{"id":16554,"date":"2013-09-09T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=16554"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:11:58","slug":"peace-beach-and-seashells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace, Beach and Seashells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"sanibel beach daisies sea oats\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378719442&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&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;sanibel beach daisies sea oats&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sanibel beach daisies sea oats\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;sanibel beach daisies sea oats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;sanibel beach daisies sea oats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16560 aligncenter\" title=\"sanibel beach daisies sea oats\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sanibel beach daisies sea oats\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sanibel-beach-daisies-sea-oats-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being away from Sanibel for even just a few days makes me appreciate every single grain of sand, every petal of each flower, every splash of water lapping up on all of our shell filled beaches. My home sweet home to handfuls of shells&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"hand full of sanibel seashells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378719634&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;hand full of sanibel seashells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand full of sanibel seashells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;hand full of sanibel seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;hand full of sanibel seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16558 aligncenter\" title=\"hand full of sanibel seashells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hand full of sanibel seashells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/hand-full-of-sanibel-seashells.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t wait to get my feet on the beach to enjoy my favorite place of peace. While on the\u00a0Sanibel side of Blind Pass this morning,\u00a0I met Bonnie from Maryland who showed me her FLORIDA CONE and the rest of her awesome shells she collected (above photo). Then I met Carol from Texas with her shirt filled with treasures&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378720442&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;carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16557 aligncenter\" title=\"carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"carol wylie texas vistit sanibel shelling\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-wylie-texas-vistit-sanibel-shelling.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said she was extremely happy to be in Sanibel where there are shells to be found. Me too, Carol!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"carol seashells shelling sanibel\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378720437&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;carol seashells shelling sanibel&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carol seashells shelling sanibel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;carol seashells shelling sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;carol seashells shelling sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16556 aligncenter\" title=\"carol seashells shelling sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"carol seashells shelling sanibel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carol-seashells-shelling-sanibel.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I always love being with <a title=\"Seashells In Virginia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/07\/seashells-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my family in Virginia Beach<\/strong><\/a>&#8230; but there&#8217;s no place like Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Railroad vine sanibel purple flower\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378719158&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Railroad vine sanibel purple flower&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Railroad vine sanibel purple flower\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Railroad vine sanibel purple flower&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Railroad vine sanibel purple flower&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16559 aligncenter\" title=\"Railroad vine sanibel purple flower\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Railroad vine sanibel purple flower\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Railroad-vine-sanibel-purple-flower.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no place like home in paradise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"beach daisy sea oat welcome beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/09\/peace-beach-and-seashells\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS25&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1378719417&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;beach daisy sea oat welcome beach&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beach daisy sea oat welcome beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;beach daisy sea oat welcome beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;beach daisy sea oat welcome beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16555 aligncenter\" title=\"beach daisy sea oat welcome beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"beach daisy sea oat welcome beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/beach-daisy-sea-oat-welcome-beach.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh but wait&#8230; there&#8217;s more.\u00a0I went over to the Captiva side of Blind Pass too to find beautifully clear water and an &#8220;OLIVE garden&#8221;! I took a little video of some of the LETTERED OLIVES I found and just how peaceful the beach was&#8230; even when the helicopter flew by. Our mosquitos are controlled with spraying from a helicopter&#8230; so\u00a0that&#8217;s always a happy site to see. Enjoy the peace, beach, water and shells!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GmJszp26bg4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being away from Sanibel for even just a few days makes me appreciate every single grain of sand, every petal of each flower, every splash of water lapping up on all of our shell filled beaches. My home sweet home to handfuls of shells&#8230; I couldn&#8217;t wait to get my feet on the beach 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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,893,3,1812],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blind-pass","category-blind-pass-video","category-captiva","category-railroad-vine","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-4j0","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16554","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=16554"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23713,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16554\/revisions\/23713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}