{"id":6486,"date":"2011-05-31T22:31:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:35:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:35:06","slug":"warm-welcomed-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/31\/warm-welcomed-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm Welcomed Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sanibel<\/a><\/p>\n

This is how our weekend started off on Friday. A calm, coral sky at sunset with a few shells scattered along the beach.<\/p>\n

\"Gulf<\/a>

Gulf Oyster Drill<\/p><\/div>\n

This is the cute little shell in foreground of the first photo. Cute, huh? It’s called a GULF OYSTER DRILL and this is what the aperture looks like…..<\/p>\n

\"Gulf<\/a>

Gulf Oyster Drill Aperture<\/p><\/div>\n

We are starting to see lots of live COQUINAS right at the surf’s edge getting washed up then quickly \u00a0digging themselves back into the sand.<\/p>\n

\"Coquinas<\/a><\/p>\n

There were a few Sanibel Stoopers enjoying the warm evening and the semi low tide pools off Middle Gulf Drive.<\/p>\n

\"Sanibel<\/a><\/p>\n

I was so touched that Matt (OH) was collecting shells to make jewelry for his girlfriend. What a guy!<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/a>

Matt (Ohio)<\/p><\/div>\n

We got a chance to stop by Sanibel side of Blind Pass this weekend too but instead of shelling the sand bar, we walked the beach down to the bayou where I spotted this GREAT BLUE HERON in flight.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

We were surprised to see so many shell piles!<\/p>\n

\"shells<\/a><\/p>\n

There were lots of FIGHTING CONCHS and WHELKS but I didn’t see any SAND DOLLARS until I met Stephanie from Ft Myers. She found about 6 SAND DOLLARS in her shell bag.<\/p>\n

\"Stephanie<\/a>

Stephanie seashells<\/p><\/div>\n

I havent had the chance to clean up the 14 inch HORSE CONCH<\/a><\/strong> Clark found this weekend (he’s still beaming) but tomorrow I’ll get that cleaned up and take a few photos then show the rest of the photos of our fabulous boating day.<\/p>\n

\"surf<\/a>

surf shells sanibel<\/p><\/div>\n

We looked towards the pass and saw the rain coming. Head for the hills!<\/p>\n

\"shells<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend as we honored the memories of our fallen U.S. service men and women.<\/p>\n

\"Sanibel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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