{"id":16074,"date":"2013-07-31T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=16074"},"modified":"2013-07-31T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:24:38","slug":"smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Smiling Through Days Of Summer Shelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Lauren lions paw\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/1-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&lt;untitled&gt; 1 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16072\" title=\"Lauren lions paw\" alt=\"Lauren lions paw\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-1-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer shelling in Southwest Florida is rocking this week! Lauren found a LION&#8217;S PAW at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/category\/day-trips-from-sanibel\/bonita-beach\/little-hickory-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Little Hickory Beach<\/strong><\/a> in Bonita Springs. WOW! I met Lauren and her sister Jaime last year after they had a HORSE CONCH heyday that I showed you in my post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/19\/seashell-dreams-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Seashell Dreams Come True<\/strong><\/a>. Well, another dream has come true for her&#8230; she said &#8221; After an 11 year search I finally found a Lion&#8217;s Paw yesterday!&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a HORSE CONCH Heyday! Ann H found this aaaamazing HORSE CONCH at Bowman&#8217;s Beach. It is quite special to find one this big in that brilliant orange color. Wowee! I hope she sends a photo of it after she gets it cleaned up. If you need some advice on cleaning it up Ann, <a title=\"Tutorial For How To Clean Horse Conch Shells\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/tutorial-for-how-to-clean-horse-conch-shells\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\" Ann horse conch\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374532444&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&lt;untitled&gt; 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16071\" title=\" Ann horse conch\" alt=\" Ann horse conch\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/untitled-2-e1375282372994.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Omigosh! Now I know why Holly is wearing that big beautiful smile&#8230; She found a big beautiful SHARK&#8217;S EYE at Blind Pass Sanibel! Happy Holly!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"holly sharks eye\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375268424&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16082\" title=\"holly sharks eye\" alt=\"holly sharks eye\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/1002472_693737683976800_757012263_n.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her cutie sister <a title=\"Saving Another Sanderling\u2026. Andy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/saving-another-sanderling-andy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alyssa<\/strong><\/a> has that same shelling DNA&#8230; look at this perfect ALPHABET CONE she found! No wonder, they are both daughters of <a title=\"Plaster This Wentletrap Into Your Shelling Brain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/plaster-this-wentletrap-into-your-shelling-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Shellinator<\/strong><\/a> (always to be said with the Schwarzenegger\u00a0voice LOL).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"alyssa alphabet cone\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375268392&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alyssa alphabet cone\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;alyssa alphabet cone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;alyssa alphabet cone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16083 aligncenter\" title=\"alyssa alphabet cone\" alt=\"alyssa alphabet cone\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/62993_693764020640833_184045377_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Not to be out-shelled by any of these girls, Devon found his own perfectly gorgeous ALPHABET CONE on the east end of Sanibel. I was told that all of these shells were collected either in the water or at the waters edge half buried in the sand. Congratshellations to Devon, Alyssa, Holly, Ann and Lauren for finding buried treasure!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"devon alphabet cone\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling\/img_4850\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"478,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375265083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0011376564277588&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"devon alphabet cone\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;devon alphabet cone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;devon alphabet cone&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16084 aligncenter\" title=\"devon alphabet cone\" alt=\"devon alphabet cone\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_4850.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had to show you this last photo too from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-calm-after-the-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maureen<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Talk about a sheller&#8217;s dream! Today she found an ALPHABET CONE, SCOTCH BONNET and&#8230;. a FULGURATOR OLIVE! Yep, I said today- all this morning 3 hours north of Sanibel on Indian Rocks Beach. Geez.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/smiling-through-days-of-summer-shelling\/img_0109\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375269763&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.13&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016528925619835&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16079 aligncenter\" title=\"fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet\" alt=\"fulgurator olive, scotch bonnet\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0109.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0PS- I have now added 2014 tide charts if you like to plan your vacations around the tides for shelling and fishing. Check them out and print them out if you like&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/sanibel-tides\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR TIDE CHARTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer shelling in Southwest Florida is rocking this week! Lauren found a LION&#8217;S PAW at Little Hickory Beach in Bonita Springs. WOW! I met Lauren and her sister Jaime last year after they had a HORSE CONCH heyday that I showed you in my post Seashell Dreams Come True. Well, another dream has come true [&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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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}},"categories":[35,37,224,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphabet-cone","category-horse-conch","category-lions-paw","category-sharks-eye","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-4bg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074","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=16074"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16092,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions\/16092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}