{"id":17622,"date":"2013-12-08T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T17:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=17622"},"modified":"2013-12-08T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T17:35:49","slug":"shorts-sunshine-and-shelly-shorelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/08\/shorts-sunshine-and-shelly-shorelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorts, Sunshine and Shelly Shorelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This is the way I like to kick off the first week of December\u2026 miles and miles of sandy shorelines, shorts, shells, sharing and warm sunshine on a boat shuttle full of shellers. It was a perfect day to have our iLoveShelling cruise<\/strong><\/a> to Cayo Costa with Captiva Cruises<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0since we all found exshellent treasures like Julie’s (Ohio) favorite finds\u2026 a\u00a0perfect WORM SHELL, ANGEL WING, SHARKS EYE, double SUNRAY VENUS, OLIVES, CONCH and WHELK. These were Julie’s (Ohio) favorite finds<\/p>\n

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

Linda from Iowa found a MACULATED BABYS EAR!!! She has such interesting shells and bling on her try so it’s sort of hard to see, but look at the middle left and you will see the BROWN BABYS EAR.<\/p>\n

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

I’m so happy for you Linda since I consider that a rare find for our area. Shellzam!<\/p>\n

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

Most folks found LIGHTNING WHELKS and OLIVES in lots of rich colors just at the waters edge on the gulf side of Cayo Costa…<\/p>\n

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

These were Maren’s (Iowa) favorite finds of the morning…<\/p>\n

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

Oh how we love those wormies!!!<\/p>\n

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

Jack and Nancy from Michigan were able to add these whimsical WORM SHELLS to their Southwest Florida shell collection. Good eye Nancy! (so fun to run into you Friday night at Sanibel Luminary outside Sealife By Congress<\/strong><\/a> too!)<\/p>\n

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

Ahhhhh. Look at that beautiful BABYS EAR…<\/p>\n

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

Janet found this one right after she got off the Captiva Cruises<\/strong><\/a> boat.<\/p>\n

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

She also found lots of sweet minis in the high tide wrack line and also in the high tide dried tidal areas in the “coffee grounds”.<\/p>\n

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

Nancy couldn’t wait to get her snorkel on to search in the water. It paid off! She found this good size beautiful empty WHELK.<\/p>\n

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

Wendy and Bonnie from Cape Coral were shellebrating an early Christmas finding lots of shells and BEACH BLING. (Thanks again Bonnie for giving me a copy of the magazine<\/strong><\/a>!)<\/p>\n

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

Woot Woot! Wendy from Ohio found this spectacsheller HORSE CONCH! I think she said she found it caught in the tree roots right on the tip of the island. (Did I remember that right Wendy?)<\/p>\n

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

Cutie pies Michelle and Jessica started off the day finding some FIGHTING CONCHS near the boat then finished off finding some WHELKS and a couple of gorgeous LACE MUREXES as well.<\/p>\n

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

I was amazed to see such large double SUNRAY VENUS CLAMS. Roger and Jeanne (Chicago) found a perfectly intact very large one to show us how beautiful they are.<\/p>\n

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

Rick and Lisa (Indiana) were filling their shell bag with OLIVES, CONCHS and WHELKS in shin deep water in the Gulf Of Mexico. I love these iLoveShelling cruises so I get to meet other fanatic shellers. Just like seeing Jack and Nancy at Sanibel Luminary, I saw Rick and Lisa at South Seas Resort<\/strong> <\/a>at the Golf Cart Parade for Captiva Luminary (photos to come soon). It was a fun and busy weekend! Good to see you both again.<\/p>\n

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

There were quite a few people who found SAND DOLLARS as well which was one of Debi and Barry’s favorite finds of the morning. There was such a variety!<\/p>\n

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

It was a real treat to have my friend Sarah visit us from Virginia Beach and join us on this sun filled shelling boat cruise. She is an artist so she was picking up ARK shells for a shell mirror she has started making. I wrote a post a few years ago about her stunning seashell chandelier she crafted so I was tickled she wanted to shell with us to find her own treasures to use in this project (she usually finds her shells in our “shellaboratory”- LOL). CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to see her chandelier.<\/p>\n

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

Along with shells and sunshine, we were joined by an OSPREY who wanted to hang out with us the whole entire time we were on the beach.<\/p>\n

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

We also had a pod of DOLPHINS giving us a show but of course every time they jumped out of the water, I clicked the camera too late and all I got was a splash. So this was the best shot I got. hahaha<\/p>\n

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

As always, the best part of the day was getting to mingle with such fun, interesting folks who love shelling.<\/p>\n

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

Wanna join us on other Shelling Adventures? CLICK HERE!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Oh and PS- I’m starting to add more art to my new online gallery…<\/p>\n

\"gallery-check-out-iloveshelling\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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