{"id":10476,"date":"2012-04-29T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T02:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2012-04-30T07:54:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:54:33","slug":"collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting Colorful Seashells In The Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"seashells in a hat\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/seashells-in-a-hat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335613800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;seashells in a hat&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashells in a hat\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;seashells in a hat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;seashells in a hat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10477 aligncenter\" title=\"seashells in a hat\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seashells in a hat\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-in-a-hat.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mother Nature has been providing lots of gifts from her sea this week! Not only did she give us all the Beach Bling on the east end, we were finding some excellent shells off West Gulf Drive west of Tarpon Bay Road this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Super Sheller Clark Rambo\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/super-sheller-clark-rambo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335607133&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Super Sheller Clark Rambo&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Super Sheller Clark Rambo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Super Sheller Clark Rambo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Super Sheller Clark Rambo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10480 aligncenter\" title=\"Super Sheller Clark Rambo\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Super Sheller Clark Rambo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Super-Sheller-Clark-Rambo.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In the water at the shoreline, <a title=\"Super Sheller Clark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/super-sheller-clark-rambo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Clark<\/strong> <\/a>found a few ALPHABET CONES, colorful juvie HORSE CONCHS, SHARK&#8217;S EYES, dark colorful LETTERED OLIVES and BANDED TULIPS, a double CALICO CLAM and a double ALTERNATE TELLIN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"seashells sanibel seashore\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/seashells-sanibel-seashore\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335607115&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;seashells sanibel seashore&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashells sanibel seashore\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;seashells sanibel seashore&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;seashells sanibel seashore&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10479 aligncenter\" title=\"seashells sanibel seashore\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seashells sanibel seashore\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/seashells-sanibel-seashore.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I was shelling the nice piles on the beach&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"gulf coast seashells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/gulf-coast-seashells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335605810&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;gulf coast seashells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gulf coast seashells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;gulf coast seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;gulf coast seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10481 aligncenter\" title=\"gulf coast seashells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"gulf coast seashells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gulf-coast-seashells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I found this sweet little pinkish FLORIDA SPINY JEWELBOX&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Florida spiny jewelbox\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/florida-spiny-jewelbox-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335608492&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Florida spiny jewelbox&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Florida spiny jewelbox\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Florida spiny jewelbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Florida spiny jewelbox&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10478 aligncenter\" title=\"Florida spiny jewelbox\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Florida spiny jewelbox\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Florida-spiny-jewelbox.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0And 6 sets of pink and yellow ALTERNATE TELLINS. Here are two of them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"alternate tellin butterfies\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/alternate-tellin-butterfies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335605617&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;alternate tellin butterfies&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alternate tellin butterfies\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;alternate tellin butterfies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;alternate tellin butterfies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10484 aligncenter\" title=\"alternate tellin butterfies\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"alternate tellin butterfies\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/alternate-tellin-butterfies.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Candy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"horse conch candy shell\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/horse-conch-candy-shell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335605898&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;horse conch candy shell&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"horse conch candy shell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;horse conch candy shell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;horse conch candy shell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10482 aligncenter\" title=\"horse conch candy shell\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"horse conch candy shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/horse-conch-candy-shell.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Just in case you didn&#8217;t catch it in the first photo, take a look at how pretty and dark orange this\u00a0FLORIDA CONE is. Clark found this just as we were about to leave the beach. It&#8217;s\u00a0my fave shell of the weekend!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"florida cone in hat\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/29\/collecting-colorful-seashells-in-the-gulf\/florida-cone-in-hat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335613800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;florida cone in hat&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"florida cone in hat\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;florida cone in hat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;florida cone in hat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10487 aligncenter\" title=\"florida cone in hat\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"florida cone in hat\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/florida-cone-in-hat.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Nature has been providing lots of gifts from her sea this week! Not only did she give us all the Beach Bling on the east end, we were finding some excellent shells off West Gulf Drive west of Tarpon Bay Road this weekend. \u00a0In the water at the shoreline, Clark found a few ALPHABET [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,36,1643,99,161,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphabet-cone","category-florida-cone","category-florida-spiny-jewelbox","category-jewel-box","category-sharks-eye","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-2IY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10476"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10495,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10476\/revisions\/10495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}