{"id":20120,"date":"2014-07-14T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20120"},"modified":"2015-03-23T10:06:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:06:41","slug":"its-raining-seashells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/14\/its-raining-seashells\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Raining Seashells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

For those of us who love to look for mini shells at low tide near the Sanibel pier, last night was a perfect evening.<\/p>\n

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

Gwendolyn, Hailey, Sarah and Viet from the Orlando area found some sweet minis too. I especially loved that little black and white\u00a0WEST INDIAN FALSE CERITH Viet found.<\/p>\n

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

For shellers who love to explore the water like Anthony, Ryan and Jose from Iowa, different treasures make them happy.<\/p>\n

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

Anthony was amazed by the live LIGHTNING WHELK he found so while showing his family this live creature\u00a0he made sure he held the shell so the MOLLUSK still had water covering the inside until he walked it back out so return to the sea- so thoughtful! He and Ryan found lots of other loot (including that gorgeous LACE MUREX) while Jose found two SAND DOLLARS that were still grey but without any cilia\/fur\/hair\/breathing apparatus so he knew these were dead. Jose told me he saw hundreds that were still alive so he left them alone but knew these two were ones he could keep.<\/p>\n

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

As the sky opened up and it began to rain (without lightning), I met these three beautiful ladies Christine, Lindsey, and Caren from Connecticut just as we were heading off the beach.<\/p>\n

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

We got to talking while I looked at some of their sweet minis, and I completely lost their names! Ack! So embarrassed! Thanks for reminding me! Yes, I remember so much about y’all (first time finding wentles, watching the vids and even a first time sheller) but names? psh- sometimes they get lost. Sorry!<\/p>\n

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

Notice what unusual colors the changed in all of these photos before and after the rain? Every 15 minutes it seemed as if I had sepia toned glasses on then back to colorama glasses. As I was running off the beach, a rainbow appeared for a few minutes when I saw Holly from Fort Myers again.<\/p>\n

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

I snapped a photo of some of her mini finds since they were waaaay cute. See that BABYS EAR on the right? We had talked about BABYS EARS earlier in the evening… saying we haven’t seen many at the Lighthouse Beach lately… then got on another subject… walked a few feet … I looked down and screamed in mid sentence. A BABYS EAR right at our feet. LOL We both laughed and I told her that happens on the iLoveShelling cruises all the time and I swear people think I plant them. Theres NO WAY! I would NEVER do that. It’s just happens .. and yes, it’s weird but it happens… a lot (but never with JUNONIAS- dang it!).<\/p>\n

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

I was now soaked…and happy… so I decided to just walk instead of run to the beach access ramp to the parking lot. That’s where Ingrid and Pat from Missouri and I laughed at ourselves for hanging out in the rain. Look at that big bag filled with shells! That’s why\u00a0Ingrid said it was hard to be torn off the beach- Die-Hards!<\/p>\n

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

These are just some of the shells she whipped out of her bag to show me. Fun!<\/p>\n

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

As I was talking with Ingrid and Pat, Clark<\/strong><\/a> showed up drenched too but with a pocket full of minis and SAND DOLLARS. \u00a0Clark found some of those grayish bald SAND DOLLARS too… and more minis- yay!<\/p>\n

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

Just to make sure we don’t confuse the dead SAND DOLLARS with the live ones… we always check to see if there is anything that looks like “fur” or “hair” on them when they are gray-ish like this. Nope! These are all very smooth and bald- not a “hair” in sight.<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

You can compare them to these live SAND DOLLARS to easily see the cilia\/fur\/hair on the edges of all four SAND DOLLARS in the next photo. See?<\/p>\n

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

Even after getting drenched, it was a lovely evening at Sanibel Lighthouse Beach.<\/p>\n

\"Sanibel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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