{"id":13431,"date":"2013-01-16T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T23:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=13431"},"modified":"2013-01-16T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T23:39:50","slug":"beach-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/16\/beach-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have been so fortunate to have had absolutely gorgeous, unseasonably warm weather for weeks on end now. Yes, it’s usually “shorts” weather in SouthWest Florida in January most years but we’ve had “shorts-n-bathing suit” weather here lately. So a walk on the beach ends up turning into a dip in the water to cool off.\u00a0It’s soooo nice! What could make that sound even better? Shells! There are still shells rolling up at Blind Pass… but it seems like they are on the Sanibel side now. Both Clark and I found the shells in the top photo but I have to admit Clark \u00a0found the “ALPHIE” and the awesome brown LACE MUREX…<\/p>\n

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It looked perfectly clean when I got home so I quickly snapped these photos without giving it another thought. Hmmmm. Now I wish I had spent some time to clean it up since the sand shows up so much…. but just look beyond that. It’s beauuuteeeful! We don’t find the brown “LACIES” very often.<\/p>\n

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We met Lido from Orlando (he’s an actor!) having a great time filling his pockets with some excellent shells…<\/p>\n

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He found an ALPHABET CONE aaaand \u00a0a FLORIDA CONE!\u00a0Not so bad, right? He found that unusual color of CALICO SCALLOP as well…. so I have to admit… I spied it with all of his other shells (FIGHTING CONCHS, WHELKS etc) and liked it so much I’m the one who chose it to put in his picture with his 2 favorites. I get so tickled when I see someone else get so intrigued by the different color variations of those SCALLOPS!<\/p>\n

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Soul Sister Susan<\/a><\/strong> found a COLORFUL MOON shell!<\/p>\n

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Her favorites of the day were of course the spectacular MOON but she also found a double ROSE PETAL TELLIN too (top right on her hand).<\/p>\n

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Take a look at this PURPLISH SEMELE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that Rosalie from Michigan found.<\/p>\n

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Not so “purplish”, right?<\/p>\n

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We find more of these shells up at Cayo Costa<\/strong><\/a> but she found this orangish PURPLISH right in front of the Island Inn.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The inside of that shell reminds me of something but I can’t think of what it is…. hmmmmm…… maybe it will come to me soon.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget to reserve your spot on a shelling cruise with me! If you missed it on my last post, here’s the info…<\/p>\n

These are the dates for the iLoveShelling ShellingAdventure!<\/p>\n