{"id":25883,"date":"2016-11-18T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=25883"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:22:01","slug":"a-week-of-shell-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/18\/a-week-of-shell-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week Of Shell Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1.jpg\" alt=\"hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/hand-of-small-shells-and-flip-flops-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like seeing old friends again&#8230; ooooh those mini shells make my heart pitter patter. Sanibel Lighthouse Beach had a sweet little wrack line filled with BUBBLE SHELLS, WENTLETRAPS, juvie CONCHS and all sort of fun stuff at low tide this week. Actually, every beach I went to had such a different variety. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandinnsanibel.com\"><strong>Island Inn<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s beach was filled with all sorts of different shells but the\u00a0butterfly COQUINAS and KITTENS PAWS struck my fancy in the surf line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1.jpg\" alt=\"coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/coquinas-and-kitten-paw-shells-with-sea-foam-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also went to Blind Pass to see the shells piling up at the water&#8217;s edge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1.jpg\" alt=\"sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-beach-scene-with-shells-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found more than just minis under the Blind Pass bridge at the really low tide &#8230; score!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1.jpg\" alt=\"sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Sanibel-whelks-and-olive-shells-on-the-beach-1-248x162.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I met a sheller just under the bridge who found a huge ALPHABET CONE&#8230; congrats!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/sheller-with-alphabet-cone-sanibel-captiva-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/sheller-with-alphabet-cone-sanibel-captiva-1.jpg\" alt=\"sheller-with-alphabet-cone-sanibel-captiva-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sheller-with-alphabet-cone-sanibel-captiva-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sheller-with-alphabet-cone-sanibel-captiva-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Captiva side of Blind Pass the shells started piling up there too&#8230; mostly KITTENS PAWS but who doesn&#8217;t love KITTENS PAWS?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/blind-pass-captiva-bridge-and-shells-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25885 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/blind-pass-captiva-bridge-and-shells-1.jpg\" alt=\"blind-pass-captiva-bridge-and-shells-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/blind-pass-captiva-bridge-and-shells-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/blind-pass-captiva-bridge-and-shells-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love to visit different beaches throughout one week of nice low tides because&#8230; ya never know whatcha gonna find. I even went kayaking out to the mud flats on the back side of Captiva with some girlfriends to see what we could find&#8230; ROSE PETAL TELLINS!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1.jpg\" alt=\"rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-captiva-island-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rose-petal-tellins-on-the-mud-flats-Captiva-island-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was an amazing week going from sloshing around on the tidal mud flats finding LIGHTNING WHELKS, PEAR WHELKS, TULIPS and \u00a0ROSE PETAL TELLINS to leisurely walking the beaches of Captiva and Sanibel around Blind Pass and around the tip of Lighthouse beach finding beautiful treasures and my fave finds of the teeny tiny WENTLTETRAPS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1.jpg\" alt=\"find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-67x67.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/find-seashells-on-the-back-tidal-flats-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such a good week of shelling&#8230;. Oh and omigosh, the WHITE PELICANS. The beauty of the the WHITE PELICANS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/captiva-birds-white-pelicans-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/captiva-birds-white-pelicans-1.jpg\" alt=\"captiva-birds-white-pelicans-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/captiva-birds-white-pelicans-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/captiva-birds-white-pelicans-1-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PS- I&#8217;m running the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/iloveshelling-goodies-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>iLS Cap Special<\/strong><\/a> with free shipping ONLY until November 23- so gettem now!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/seashell-hat-baseball-cap-for-sale-e1478626597658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25827\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/11\/seashell-hat-baseball-cap-for-sale-e1478626597658.jpg\" alt=\"seashell-hat-baseball-cap-for-sale\" width=\"292\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A. \u00a01- cap, 1- wrist band, 1- sticker + free shipping \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=X2KV37NRQ294U\"><strong>=$20<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=X2KV37NRQ294U\"><strong>BUY NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>B. \u00a01- cap, 2- wrist bands, 2- stickers + free shipping \u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=QUHX5M4BJZSN8\">= $24<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=QUHX5M4BJZSN8\">BUY NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C. \u00a01- cap, 4- wrist bands, 4- stickers + free shipping \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=7XCZMTQZABZBA\">= $28<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=7XCZMTQZABZBA\">BUY NOW<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(biggest savings!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/iloveshelling-events\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25698\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/01\/shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours-.jpg\" alt=\"shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours\" width=\"382\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours-.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours--300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours--768x333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shelling-trips-pam-rambo-seashell-tours--1024x445.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s like seeing old friends again&#8230; ooooh those mini shells make my heart pitter patter. Sanibel Lighthouse Beach had a sweet little wrack line filled with BUBBLE SHELLS, WENTLETRAPS, juvie CONCHS and all sort of fun stuff at low tide this week. Actually, every beach I went to had such a different variety. Island Inn&#8216;s [&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":[1075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sea-life","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\/25883","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=25883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}