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Swans Love Kashi Too

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:15:16 +0000

Oh Boy, Oh Boy! Swans in the pond! I found this lovely couple out for a morning swim and decided to say hello. Now, swans are not the most playful of poultry if I do say so myself. On our first greeting, they were quite perturbed that I did not have any breakfast for them, so after their grunting and hissing pleas, I went to find them what they were after. I returned with one of my morning favorites, Kashi cereal (aside from Pizza Eggs of course!) My ornery friends changed their attitude fairly soon after I pulled out my peace offering, and as you can see they stopped the grunting and hissing and started in on the munching!

I tried to touch them, but when I did they resorted back to the grunting and hissing. I wanted to try and let them eat from my hands, but decided that the dock (within 6 inches of my hand) would be close enough.

Although, I did manage to get them to eat from the cereal box without much difficulty. This guy really loves Kashi! He almost tugged the whole thing right into the water!

My Very Own Fish Posse!

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:43:46 +0000

Alright Ya’ll – I had the most amazing experience this afternoon. One of my favorite pass times here on the Gulf Coast is to swim and play with all the sea creatures at the beach. Being my day off, I suited up in snorkel gear and headed down to see what friends I could find today. I started the day hoping to find some baby hermit crabs that hang out about 50 ft offshore. As I was paddleing around, I noticed some silvery fish swimming around my legs. At first I was a little nervous at their sheer enthrallment with my flesh. (I actually jumped up out of the water and ran frantically out onto the beach.) After a few moments of pondering the actual relationship that was taking place I realized that the fish I was afraid of, well, they were just fish, so back in the water I went. My new silvery friends were flocking in from all over and after about 20 minutes I had an entire fish posse following my every move. I tried to catch one, but speed was definitely in their favor. After about an hour of fishy fun, my fish friends were getting a little too frisky when they were nibbling at my legs. And just when I had enought of the fish, a new friend came to play! I think this is a Man o War. Some days these things are scattered all over the beach, but this guy is just a little baby.

The next little creatures I scouted out are some of my favorite! Baby Clams!! I’m not sure what these are actually called – I’m sure there’s a more scientific name, but I just call them baby clams. They hang out right at the waters edge and when the waves uncover them, they use their tiny little foot to dig back into the sand. I actually met these friends a few weeks ago, but I decided to take some pics since I had the camera out. And like I said – they are definitely one of my favorite beach friends!

When I was young, I made a haunted house. One of the elements of my house of horrors were some mystery boxes in which I put various sorts of grossly textured object – one of them being peeled grapes. They were supposed to be eyeballs. The last beach friend I found brought me back to my childhood. Too bad he wasn’t around to make my Halloween guests shriek. I’m not sure what would be more horrifing – a bowl of eyeballs or a bowl of slimmy jellies?!?! I’m naming this friend Peeled Grape Jellie.

See you next time beach friends!!

Catching Hermit Crabs

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:16:49 +0000

Everyone loves a hermit crab!

This little crab is taking cover

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