{"id":1118,"date":"2010-03-04T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T01:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2010-03-06T09:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T14:12:43","slug":"shell-fair-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Fair and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The 73rd Annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show&#8230;.Here are some more winners!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1121\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1121\" data-attachment-id=\"1121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img_2203\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2089,1841\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267742870&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"David Rhyne&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine won Best Single Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine- Professional\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;David Rhyne&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine won Best Single Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine- Professional&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203-1024x902.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1121 \" title=\"David Rhyne's Sailor's Valentine won Best Single Sailor's Valentine- Professional\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203-1024x902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2203-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Rhyne&#39;s Sailor&#39;s Valentine won Best Single Sailor&#39;s Valentine- Professional<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1123\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1123\" data-attachment-id=\"1123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img_2204\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267742880&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Close-up of David Rhyne&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Close-up of David Rhyne&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1123 \" title=\"Close-up of David Rhyne's Sailor's Valentine\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2204-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of David Rhyne&#39;s Sailor&#39;s Valentine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Looking at this work of art made my heart skip a beat. That&#8217;s why <a href=\"http:\/\/davidrhyne.com\/\">David Rhyne<\/a> also won the Captain Tom Clifford Memorial Trophy which is Best in Show- Professional. In 2007, he was invited to Martha Stewart&#8217;s studio to show one of his double Sailor&#8217;s Valentines. Check out this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/portal\/site\/mslo\/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0\/?vgnextoid=a4cacffbfd4e3110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;rsc=related\">Martha Stewart video<\/a> featuring David and the 70th Annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1130\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130\" data-attachment-id=\"1130\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img_2206\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267743347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Best Novice Exhibit won by Carolyn Johnson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Best Novice Exhibit won by Carolyn Johnson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1130 \" title=\"Best Novice Exhibit won by Carolyn Johnson\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2206-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best Novice Exhibit won by Carolyn Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" data-attachment-id=\"1131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img_2130\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267726777&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Close-up of novice Carolyn Johnson&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Close-up of novice Carolyn Johnson&amp;#8217;s Sailor&amp;#8217;s Valentine&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1131 \" title=\"Close-up of novice Carolyn Johnson's Sailor's Valentine\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2130-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of novice Carolyn Johnson&#39;s Sailor&#39;s Valentine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Can you believe this is Carolyn&#8217;s first Sailor&#8217;s Valentine and first showing? Amazing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1132\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132\" data-attachment-id=\"1132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img_2161\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1944\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267728015&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blue Ribbon for Lucy Ann Read in Miniature Flower Arrangement max- 3&amp;#8243;x3&amp;#8243;x3&amp;#8243;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blue Ribbon for Lucy Ann Read in Miniature Flower Arrangement max- 3&amp;#8243;x3&amp;#8243;x3&amp;#8243;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1132 \" title=\"Blue Ribbon for Lucy Ann Read in Miniature Flower Arrangement max- 3&quot;x3&quot;x3&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2161-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ribbon for Lucy Ann Read - Miniature Flower Arrangement max- 3&quot;x3&quot;x3&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;and if this isn&#8217;t enough&#8230;..the shelling is fantastic on the Captiva side of Blind Pass!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1134\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/img0411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1134\" data-attachment-id=\"1134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/img041-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/img0411.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alex (Colorado)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alex (Colorado)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/img0411-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1134\" title=\"Alex (Colorado)\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/img0411-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex (Colorado)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a huge new shell pile! Alex and his dad were finding MUREXES, WHELKS, BANDED TULIPS and nice HORSE CONCHS in the crevices of the left side of the jetty rocks. On the beach side, there were shellers filling up their shell buckets and bags with nice OLIVES, CONCHS and finding great shells just like Alex. Of course, I started looking at some of the CLAMS, SCALLOPS and TURBANS a little differently since the Shell Fair artists find so many creative ways to use them in their artwork&#8230;.like I need another &#8220;project&#8221; right now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1135\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/DSCN1122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1135\" data-attachment-id=\"1135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/shell-fair-and-more\/dscn1122\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/DSCN1122.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2816,2112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX L1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1267698272&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0013417415805716&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Richard and Edith (Nantucket)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Richard and Edith (Nantucket)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/DSCN1122-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1135\" title=\"Richard and Edith (Nantucket)\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/DSCN1122-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard and Edith (Nantucket)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clark stopped by the Lighthouse to see if the wind change had taken the shells away from the east end. He found a couple of baby FLORIDA CONES and saw that Richard and Edith had found a few SCALLOPS and other smaller shells but not like earlier this week. They asked Clark about another spot so he sent them on up to Blind Pass. I hope they headed straight there to scoop up some of those WHELKS.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back to the Shell Fair tomorrow for more pictures of the Scientific Exhibits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 73rd Annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show&#8230;.Here are some more winners! Looking at this work of art made my heart skip a beat. That&#8217;s why David Rhyne also won the Captain Tom Clifford Memorial Trophy which is Best in Show- Professional. In 2007, he was invited to Martha Stewart&#8217;s studio to show one of [&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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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}},"categories":[5,3,36,29,121,8,119,1],"tags":[112,2049,2048,2050,30,2093,2082,71,80],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blind-pass","category-captiva","category-florida-cone","category-lighthouse","category-sailors-valentine","category-sanibel","category-sanibel-shell-fair-and-show-festival","category-uncategorized","tag-beach","tag-blind-pass","tag-captiva","tag-sanibel","tag-sanibel-lighthouse","tag-sanibel-shell-fair-and-show","tag-seashells","tag-shelling","tag-shells","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-i2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","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=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}