{"id":25659,"date":"2016-09-19T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=25659"},"modified":"2019-08-22T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T19:29:18","slug":"sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanibel Shelling and Shell Love Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bowmans-beach-seashells-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25661 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" alt=\"bowmans-beach-seashells-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holy Cowrie- I&#8217;m shocked at how long it&#8217;s been since I&#8217;ve published my last blog post! I think this is the longest I&#8217;ve gone between posts in 8 years but it hasn&#8217;t been because I haven&#8217;t been conchsumed with seashells. I&#8217;ve found shells at Bowman&#8217;s Beach &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sanibel-stormy-skies-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25665 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1.jpg\" alt=\"sanibel-stormy-skies-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sanibel-stormy-skies-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Gulfside City Park beach (notice that amazing lemon yellow LEAFY JEWELBOX)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25664\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/hand-with-seashells-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand-with-seashells-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25664 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1.jpg\" alt=\"hand-with-seashells-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hand-with-seashells-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Blind Pass Sanibel (finding so many color variations of the FLORIDA FIGHTING CONCH)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25662\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/color-difference-in-conch-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"color-difference-in-conch-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25662 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1.jpg\" alt=\"color-difference-in-conch-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/color-difference-in-conch-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And hanging out with my girlfriends Janie and Sandy on the West Gulf beaches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/friends-shelling-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"friends-shelling-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25663 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1.jpg\" alt=\"friends-shelling-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/friends-shelling-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even took a trip up to Virginia Beach to see my family. It was just what I needed&#8230; a big dose of family with a recharge of seeing my dear friends and childhood beach I grew up on. I was thrilled to find a few RAZOR CLAMS (we always called them RAZOR CLAMS but I think they are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_jackknife_clam\"><strong>AMERICAN JACKKNIFE CLAMS<\/strong><\/a>) that matched my new bracelet my friend Wendy Miller gave me (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/HeartOfDolphin.com\">Heart Of Dolphin Designs<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230;and\u00a0of course my long time favorite silver shell bracelet by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/congressjewelers.com\">Congress Jewelers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/virginia-beach-seashells-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"virginia-beach-seashells-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25668 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1.jpg\" alt=\"virginia-beach-seashells-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/virginia-beach-seashells-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then&#8230;. there&#8217;s been the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/15\/the-rambo-seashell-shellaboratory\/\"><strong>Shellaboratory<\/strong><\/a>. I&#8217;ve been working every day trying to get our shells back in order and doing some remodeling. The floor is done (sneak preview of the shells I painted on it ) but all our shells still need to be sorted again. &#8220;Why&#8221; you ask?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25669\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sort-seashells-in-bins-and-jars-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because it looked like a shellnado whipped through the shellab after the shelldazzling of Shell Love Bug! I&#8217;ll take that shellnado any day- she was so worth it. I hope you get to see her soon-\u00a0check out\u00a0her\u00a0new tour date schedule updated periodically by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/shelllovebug.com\"><strong>ShellLoveBug.com<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/shelllovebug.com\/index.php\/shell-love-bug-tour-dates\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25666 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1.jpg\" alt=\"shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-shell-car-captiva-florida-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exciting News! Shell Love Bug and I are shellebrities again :). Remember a few years ago when I dressed up as Shelly Temple hahaha (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/shelly-temple-taps-for-tips-at-bailey-matthews-shell-museum-fundraiser\/\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>) ? Yep, I&#8217;m doing it again but this time Shell Love Bug will be helping me\u00a0spread the shellove of seashells.<\/p>\n<p>PS- \u00a0Wanna see my costume? Check it out- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/21\/sanibel-shellebrity-at-shell-museum-cephalebrity-party\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/sanibel-shelling-and-shell-love-bug\/shell-love-bug-seashell-car-sanibel-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shell-love-bug-seashell-car-sanibel-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25667 size-full\" title=\"shell-love-bug-seashell-car-sanibel-1\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1.jpg\" alt=\"shell-love-bug-seashell-car-sanibel-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Shell-love-bug-seashell-car-Sanibel-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/iloveshelling-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/sanibel-wildlife-tango-for-mango-madness\/pams-shelling-trips-375x150\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pams-shelling-trips-375x1501.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"375,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pam-rambo-sanibel-shell-trips\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pams-shelling-trips-375x1501.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23450 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/\/2015\/08\/Pams-shelling-trips-375x1501.jpg\" alt=\"Pam-rambo-sanibel-shell-trips\" width=\"375\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pams-shelling-trips-375x1501.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pams-shelling-trips-375x1501-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Cowrie- I&#8217;m shocked at how long it&#8217;s been since I&#8217;ve published my last blog post! I think this is the longest I&#8217;ve gone between posts in 8 years but it hasn&#8217;t been because I haven&#8217;t been conchsumed with seashells. I&#8217;ve found shells at Bowman&#8217;s Beach &#8230; And Gulfside City Park beach (notice that amazing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[327,2206,1926,2216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charities-community-outreach","category-shell-love-bug","category-shellaboratory","category-shellebrity","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bowmans-beach-seashells-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-6FR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25659","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=25659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29032,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25659\/revisions\/29032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}