{"id":8973,"date":"2011-12-19T23:14:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=8973"},"modified":"2011-12-19T23:15:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T04:15:37","slug":"merry-holiday-beach-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Holiday Beach Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Seashell Christmas tree beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/seashell-christmas-tree-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324319145&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;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Seashell Christmas tree beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Seashell Christmas tree beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Seashell Christmas tree beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach-.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8974 aligncenter\" title=\"Seashell Christmas tree beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seashell Christmas tree beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seashell-Christmas-tree-beach-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas, SS Marcia! In my last post, Marcia\u00a0asked me if I had seen beach art yet. I had to laugh when\u00a0the first thing I saw when I walked on the beach was\u00a0this Christmas tree made with PEN SHELLS. Then right beside it was this beautiful menorah! This is the first that I&#8217;ve seen this season so thank you to the beach art artist who made these!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"seashell menorah beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/seashell-menorah-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324319126&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seashell menorah beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;seashell menorah beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;seashell menorah beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8975 aligncenter\" title=\"seashell menorah beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"seashell menorah beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/seashell-menorah-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There was so much Beach Bling in between Donax Rd and Fulgur Rd on Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sanibel Beach bling urchin\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/sanibel-beach-bling-urchin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324319382&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanibel Beach bling urchin\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Beach bling urchin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Beach bling urchin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8980 aligncenter\" title=\"Sanibel Beach bling urchin\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sanibel Beach bling urchin\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-bling-urchin.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This was one of several TULIP EGG CASES I saw&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8978\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/tulip-egg-case-sanibel-florida-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324320288&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8978 aligncenter\" title=\"Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tulip egg case Sanibel Florida beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tulip-egg-case-Sanibel-Florida-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I didn&#8217;t even see the second KEYHOLE LIMPET on the left when I took this photo. I was so amazed at the dark stripes on the big LIMPET and the colors on the tiny APPLE MUREX and BANDED TULIP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"keyhole limpets with miniature shells\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324319440&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;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"keyhole limpets with miniature shells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;keyhole limpets with miniature shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;keyhole limpets with miniature shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8979 aligncenter\" title=\"keyhole limpets with miniature shells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"keyhole limpets with miniature shells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/keyhole-limpets-with-miniature-shells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In one little area, the high tide was bringing in shells to build up this nice pile. See that gorgeous LIGHTNING WHELK?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"whelk seashells Sanibel beach\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/whelk-seashells-sanibel-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324320485&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whelk seashells Sanibel beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;whelk seashells Sanibel beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;whelk seashells Sanibel beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8976 aligncenter\" title=\"whelk seashells Sanibel beach\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"whelk seashells Sanibel beach\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whelk-seashells-Sanibel-beach.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe the golden rays of this Sanibel sunset shining on the amber edges of the ROUGH PENS will inspire the richly talented artists who create their beach art masterpieces for we mere beachcombers to fill our hearts with joy for the holidays. Ahem&#8230;. did I ask that nicely enough for more fun holiday beach art stuff? ;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/merry-holiday-beach-art\/sanibel-beach-bling-at-sunset\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1324320340&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8977 aligncenter\" title=\"Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sanibel Beach Bling at sunset\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Sanibel-Beach-Bling-at-sunset.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas, SS Marcia! In my last post, Marcia\u00a0asked me if I had seen beach art yet. I had to laugh when\u00a0the first thing I saw when I walked on the beach was\u00a0this Christmas tree made with PEN SHELLS. Then right beside it was this beautiful menorah! This is the first that I&#8217;ve seen this [&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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"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}},"categories":[1343,107,8,2035,449,225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egg-casing","category-keyhole-limpet","category-sanibel","category-shell-art","category-sunsets","category-tulip-egg-case","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-2kJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973","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=8973"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8985,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973\/revisions\/8985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}