{"id":14723,"date":"2013-04-26T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T19:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=14723"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:14:36","slug":"sensational-seashells-sunshine-and-sunsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/sensational-seashells-sunshine-and-sunsets\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensational Seashells, Sunshine and Sunsets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

If there is a better souvenir than finding an awesome LIGHTNING WHELK like this to remember a wonderful vacation… I dont know about it.<\/p>\n

Therese told me she only saw a tiny bit of the top of this shell and thought it looked interesting enough to start digging around it. Then she realized it was this perfectly empty WHELK! Congratshellations Therese! She and her husband Dan (visiting from Minnesota) had an exshellent afternoon at Blind Pass Captiva under the bridge at low tide filling up their shell bags with WHELKS, CONCHS, OLIVES and one nice piece of a JUNONIA.<\/p>\n

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

She even found one of the biggest CHESTNUT TURBANS<\/strong><\/a> I’ve seen in a while too…<\/p>\n

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

Wendy (a local Sanibelian) found a few goodies to take home to make into jewelry…<\/p>\n

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

She also found a SHIVA SHELL (which I didnt even get a picture of – darn!- so CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a>if you want to see one) and this incredible DOUBLE JEWELBOX. It has pieces of CORAL growing on it!<\/p>\n

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

Clark found a few nice shells too but the one I got most excited about was the WHITE CRESTED TELLIN<\/strong><\/a> in the top left corner. We have found them more on Cayo Costa but to find one at Blind Pass is pretty rare. The shell in between the two OLIVES is a huge and thick weird shaped JINGLE I thought was interesting too. I love that weird stuff!<\/p>\n

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

You really couldn’t see how big the NUTMEG was in the last photo so I thought I’d show you how big it is in Clark’s hand. It’s shellacious! It measures in at a whopping 48mm… which isn’t like a world record size (Susan H?) but it’s the biggest one we’ve seen in a long time!<\/p>\n

\"48mm<\/a><\/p>\n

I found a regular sized NUTMEG that I thought I’d keep along with a BITTERSWEET, a CALICO CLAM with a\u00a0cool pattern, and my new faves- the CALICO SCALLOP.<\/p>\n

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We ended the evening watching another gorgeous sunset over a big pile of Sit ‘N Sift shells on the other side of the jetty rocks at Blind Pass Captiva.<\/p>\n

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

The sky turns a lucious orange right at the horizon when the sun sets over the Gulf Of Mexico.<\/p>\n

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

Then it melts into the water to end another sensational day on the island.<\/p>\n

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

Oh Wait! I did take a short little video right when we first got to Blind Pass at 6pm yesterday. It’s just a little something to show you exactly where we were. This was right before Therese showed me her WHELK! Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n