A Sunday afternoon in Cedar Key.

They lived here.

More than 2000 years ago "shell cultures" inhabited these islands.
During the Archaic and Woodland periods these native Americans constructed many shell mounds and middens; these and the pottery artifacts they created is all that remains.