{"id":20908,"date":"2014-10-06T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20908"},"modified":"2014-10-06T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:42:11","slug":"not-a-day-late-and-a-sand-dollar-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/not-a-day-late-and-a-sand-dollar-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Not A Day Late And A Sand Dollar Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There were lots of shells on the beach and “Bling<\/strong><\/a>” at Gulfside City Park to comb through this morning… Yay! \u00a0Since we had some nice winds from the Gulf Of Mexico this\u00a0past week, the beach is littered with lots of white clam shells and there are some nice colorful treasures in there too like these WHELKS, CONCHS, MUREXES and purple SEA WHIPS.<\/p>\n

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Along with\u00a0finding some beautiful shells today, you might just see mounds of\u00a0SEA SQUIRTS<\/strong><\/a> too.\u00a0The winds pushed these TUNICATES (to learn more CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>) up on the beaches along with plenty of seashells. The birds were loving it! They had a feast at this SEA SQUIRT salad bar…<\/p>\n

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Even if you combed through the SEA SQUIRTS, there are hidden gems like this double SUNRAY VENUS…<\/p>\n

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Look how this double SPINY JEWELBOX is camouflaged in the SEA SQUIRTS…<\/p>\n

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I placed a few of the beauties I\u00a0found on top of a cool SEA SPONGE but unfortunately I covered most of it with shells… oops!<\/p>\n

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Gwen from Texas was thrilled to\u00a0find a few goodies on the beach to fill her shell bag.<\/p>\n

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As always, its such a pleasure to run into Smitty on the beach to hear about his latest finds. He told me he found a huge empty HORSE CONCH, a SCOTCH BONNET and so many other great finds yesterday. Yep… yesterday. We missed it! Thats ok, I am so content with my finds this morning and it\u00a0tickled me so much to see him and all of his shelling paraphernalia- he’s Smitty The Shelling Machine.<\/p>\n

FYI- Clark’s been wanting a collapsable picker upper shelling tool for traveling\u00a0(in Smitty’s right hand) so if I find one, I’ll let you know how Clark likes it too. That little blue scoop is great but its just a weeee too long for a travel bag and the last one broke when we took off the basket.<\/p>\n

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Last night as I was surfing through the iLoveShelling Facebook age<\/strong><\/a>, I saw Arthur Lyon’s photo he posted. Wow! Those are some awesome shells. He said “Cool front pushed a ton of shells onto the beaches today…”. He said he found these near Gulfside City Park so of course thats why I was there this morning. I didn’t see Arthur but I did see his cousins and they told me how crazy the shelling was yesterday. Nice haul!<\/p>\n

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So while Arthur and Smitty were scooping up SCOTCH BONNETS, HORSE CONCHS, FIGS and TULIPS I went to Blind Pass to find thousands of SEA SQUIRTS without the huge shell lines like GULFSIDE CITY PARK had. hahaaha Thats ok- I still found some treasures.<\/p>\n

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I don’t feel like I was a day late because if I had been there yesterday, I may not have been there this morning to find those sweet baby HORSE CONCHS I showed in the photos above. I looooove those Candy Corns. They are my fave Happy Candy and remind me that we are so very fortunate to be able to comb these beautiful beaches to find so many\u00a0gifts from the sea every day.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Let’s go shelling together! This is a perfect week for an iLoveShelling trip to Big Hickory Island.<\/p>\n

Join me on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 8:30am on a spectacsheller shelling adventure! Call\u00a0239-765-7272\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dont forget about booking for January 5-8 Shellabaloo- Tickets are selling fast!<\/p>\n

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