{"id":10769,"date":"2012-05-23T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=10769"},"modified":"2018-11-13T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T02:01:09","slug":"theres-no-place-like-home-on-sanibel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/23\/theres-no-place-like-home-on-sanibel\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s No Place Like Home On Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0I love to travel… but more than anything, I love to come home to my beautiful island of Sanibel. Sanibel is like getting to finally sleeping in your own bed or taking your first good breathe of fresh air.<\/p>\n

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Yep. Super Sheller Clark<\/a><\/strong> found this beautiful ALPHABET CONE<\/a><\/strong> last night at the Lighthouse beach. We just couldn’t wait any longer to see our own contented beach. Clark was looking at this CONE like it was a long lost friend.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I was enjoying all the signs of a beautiful life on our islands. I picked up this gorgeous\u00a0KINGS CROWN<\/a><\/strong> (above) then realized it was full of life and health so I was happy I scooped up so much sand with “him”. He went right on his merry way when I put him gently back where I found him. The Gulf of Mexico was so full of life! I found a live SHARK’S EYE too…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0There were lots of live PEAR WHELKS<\/a><\/strong> too…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0And live KEY HOLE SAND DOLLARS. Did you notice I put the whole common name of this SAND DOLLAR? Sine we found those cutie tiny SAND DOLLARS<\/strong> <\/a>in Thailand, I’ve been trying to figure out what type they are… when I realized that I’ve never said which ones ours are that we find here in SouthWest Florida. KEY HOLE SAND DOLLARS<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0And live LIGHTNING WHELKS<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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In the next photo of this same LIGHTNING WHELK, I wanted \u00a0show you how much lighter the other side was but do you see that little string on my left hand ? While on our trip to Thailand<\/a><\/strong>, we were blessed by a Monk who wrapped this string with a knot around our wrists. I was told it was called a “spiritual line” and we are to wear it until it falls off and not to cut it off. It is for good luck, good health and to remind us every day that today is special so live it that way. I immediately thought of those strings I used to tie around my finger to remind me to do something. So every day now when I look at this string on my wrist I am reminded that today is a gift.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0We even saw MANATEES wallowing in the shallow water just a few feet from us. Talk about a welcome home! Oh I love this place. Check out the video…<\/p>\n