{"id":22982,"date":"2015-05-25T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T17:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=22982"},"modified":"2015-05-25T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T17:17:14","slug":"shellebrating-memorial-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/25\/shellebrating-memorial-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellebrating Memorial Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On this Memorial Day, I was thinking of\u00a0the Shelling Medal Of Honor SAND DOLLAR I made for U.S. Military veteran Sean of Ormond Beach and that great memory of the day we met in 2012… which happened to be on his wedding day AND when he found a big HORSE CONCH (CLICK HERE to read the story<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Through the years, I’ve been fortunate to meet folks like Sean and his wife Danita and see the happiness the beach brings.<\/p>\n

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\nRemember the Tweezer Sisters<\/strong><\/a>? I ran into Judith from California at Blind Pass Sanibel this weekend. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen her so it was a pleasure catching up.<\/p>\n

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She was as happy as a CLAM finding the mini shell for her beautiful art work. CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to see the frame she made me out of beautiful little gems like these.\u00a0\"beach<\/a><\/p>\n

Her friend Deb (Oregon) uses those big tweezers too for finding the minis (She calls herself the Tweezer Geezer- hahaha) but she was using that little tiny net to scoop up treasures out of the Gulf… and she scooped up a fabshellous FLAT SCALLOP with that itty bitty net.\u00a0Wow!<\/p>\n

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The beach on Sanibel this weekend has been absolutely gorgeous, but I haven’t been finding that many shells…<\/p>\n

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I must have missed all of the really good shells last weekend when I didn’t get to the beach much because I heard the shelling was fantastic… and now I see how fantastic it was from another blast from the past. I met Jesse (so shellendipitous- he lived in Ormond Beach, FL too at that time) after Tropical Storm Debby in 2012 while he was running back and forth shelling AND fishing off the Sanibel pier. (CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> to read the story) But anyway, last weekend he \u00a0found a JUNONIA, SCOTCH BONNET, QUEEN HELMET and lots of ALPHABET CONES! \u00a0His girlfriend Kristen found ALPHIES too.<\/p>\n

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Shellzam! Now Jesse<\/strong><\/a> is a Sw Florida local so he gets to shell and fish a little more- so awesome. It’s so good to “see” you again. Congrats!\u00a0\"jesses<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a wonderful weekend on the beach, spending some time on our boat and reminiscing about the amazing shellers we’ve met over the years. But most of all, its been an honor to fly our American flag and remember our heroes and to shellebrate Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

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Join me on an upcoming Shelling Adventure- for more info CLICK HERE.<\/strong><\/a>..<\/p>\n

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