{"id":7189,"date":"2011-08-04T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2018-11-23T22:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T03:06:37","slug":"top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reasons Why I Love The Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us retreat to the beach to refresh our minds and senses. Any stress seems to melt right away with the first sniff of salt air and the sound of the sea washing up on the shore. I love the beach. I needed the beach yesterday. I was fortunate enough to sink my toes into that wet sand\u00a0last night\u00a0before sunset and enjoy the peace. Then it happened. Happiness. I smiled at everything I saw. I tried to capture all this happiness and fold it up to ten things to share with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Reasons Why I love The Beach&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#10. Sea Oats<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7199\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-sea-oats\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312402455&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7199 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea oats\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#9. Sea Turtle Nests<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312400907&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7196 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sea turtle nests\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-turtle-nests.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#8. Shore Birds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach - birds\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-birds\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312398630&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach - birds&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach &amp;#8211; birds\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach &amp;#8211; birds&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach &amp;#8211; birds&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7195 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach - birds\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach - birds\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-birds.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#7. Signs Of New Life<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- new life\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-new-life\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312401325&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- new life&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- new life\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- new life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- new life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7191 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- new life\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- new life\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-new-life.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#6. Vastness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reason-why-i-love-the-beach-soaring-sky\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312401181&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7200 aligncenter\" title=\"Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reason why I love the beach- soaring sky\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reason-why-I-love-the-beach-soaring-sky.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#5. Soothing Colors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- colors\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-colors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312401122&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- colors&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- colors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- colors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- colors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7197 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- colors\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- colors\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-colors.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#4. Palm Trees<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-palm-trees\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312402483&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;21.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7194 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- palm trees\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-palm-trees.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#3. Sunsets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-sunset-skies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312402058&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7190 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- sunset skies\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sunset-skies.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#2. Shellers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- shellers\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-shellers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312402019&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach- shellers&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- shellers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach- shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7193 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach- shellers\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach- shellers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-shellers.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0#1 reason why I love the beach&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Shelling!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Reasons why I love the beach-seashells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/04\/top-10-reasons-why-i-love-the-beach\/reasons-why-i-love-the-beach-seashells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312400654&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Reasons why I love the beach-seashells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reasons why I love the beach-seashells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach-seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Reasons why I love the beach-seashells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7198 aligncenter\" title=\"Reasons why I love the beach-seashells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Reasons why I love the beach-seashells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-seashells.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us retreat to the beach to refresh our minds and senses. Any stress seems to melt right away with the first sniff of salt air and the sound of the sea washing up on the shore. I love the beach. I needed the beach yesterday. I was fortunate enough to sink my toes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7199,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[392,1985,2029,449],"tags":[1291,1272,1290],"class_list":["post-7189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-shelling","category-beach-bling-sea-debris","category-beachy-shell-stuff","category-sunsets","tag-best-beach-photos","tag-sanibel-shelling","tag-top-10-beach-stress-relievers","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\/2011\/08\/Reasons-why-I-love-the-beach-sea-oats.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-1RX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189","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=7189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28743,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7189\/revisions\/28743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}