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Jo O’Keefe commented on the blog post Newest Sunset Beach Shell Species 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The eastern point of Sunset Beach toward Wilmington is covered by high tide twice daily. I find extraordinary invertebrates there, including 197 species of seashells. Today I found an intact dried ray. A few days ago I found a perfect sand dollar less than a half inch wide. Go to my main website, http://www.okeefes.org. Click [...]
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Jo O’Keefe commented on the blog post Newest Sunset Beach Shell Species 7 months ago
Thanks for writing. I found a second Smooth Duckclam in better shape that I hope to photograph soon.
Apparently there are thousands of Eastern Melampus in Florida. The species is so evolved that it has pulmonary function.
I have more new species but not yet enough time to photograph them or write posts.
I have a test webpage [...]
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Jo O’Keefe wrote a new blog post: An Extraordinary Presepio 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Antone and Margaret Aquino of Carolina Shores, NC, have a phenomenal presepio in their Carolina Room. “Presepio” is Italian for what we know as a nativity scene, crib or creche. In 1980 in Peabody, Massachusetts, while recuperating from surgery, Antone began to build the presepio, modelled [...]
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Jo O’Keefe wrote a new blog post: Newest Sunset Beach Shell Species 9 months ago
Since June 2008 I have been collecting mollusks at one spot on the Eastern point of Sunset Beach. Most of them are in seaweed or seadrift. Instructions for finding shells are on my website at http://okeefes.org/Barrier_Islands/Sunset_Beach/Shells/Sunset_Beach_Shells..htm I can assure you that finding these shells is easy. I have many physical challenges and was [...]
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Jo O’Keefe wrote a new blog post: Trains 9 months ago
Nancy Hallstein of Carolina Shores knows trains. She knows real trains as well as O, HO and N-gauge model trains. Nancy even builds trains. They are her passion.
Nancy began collecting trains 20 years ago. She displays them at Christmas. [...]
