{"id":9501,"date":"2012-02-10T21:11:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T02:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=9501"},"modified":"2018-11-21T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:53:33","slug":"tiny-trail-in-the-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/tiny-trail-in-the-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Trail In The Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I took a lovely walk at the lighthouse beach with my friend Susan S.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0this morning and pointed out a few sand trails leading to\u00a0live LETTERED OLIVES\u00a0…<\/p>\n

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Then she asked me what kind of shell was making this trail…<\/p>\n

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It looked just like an AUGER trail as I remembered those beautiful tracks I had photographed in 2010 then turned into “AUGER ART”\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>. But I was wrong! It was a DWARF OLIVE. I wonder how many times I had seen them but had just assumed it was an AUGER. I know…never assume.<\/p>\n

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I like to call these tiny little OLIVES “RICE SHELLS<\/a><\/strong>” since they look like grains of rice.\u00a0Here’s a short video of this live little cutie…<\/p>\n