Pilot Whale rescue

Helping keep a whale's blow hole above the surface is one of the most amazing adventures ever.

One of my Favorite types of railroad

How-To: Cascarones (Confetti Eggs) @Craftzine.com blog

Looks like something fun to try. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/04/how-to_cascarones_confetti_egg.html

Minimalist Pysanky @Craftzine.com blog

Seems like its time to paint eggs. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/04/minimalist_pysanky.html

How cute can you get

I wonder what hermit crabs discuss....the latest innovation in conch shells.....

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Mystery Moth

It looks like some type of sphinx moth, it's a new one to me.

Different Moth

I have not come across this one before.

Handsome Sir Gus

He will kiss you for a carrot.

Leaf fun

Mangrove leaves through a kaleidoscope.

Kaleidoscope-mangroves

Some fun with a kaleidoscope ap and some mangrove leaves.

Sea lavender on MacBeach

So happy to see it coming back

Cowrie in clover/Butter's tank

Most folks see the shell but rarely the animal. The spikes are soft flesh, the mantle, which build/grow the shell. One of my favorite marine gastropods.

Biscayne National Park

Such a beautiful day to fold fronds with people. I was invited to demonstrate basket and hat weaving for their monthly Family Fun Fest. The theme was keeping up with the Jones'. A large portion of the land in the southern region of this park was the Jones family homestead. All of the activities this day focused on the the skills or activities the Jones' may have been involved in. The event was well planned and nicely put together. A real joy to be involved in.

Ranging among the reds roots

Red Mangroves

I do enjoy roaming around the roots of mangroves.

Mauve Stinger

They sport a powerful sting, more painful than a man-o-war. I found five washed ashore this evening.

Coral bean

Man-o-Beauty

So beautiful.

Blue clue

On the beach: if it's blue it may sting you.

Evening bird

The early bird gets the worm...The evening bird gets the sargasso fish.

Man-o-war

Not his best day. So beautiful.

Janthina

Beautiful purple sea snails on the beach tonight.

Exploring the Florida Bay

We had ideal conditions while kayaking around Murray Island in Everglades National Park. This is a definite "must revisit" on the my list.

Never Gets Old

Another pretty sunset.

Web-light

Lovely light through a golden silk spider web.

Tortoises worshiping the Sun

They are soaking it up!

Peanut Island

Great day to play in the water, a bit chilly, but wonderfully sunny. The manatees were active. it was quite touching to hear the lifeguards attempting to protect the manatees from all the noise the observers were making.

Great Beans

I do love walking the beach. Beachcombing for drift seeds is just about the top of my list for "relaxing activities".

The big, squarish, netted, one is a Box Fruit, Barringtonia asiatica seabean.com

This one is large by comparison to those that I have found before. They can be quite brittle and smell of fouling critters that have attached during the drift. This one had a number of goose-neck barnacles Lepas anserifera (?)  attached. I consider Box Fruit a special prize when beachcombing since I rarely find more than 5 or so a year.

The dark maroon heart-shaped seed is (easy one) a Sea Heart Entada gigas www.seabean.com 

This one is particularly "hearty" and it to has fouling critters attached, although these are not stinkers, just decorative.

Last but in no way least is the beautiful red-butterscotch colored mystery. This may be a macuna or dioclea, it is a undetermined find. Either way it is one of the rarest and a big favorite for me. For now its my butterscotch beauty with sea purse tendencies.