{"id":10324,"date":"2012-04-19T16:52:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=10324"},"modified":"2018-11-21T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:01:39","slug":"ever-changing-blind-pass-sanibel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/19\/ever-changing-blind-pass-sanibel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Changing Blind Pass Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It sure feels good to find an ALPHABET CONE again! I’ve been stumped finding the SANIBEL SIX<\/a><\/strong> lately so I was excited to find this baby within a half hour of arriving at Blind Pass Sanibel yesterday evening for a somewhat low tide at a .4. I still didn’t find the SANIBEL SIX though since I couldn’t find a TULIP that was in good enough shape but I’m subbing that bright orange CHESTNUT TURBAN on the right as a good find to be very happy.<\/p>\n

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See how that sand bar has moved right to the beach now? You never know what to expect the beach to look like until you walk out and see if for yourself. Always a surprise.<\/p>\n

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The tidal pool was loaded with live FIGHTING CONCHS …<\/p>\n

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On the other side of the tidal pool, shellers were lined up along the shoreline to catch the seashell loot washing up to the beach.<\/p>\n

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I met so many cool shellers like Joe and Kerry from Sebastian, FL…<\/p>\n

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..and Karen and Steve from Michigan…<\/p>\n

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Karen found two gorgeous bright orange CHESTNUT TURBANS.<\/p>\n

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Here are Tim and Mary Ann (NY) showing off Mary Ann’s cool shell sifter.<\/p>\n

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I think the prize of the evening was Tim’s incredibly large\u00a0FLORIDA<\/strong>\u00a0SPINY JEWELBOX<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with attached valves. It’s terrific!<\/p>\n

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Anna (West Virginia) was tickled pink as she filled up her strainer with shells.<\/p>\n

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She found FIGHTING CONCHS, MUREXES, COCKLES, SCALLOPS \u00a0and a pretty little TRUE TULIP.<\/p>\n

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Bob and Johnnie (TN) were on one of the shell piles searching for minis.<\/p>\n

\"Johnnie<\/a><\/p>\n

And they found them! I loooove this tiny little lemon yellow ROUGH SCALLOP…<\/p>\n

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They found some other colorful cuties too including a sweet FLAT SCALLOP…<\/p>\n

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It was a fabulous night meeting so many nice people and seeing the shell piles on the Sanibel side again.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I needed a break from that stupid camera<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>any way.<\/strong>\u00a0No, I didn’t take any of theses photos with the J1 and by the word “stupid”, I think you can tell I’m still frustrated with it ;( . Anyway,\u00a0I took a quick little video with my trusted little Panasonic DMC-ZS6 to pan the beach to show you exactly what it looked like and how the beach has changed…. yet again. Oh, and sorry about the sound. The wind noise is horrible but oh well, I just wanted y’all to see it any way.<\/p>\n