{"id":18797,"date":"2014-03-28T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=18797"},"modified":"2014-03-28T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:39:58","slug":"bringing-on-the-beachcombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/bringing-on-the-beachcombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing On The Beachcombing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

There is nothing more exciting than seeing shells line the beach as far as the horizon.<\/p>\n

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

At Tarpon Road beach access (mid island on Sanibel)… that’s what we saw yesterday- miles of shells. Amy from Alabama was a happy girl be able to witness this beautiful site as well.<\/p>\n

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

She found oodles of APPLE MUREXES and FIGHTING CONCHS in a wide assortment of colors, patterns and textures along with some other beauties.<\/p>\n

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

I ooohed and ahhhed over her best find (well, her best find to me anyway) which was this ROCK SHELL. Its not often I see these shells so I was excited for Amy that she found one.<\/p>\n

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

I saw Ellie from Wisconsin holding her hand in a way to protect something delicate.<\/p>\n

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

It was a gorgeous double ALTERNATE TELLIN with colors of yellow, pink and mauve. It looks like a beautiful butterfly!<\/p>\n

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

I was thrilled to find a LONG-SPINED URCHIN and a WEST INDIAN SEA URCHIN to add to my mix of treasures (OLIVES, CONCHS, TINTED CANTHARUS, NUTMEG, ROUGH SCALLOP, dark rich BANDED TULIP, a WORMIE and …. candy!)<\/p>\n

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

Then I walked the beach at BLIND PASS Sanibel to see Michelle from Illinois (right) with her family Mary, Mike, Patti and Molly. she was carrying a strange looking shell so I stopped her.<\/p>\n

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

OMG its the lip of verrrry large HELMET shell. Wow! HELMETS are from Caribbean so to see the lip of that shell in such good shape and color was impressive. She also found a nice THORNY OYSTER too. Good eye, Michelle!<\/p>\n

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

I saw Justin and Jeff from Connecticut scooping in the water and Bonnie combing the beach about a mile from the pass (the furthest point in the background).<\/p>\n

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

They were having a ball finding some really nice shells like TULIPS, WHELKS and huge COCKLES. They said they were just as happy to find shells as being here to enjoy this awesome weather.<\/p>\n

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

Krystal S posted\u00a0on iLS Facebook<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>all the shells they found yesterday morning at Blind Pass Sanibel….<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Molly P posted there as well to show us she found this LIONS PAW this week on the Captiva side of Blind Pass. Congratshellations, to all of you!<\/p>\n

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

Keep ’em coming, Mother Nature!<\/p>\n

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

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