{"id":24175,"date":"2015-12-14T14:32:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T19:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=24175"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:32:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T19:32:36","slug":"a-week-of-sanibel-beachcombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/14\/a-week-of-sanibel-beachcombing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week Of Sanibel Beachcombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Alphabet-cone-seashell-beach-find-on-Sanibel-island-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24176 size-full\" title=\"Alphabet cone seashell beach find on Sanibel island-1\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Alphabet-cone-seashell-beach-find-on-Sanibel-island-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alphabet cone seashell beach find on Sanibel island-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Alphabet-cone-seashell-beach-find-on-Sanibel-island-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Alphabet-cone-seashell-beach-find-on-Sanibel-island-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh CONE all ye faithful. With the hustle and bustle of holidays upon us, I managed to take a few breaks to breathe in the calmness of\u00a0Sanibel and get the beach. My best find this week\u00a0was this ALPHABET CONE. Joyful and Triumphant!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/washed-up-alphabet-cone-seashell-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24183 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/washed-up-alphabet-cone-seashell-1.jpg\" alt=\"washed up alphabet cone seashell-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/washed-up-alphabet-cone-seashell-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/washed-up-alphabet-cone-seashell-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found one spot this week that shells were piled a mile high&#8230; under the Blind Pass bridge on the Sanibel side. I didn&#8217;t find many WHELKS, OLIVES or the other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/08\/sanibel-six-seashells\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sanibel Six<\/strong><\/a> shells but there were ARKS, KITTENS PAWS, SCALLOPS and SLIPPERS galore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24185 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668.jpg\" alt=\"seashells piled high at blind pass bridge sanibel\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6668-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clark and I even got up at the crack of dawn over the weekend to see the glorious sunrise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sunrise-sanibel-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24182 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sunrise-sanibel-1.jpg\" alt=\"sunrise sanibel-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sunrise-sanibel-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sunrise-sanibel-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We only found a few tiny WHELKS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lightning-whelk-shell-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24178 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lightning-whelk-shell-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-1.jpg\" alt=\"lightning whelk shell washed up on Sanibel Island-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lightning-whelk-shell-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lightning-whelk-shell-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the SAND DOLLARS &#8230; on my! They were every where at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/parking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gulfside City Park<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0There were so many this past summer on the beach and they are still there. Wow!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sand-dollar-with-sunrise-shadows-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24180 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sand-dollar-with-sunrise-shadows-1.jpg\" alt=\"sand dollar with sunrise shadows-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sand-dollar-with-sunrise-shadows-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sand-dollar-with-sunrise-shadows-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soooooo many beautiful SAND DOLLARS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sand-dollar-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-Florida-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24179 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sand-dollar-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-Florida-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sand dollar washed up on Sanibel Island Florida-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sand-dollar-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-Florida-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Sand-dollar-washed-up-on-Sanibel-Island-Florida-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking in the water ankle deep, we could see glimpses of these beautiful treasures. Holiday gifts from the sea!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hundreds-of-sand-dollars-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24177 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hundreds-of-sand-dollars-1.jpg\" alt=\"hundreds of sand dollars -1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hundreds-of-sand-dollars-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/hundreds-of-sand-dollars-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join me on a Beachcombing Adventure! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/iloveshelling-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for dates and info&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/iloveshelling-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24111\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1.jpeg\" alt=\"2016 beach combing tour trips blog\" width=\"382\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-130x130.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-67x67.jpeg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-40x40.jpeg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2016-beach-combing-tour-trips-blog1-184x184.jpeg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh CONE all ye faithful. With the hustle and bustle of holidays upon us, I managed to take a few breaks to breathe in the calmness of\u00a0Sanibel and get the beach. My best find this week\u00a0was this ALPHABET CONE. Joyful and Triumphant! I found one spot this week that shells were piled a mile high&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,10,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphabet-cone","category-cone","category-sand-dollar","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\/24175","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=24175"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24189,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175\/revisions\/24189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}