{"id":22205,"date":"2015-02-25T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T23:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=22205"},"modified":"2015-02-25T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T23:04:07","slug":"hello-captiva-2015-sand-and-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/25\/hello-captiva-2015-sand-and-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Captiva 2015 Sand and Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captiva-2015-shells-with-Pam-Rambo-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22209 size-medium\" title=\"Captiva 2015 shells with Pam Rambo\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captiva-2015-shells-with-Pam-Rambo-1-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Captiva 2015 shells with Pam Rambo\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captiva-2015-shells-with-Pam-Rambo-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captiva-2015-shells-with-Pam-Rambo-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Captiva 2015!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22211 size-medium\" title=\"Shell and Sand Sculpture artist RobertShell and Sand Sculpture artist Robert\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shell and Sand Sculpture artist RobertShell and Sand Sculpture artist Robert\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert (aka &#8220;Shell Man&#8221;) and Kathy from NJ built another sand sculpture at Blind Pass Captiva&#8230; and I watched the whole thing. Kathy collects the shells then Robert designs and builds his masterpiece. \u00a0I love to see artists creating beach art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-Man-building-beach-art.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22212 size-medium\" title=\"Shell Man building beach art\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-Man-building-beach-art-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shell Man building beach art\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-Man-building-beach-art-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-Man-building-beach-art.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As soon as I saw someone digging a mound of sand with a shovel, I had a sneaking suspicion I knew who it was.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Beginning-beach-art.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22207 size-medium\" title=\"beginning beach art\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Beginning-beach-art-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning beach art\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Beginning-beach-art-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Beginning-beach-art.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert brings a few tools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Robert-smoothing-Captiva-sand-sculpture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22210 size-medium\" title=\"Robert smoothing Captiva sand sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Robert-smoothing-Captiva-sand-sculpture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Robert smoothing Captiva sand sculpture\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Robert-smoothing-Captiva-sand-sculpture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Robert-smoothing-Captiva-sand-sculpture.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a bucket of painted\u00a0COCKLES shells then added a few PEN SHELLS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Building-Captiva-2015-sand-and-shell-sculpture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22208 size-medium\" title=\"Building Captiva 2015 sand and shell sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Building-Captiva-2015-sand-and-shell-sculpture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Building Captiva 2015 sand and shell sculpture\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Building-Captiva-2015-sand-and-shell-sculpture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Building-Captiva-2015-sand-and-shell-sculpture.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two hours later&#8230; spectacsheller beach art!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22211 size-medium\" title=\"Shell and Sand Sculpture artist Robert\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shell and Sand Sculpture artist Robert\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shell-and-Sand-Sculpture-artist-Robert.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You just might recognize his other masterpieces too. Remember this <a title=\"i Heart Captiva Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/22\/i-heart-captiva-island\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>shell heart<\/strong><\/a>? Yep, it was Robert&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/22\/i-heart-captiva-island\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9611 size-medium\" title=\"i heart captiva island florida\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/i-heart-captiva-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"i heart captiva island florida\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/i-heart-captiva-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/i-heart-captiva.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, and this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/17\/lucky-four-cleat-plover\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>fabshellous shamrock<\/strong><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/17\/lucky-four-cleat-plover\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9919 size-medium\" title=\"four leaf clover seashells beach\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/four-leaf-clover-seashells-beach-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"four leaf clover seashells beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/four-leaf-clover-seashells-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/four-leaf-clover-seashells-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just to remind you how our beaches in SW Florida change very quickly- \u00a0this is the pile of shells I was sorting through just a few days ago when Robert was building his beach art&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sand-water-and-shells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22206\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sand-water-and-shells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sand water and shells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sand-water-and-shells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sand-water-and-shells.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now Robert&#8217;s Captiva 2015 beach sign looks like this.\u00a0Crazy, huh?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/left-over-sand-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22213\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/left-over-sand-sculpture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"left over sand sculpture\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/left-over-sand-sculpture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/left-over-sand-sculpture.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Kathy collects the shells then Robert designs and builds his masterpiece.\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21309 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pams-shelling-trips1-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"pam rambo shelling trips\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pams-shelling-trips1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pams-shelling-trips1-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pams-shelling-trips1.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Captiva 2015!\u00a0 Robert (aka &#8220;Shell Man&#8221;) and Kathy from NJ built another sand sculpture at Blind Pass Captiva&#8230; and I watched the whole thing. Kathy collects the shells then Robert designs and builds his masterpiece. \u00a0I love to see artists creating beach art. As soon as I saw someone digging a mound of sand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1824],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beach-art-2","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}