{"id":21895,"date":"2015-01-22T16:42:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T21:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=21895"},"modified":"2020-01-21T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T18:46:28","slug":"a-shelling-day-for-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/22\/a-shelling-day-for-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shelling Day For Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Our shelling trip to Cayo Costa was certainly a beautiful, calm day for\u00a0ANGELS to appear.<\/p>\n

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

Sunnye (from Shellabaloo 5<\/strong><\/a>!) found a whole handful of beautiful ANGEL WING\u00a0seashells.<\/p>\n

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

We were finding most of our ANGEL WINGS with both halves still attached and packed with mud. Shellzam!<\/p>\n

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

All it took was less than a minute after I showed Bob from Ohio how to spot ANGEL WINGS in the water… then he had the “ANGEL eye”.<\/p>\n

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

As he was finding a few more for himself, he helped some of the other shellers to find some on their own. What an angel!<\/p>\n

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

So much fun to meet Carrie (my Instagram buddy<\/strong><\/a>!) and Joe from Seattle who joined us on our iLoveshelling cruise too…<\/p>\n

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

They found awesome purple SEA URCHINS and a huge BABYS EAR.<\/p>\n

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

Cindy (from Ma)\u00a0found a really cool IMPERIAL VENUS.\u00a0To me,\u00a0its a really rare find in SW Florida since I don’t see them often at all.<\/p>\n

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

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

Crystal and Wayne from St Louis found SAND DOLLARS\u00a0and ANGEL WINGS too.<\/p>\n

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

As soon as we stepped back on the boat, Crystal and Wayne gave their SAND DOLLARS to Nanda and Rodereque who were visiting from The Netherlands (Holland!) and their 2 kids Fass and Loet. Angels!<\/p>\n

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

It was such a beautiful day to meet and shell with such good folks like Dotty and Ron from Indiana.<\/p>\n

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

Carrie from WI noticed this live STARFISH looked a little different…<\/p>\n

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

This SEA STAR had his belly full of BIVALVES… that’s why he looked so swollen.\u00a0Whoa!<\/p>\n

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

Gail Carr was happy we had warm beautiful weather this trip- she joined us February 2013 during 44 degrees- what a difference!\u00a0\u00a0This time she spotted this live LIGHTNING WHELK during high 70 degree weather…. ahhhh<\/p>\n

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

Admiring this beautiful live WHELK alongside Gail was another very special guest on our cruise… my friend Melissa Congress from Sealife By Congress<\/strong><\/a>. Of course she loves shelling too.<\/p>\n

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

Talk about an angel… Melissa and her husband Scot are the generous folks that give everybody on our iLoveShelling cruises $25 gift certificates to their store- \u00a0it’s spectacsheller!<\/p>\n

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

Thank you Melissa for your generosity to our shelling community.<\/p>\n

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

Ahem… and speaking of jewelry…. did you notice my new seashell bracelet in the first photo with my ANGEL WINGS? My birthday was this week- woo hoo- and what a present! My gorgeous sterling silver bracelet<\/strong><\/a> is from – yes, you guessed it…. Sealife By Congress. Happy dance!<\/p>\n

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

It was a really great day to shellebrate with ANGELS and DOLPHINS dancing around our boat…<\/p>\n

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

To top it all off… when our boat got back to the dock, Crystal said she had something to show me. Holy HORSE CONCH! Crystal found this HUUUUGE and incredishell HORSE CONCH at Bowman’s Beach just before our cruise. That’s an amazing find to say the least…. its a monster! Congratshellations, Crystal!<\/p>\n

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

Come out on an iLoveShelling shelling trip with us… CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> for details<\/p>\n

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

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