{"id":15771,"date":"2013-07-08T19:30:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=15771"},"modified":"2013-07-09T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T19:47:41","slug":"through-the-rain-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/through-the-rain-a-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Through The Rain, A Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15773\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/through-the-rain-a-surprise\/p1030503\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-SZ7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373050244&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15773 aligncenter\" title=\"Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk\" alt=\"Rocco from Poland sanibel whelk\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030503.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favorite time to shell is the late afternoons in the summertime when the tide is low. Unfortunately it seems like we&#8217;ve had rain every evening at low tide. It makes it better that we get a few breaks in the showers when the thunder fades away to give us a brief moment to run to the beach. I&#8217;m so happy I went to Sanibel Lighthouse Beach to see Rocco surprised to find a gorgeous live LIGHTNING WHELK (he merrily put back in the water) and his friend Jayden do the happy dance (literally!) after he found an empty LACE MUREX. So cute!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/through-the-rain-a-surprise\/p1030500\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-SZ7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373049115&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15772 aligncenter\" title=\"Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida\" alt=\"Jayden curacao visit sanibel florida\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1030500.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex, Kasia, Rocco (on the left) along with Julia on the far right were visiting Sanibel all the way from Poland! Their friends Jayden, Sharon, MacKinzie and Pierre were back again for the second time visiting from Curacao. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/21\/sanibel-shelling-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I met them last year<\/strong> <\/a>on the same beach while Sharon had her mom from Holland. Wow! The world is a small place for this family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"family Sanibel Island shellers\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15774\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/through-the-rain-a-surprise\/family-sanibel-island-shellers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-SZ7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373048892&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Kirby Rambo Collections Inc&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;family Sanibel Island shellers&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"family Sanibel Island shellers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;family Sanibel Island shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;family Sanibel Island shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15774 aligncenter\" title=\"family Sanibel Island shellers\" alt=\"family Sanibel Island shellers\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/family-Sanibel-Island-shellers.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didnt find gobs of shells on the beach at the lighthouse and I haven&#8217;t been to Blind Pass but I have heard that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/07\/calm-before-tropical-storm-andrea-on-fort-myers-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FORT MYERS BEACH<\/strong><\/a> and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/24\/caboodle-of-conchs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LITTLE HICKORY<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0have been great for shells the last few days. But &#8230; Okay &#8230;that&#8217;s not the surprise. I have a little something to announce soon that yall might really be happy about &#8230; if you like get-togethers- wink, wink. I&#8217;m still working on details so I cant divulge any information just yet. But STAY TUNED!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: The Surprise is posted &#8211; <a title=\"Join Us For Shellabaloo 3!!!!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/09\/join-is-for-shellabaloo-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/12\/shell-tell-shellabaloo-2-sanibel\/p1030432\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-SZ7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367921305&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shellabaloo 2 seashell pile captiva\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shellabaloo 2 seashell pile captiva&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15015\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/P1030432.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My favorite time to shell is the late afternoons in the summertime when the tide is low. Unfortunately it seems like we&#8217;ve had rain every evening at low tide. It makes it better that we get a few breaks in the showers when the thunder fades away to give us a brief moment to [&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":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lightning-whelk-whelk","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-46n","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771","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=15771"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15804,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions\/15804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}