Hi all- how’s your Sunday goin’?
I spent the morning trying to make my blog look more the way I want it to (I’m pathetic with this, if only template design were as fun as blogging is…) I hope you like the new aqua blues, inspired by the Caribbean!
So I’ll stick with this Caribbean theme, and take you way back to third grade, to our family trip to the Cayman Islands!
I was quite a character then. Well, some might say I still am, but I certainly tried and vied for the role of “ham” as the youngest of four girls. Here I am, dressed to impress out on the high seas. My dad was busy diving for conch shells, and I was pretty much busy stomping around the boat in snorkeling gear I failed to use out in the reef.
Nearer to the shore, we had the incredible experience of swimming amongst the sting rays in the absolutely glass clear water. I’m pretty sure I darted around trying to get “just close enough” without actually touching them, but I think my dad had a more intimate experience with a friendly ray. I’ve never seen one of these guys since that trip, and I think I’m due!
Somewhere before or during this holiday, I developed an obnoxious obsession with turtles. I’m not sure where this came from, but I basically pranced around the island professing my love for each and every turtle that we saw, orating on their majestic presence at the turtle farm we visited, and buying paraphernalia emblazoned with all varieties of tortoise and turtle. First love, what can you do?
I’m sure if turtles have the abilities to see in the back of their heads, process this experience, and commit it to long term memory (who says they can’t?) They remember a 9 year old, scrawny and scrappy, blossom-hat wearing, scratchy voiced creature promising to visit them again one day. If they don’t remember this, I’m sure my poor parents and sisters could remind them. And I can’t disappoint the turtles, right??
So I guess that means I must return to the lands of white sands, aqua waters, and incredible creatures.
What kinds of cool animals have you encountered on your travels?
G’night!
Meri
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