{"id":11905,"date":"2012-08-30T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=11905"},"modified":"2020-01-21T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:45:00","slug":"i-love-shelling-after-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/i-love-shelling-after-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"i Love Shelling After A Storm!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It was a shellebration today at Blind Pass! Around 9 am this morning, the seashells started crashing onto the beach at Blind Pass Captiva quickly building up into a shellacious treasure trove. OMG<\/p>\n

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

I’m kinda jumping ahead since I haven’t even shown you everything that happened yesterday… but… I can’t wait to show you this shelling frenzy that happened today. And because… two (that’s 2) JUNONIAS were found!!! Alisha from Tennessee found an absolutely perfect JUNONIA and not but an hour later her boyfriend Ron found the other one! Really! Can you believe it? Waaahoooo!<\/p>\n

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

With the shell filled waves breaking right on our ankles, you had to react very quickly to snatch the goods ones out of the water while balancing on the pointy shells under our feet. I overheard Ron tell Alisha “No pain, no gain!”. Then she snagged this sweet little JUNONIA out of the water without a net. LOL Way to go Alisha!<\/p>\n

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

Not one chip on the lip!<\/p>\n

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

Everybody that was there was finding treasures of their own. Jill from Virginia Beach found this awesome bright orange HORSE CONCH!<\/p>\n

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

Her friend Kimmy (long story short… we found out she and Jill live in the same neighborhood Clark and I used to live in. Small world!) found this ALPHABET CONE…<\/p>\n

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

Lisa from West Palm Beach, Florida found an ALPHABET CONE too!<\/p>\n

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

Lisa’s nephew Tyler kinda showed his aunt up (heehee) because he came up with this outrageously huge ALPHABET CONE! The Mac Daddy Alphie!<\/p>\n

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

Sue from St Pete, Florida plucked this gorgeous LIGHTNING WHELK out of the waves! And don’t miss all those goodies in her bucket too! wow!<\/p>\n

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

Speaking of buckets… this next bucket belongs to Amy from New York. She was about to empty it into a larger bag to fill it back up again but I had to get a photo. Be still my heart. This is like a sheller’s dream bucket. Filled with sweet success of a well rounded shelling day… a FLAT, CONE, OLIVE, CONCH, MOON, NUTMEG, WHELK and TULIP. I know she had a MUREX in there so, yes, The SANIBEL SIX<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

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

This is the lucky gal Amy. Thank you so much for letting me drool over your bucket!<\/p>\n

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

Jim from Nebraska was getting close to finding a JUNONIA when he spied this big colorful piece washing up to the shore…<\/p>\n

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

His mom Louise (Illinois) was just as happy finding this awesome ALPHABET CONE. Happy Dance!!<\/p>\n

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

There were a lot of happy dances at Blind Pass today in the sun, sand, and shells since waiting several days after the tropical storm force winds of Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf Of Mexico passed us by. Congratshellations to you all for all of you fabulous finds!<\/p>\n

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

If you are coming in for the holiday weekend… Don’t worry. There are still LOTS of shells rolling around here in Southwest Florida!<\/p>\n

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

PS- Our thoughts are with the cities on the east coast of Florida and the northern cities of the Gulf Of Mexico who are dealing with flooding and havoc from Hurricane Isaac. Mother Nature can show as much bitter as she shows with the sweet at times.<\/p>\n

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