jellies, and fishies, and thingies, oh my!

the nice thing about having a membership to the aquarium, and living locally, is that you can go on a somewhat quite day and take your time looking at the tenants. you don't have to visit them all, maybe just a few, and there's no rush, it's okay, you can come by another day and look some more.

yep, still a jelly. they like to sit on their bonnets with their "feet" in the air.

this guy is only about the size of a thumb. i can't remember what it is, only that it sure is cute!

again, no clue, some sort of slug or other; looked like a bell flower and ghostly. i should probably get in the habit of taking a photo of the identification plate when i go there.

jellies!

i love jellyfish! yesterday, i headed over to the monterey aquarium to see their new jellyfish exhibit. so many different ones! massive and puny, colorful and transparent, simple and exotically baroque. next time i go, i'll capture some of them in motion; so mesmerizing. that, and bring a sketchbook (though never again on the weekends; way too many visitors!).

while there, i also checked out the sea dragons. it's hard to capture these things on film, they move around quickly! they're so neat though.

the teeniest sea horse, adult size; as tall as a golden dollar.

look! it's nemo; that bad kid who never listened to his parents!

the things we find

i was undoing a hat which, once completed, was too small for my head. i didn't feel like gifting it, as i'm greatly enamored of the yarn, so i unknit it to be put aside for another project. while pulling the rows out a form took shape and i suddenly saw a jelly fish!