{"id":13132,"date":"2012-12-24T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=13132"},"modified":"2012-12-24T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T18:44:04","slug":"shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellebrating The Season On Captiva Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"santa seashell collection\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/santa-seashell-collection\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356355598&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;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;santa seashell collection&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"santa seashell collection\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;santa seashell collection&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;santa seashell collection&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13142 aligncenter\" title=\"santa seashell collection\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"santa seashell collection\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/santa-seashell-collection.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Santa brought seashells for Christmas on Captiva!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"seashelling shell mound captiva\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13140\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356259502&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;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;seashelling shell mound captiva&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashelling shell mound captiva\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;seashelling shell mound captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;seashelling shell mound captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13140 aligncenter\" title=\"seashelling shell mound captiva\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seashelling shell mound captiva\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/seashelling-shell-mound-captiva.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blind Pass Captiva was still producing shells yesterday which always makes me happy because when the shells arrive, so do lots of shelling friends too. I met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iLoveShelling\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iLoveShelling\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facebook<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0friend Mike Ryan (Fort Myers) for the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356259649&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;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13139 aligncenter\" title=\"mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"mike ryan shelling blind pass captiva\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mike-ryan-shelling-blind-pass-captiva.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He found this perfect SEA WHIP with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/category\/oyster\/atlantic-wing-oyster\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ATLANTIC WING OYSTER<\/strong> <\/a>and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/category\/one-tooth-simnia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ONE-TOOTH SIMNIA<\/strong><\/a>attached. Nice find Mike!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"michael ryan sea whip capitva\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356260610&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;michael ryan sea whip capitva&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michael ryan sea whip capitva\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;michael ryan sea whip capitva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;michael ryan sea whip capitva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13138 aligncenter\" title=\"michael ryan sea whip capitva\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"michael ryan sea whip capitva\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/michael-ryan-sea-whip-capitva.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connor, Natalie and Jim (aka Elvis!) from Virginia found Santa&#8217;s seashells stash!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356258839&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;connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13137 aligncenter\" title=\"connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"connor natalie jim aka elvis woodbridge shells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/connor-natalie-jim-aka-elvis-woodbridge-shells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They collected lots of the Sanibel Six but these were their faves&#8230;. lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/shellmuseum.org\/shells\/shelldetails.cfm?id=183\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GIANT BITTERSWEETS<\/strong><\/a>, part of a JUNONIA, CONES, CANDY (HORSE CONCH), a FLAT SCALLOP, a CALICO SCALLOP and a WORMIE!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356258798&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;yellow oragne seashells cpativa florida&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13141 aligncenter\" title=\"yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"yellow oragne seashells cAPtiva florida\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/yellow-oragne-seashells-cpativa-florida.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I introduced you to some of these girls on <a title=\"Santa\u2019s Seashell Good List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/22\/santas-seashell-good-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/a>, but I didn&#8217;t realize they were all together. They met in Sanibel while shelling 7 years ago and they have gotten together every year since to shell together.\u00a0Isn&#8217;t that fabulous???\u00a0Shelling Sisters forever&#8230; Joan (TN), Dawn (NJ), Glenda (England) and Bonnie (NJ)&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"shelling sisters sanibel yearly\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly.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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356260769&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;shelling sisters sanibel yearly&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shelling sisters sanibel yearly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;shelling sisters sanibel yearly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;shelling sisters sanibel yearly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13135 aligncenter\" title=\"shelling sisters sanibel yearly\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"shelling sisters sanibel yearly\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shelling-sisters-sanibel-yearly.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was nice to see another lucky family shellebrating the holidays on the beach collecting seashells- Travis, Jill, Keith and Aden (MI). Good to see you again, Jill!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"travis jill keith aden finding seashells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-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-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356264578&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;travis jill keith aden finding seashells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"travis jill keith aden finding seashells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;travis jill keith aden finding seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;travis jill keith aden finding seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13136 aligncenter\" title=\"travis jill keith aden finding seashells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"travis jill keith aden finding seashells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/travis-jill-keith-aden-finding-seashells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clark and I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and send lots of warm Florida sunshine and shells. Will cyber shelling warm you up, (Parker)??? Find all the shells you want by clicking on the next photo to enlarge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"cyber shelling christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/cyber-shelling-christmas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356186515&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;cyber shelling christmas&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cyber shelling christmas\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;cyber shelling christmas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;cyber shelling christmas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13144 aligncenter\" title=\"cyber shelling christmas\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cyber shelling christmas\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cyber-shelling-christmas.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"christmas beach tree santa hat\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/shellebrating-the-season-on-captiva-florida\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1356169293&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;christmas beach tree santa hat&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas beach tree santa hat\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;christmas beach tree santa hat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13145\" title=\"christmas beach tree santa hat\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"christmas beach tree santa hat\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/christmas-beach-tree-santa-hat.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Santa brought seashells for Christmas on Captiva! Blind Pass Captiva was still producing shells yesterday which always makes me happy because when the shells arrive, so do lots of shelling friends too. I met iLoveShelling\u00a0Facebook\u00a0friend Mike Ryan (Fort Myers) for the first time. He found this perfect SEA WHIP with an ATLANTIC WING OYSTER and [&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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","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-3pO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132","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=13132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13150,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132\/revisions\/13150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}