{"id":9247,"date":"2012-01-11T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2012-01-11T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T21:31:01","slug":"meet-the-neighbor-shellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Neighbor Shellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"rock snail shell aperture sanibel\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel.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;1325953926&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=\"rock snail shell aperture sanibel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;rock snail shell aperture sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;rock snail shell aperture sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9249 aligncenter\" title=\"rock snail shell aperture sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rock snail shell aperture sanibel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/rock-snail-shell-aperture-sanibel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found this 1 5\/8 inch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/category\/rocksnail\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ROCK SNAIL SHELL<\/strong> <\/a>this week. This is only the third one we&#8217;ve ever found so it&#8217;s not such common shell on Sanibel. I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s going to be too many people disappointed they can&#8217;t find one because&#8230; well, it&#8217;s not the prettiest shell. All three of ours look a little beat up just like this one but for me, it&#8217;s a cool treasure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Rock snail shell Sanibel Codringtonia codringtonii\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/rock-snail-shell-sanibel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel.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;1325953851&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;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rock snail shell Sanibel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock snail shell Sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock snail shell Sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9250 aligncenter\" title=\"Rock snail shell Sanibel Codringtonia codringtonii\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rock snail shell Sanibel Codringtonia codringtonii\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-snail-shell-Sanibel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little teenie tiny ROUGH SCALLOP was a true treasure to Stephanie (Ft Myers).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"tiny scallop seashell shell orange\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS10&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1326208460&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;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tiny scallop seashell shell orange\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;tiny scallop seashell shell orange&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;tiny scallop seashell shell orange&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9251 aligncenter\" title=\"tiny scallop seashell shell orange\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tiny scallop seashell shell orange\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tiny-scallop-seashell-shell-orange.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I met Stephanie and her mom Judy at Blind Pass Captiva and they were thrilled about the absolutely gorgeous day and that they found a few goodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/stephanie-judy-captiva-shellers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1326208492&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;0.00076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9253 aligncenter\" title=\"Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Judy Captiva shellers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Stephanie-Judy-Captiva-shellers.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a handful of Stephanie&#8217;s finds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"captiva seashell stephanie judy\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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;1326208877&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;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"captiva seashell stephanie judy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;captiva seashell stephanie judy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;captiva seashell stephanie judy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9252 aligncenter\" title=\"captiva seashell stephanie judy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"captiva seashell stephanie judy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/captiva-seashell-stephanie-judy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw some RED DRIFT ALGAE this week too. I didn&#8217;t have any coughing spells, throat tickles or any reaction to it so I looked up the difference between RED TIDE and RED DRIFT ALGAE. Mote Marine has an easy to read chart for us to learn about them both. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mote.org\/index.php?src=gendocs&amp;ref=RedTideRedDrift&amp;category=Main\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong> for the link. Maybe we&#8217;ve had both in the last few weeks? And yes, it&#8217;s really that red\/magenta\/fuchsia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sanibel sunset red drift algae\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,489\" 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;1326221243&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;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanibel sunset red drift algae\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel sunset red drift algae&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel sunset red drift algae&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9255 aligncenter\" title=\"Sanibel sunset red drift algae\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Sanibel sunset red drift algae\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-sunset-red-drift-algae1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and BTW (funny story)&#8230; Stephanie from Ft Myers told me a guy that lives down the street from her looked a little familiar so she asked him if he was a sheller. He looked at her a little funny and said &#8220;yeees&#8221;. Then she pointed at him, laughed and said &#8220;You are <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/another-first-junonia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Donnie Benton<\/a><\/strong>, aren&#8217;t you!?&#8221;. It was! She met her neighbor Donnie from reading iLoveShelling! LOL Don&#8217;t you just love that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sanibel dusk seashell conchs\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/meet-the-neighbor-shellers\/sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs.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;1325924551&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;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sanibel dusk seashell conchs\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel dusk seashell conchs&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sanibel dusk seashell conchs&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9248 aligncenter\" title=\"Sanibel dusk seashell conchs\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sanibel dusk seashell conchs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sanibel-dusk-seashell-conchs.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this 1 5\/8 inch ROCK SNAIL SHELL this week. This is only the third one we&#8217;ve ever found so it&#8217;s not such common shell on Sanibel. I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s going to be too many people disappointed they can&#8217;t find one because&#8230; well, it&#8217;s not the prettiest shell. All three of ours look [&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":"","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":[2019,358],"tags":[1534,1536,1537,1535,1533,1522],"class_list":["post-9247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rocksnail","category-rough-scallop","tag-codringtonia-codringtonii","tag-donnie-benton","tag-red-drift-algae","tag-red-tide-and-red-drift-algae-difference","tag-rock-snail","tag-sanibel-red-tide","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-2p9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247","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=9247"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9260,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9247\/revisions\/9260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}