Dolphins are pretty interesting mammals. Smart, great swimmers, and their skin feels like a swim flipper (the rubber kind.....seriously!). Plus, they always look like they are smiling! The black and white ones are the neatest, but rare in the parks so hard to get a photograph of. This "regular" dolphin loved the camera though! Click on him to see more!
A few years back a friend and I went to Discovery Cove in Orlando. Cost an extra $100 to swim with the dolphins for 30 minutes. Well, you don't really swim with them......that's misleading...that conjures up images of you in a tank of dolphins. What really happens is you stand in a line and the dolphin goes past and lets you touch him (which is how I know they feel like a flipper). Then, you swim out a ways and the dolphin "kisses" you for the camera. Then you hang on to the fin and WHEEEEEEEEEE get taken back in! Dolphin ride!!
After (or before depending on what time your turn is) you can go shuffle around with the stingray pool. Shuffle? Yep-you really don't want to step ON a stingray! Then you can go swim in the giant aquarium-big round pool with a fake reef in the middle and fish and rays swimming around and around. If you can hold your breath long enough, the bottom of the reef has a small shark inside of it behind glass you can see.
It's pretty cool.......but expensive for what you get. I was told the Florida Keys has a dolphin experience that lasts longer..... I probably won't do it again due to the cost, but I'm glad I did it then :)
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Updated my gallery custom gift lens by Susan's Zoo Crew!
I updated my gift gallery lens, please stop by and let me know what you think!
http://www.squidoo.com/customizable-gifts
http://www.squidoo.com/customizable-gifts
Monday, December 13, 2010
White Saanen dairy goat doe lying down relaxing Bumper Sticker from Zazzle.com
White Saanen dairy goat doe lying down relaxing Bumper Sticker from Zazzle.com
Saanens rule! Giant fluffy marshmallow goats. This one chose me at a show..... she was the best!
Saanens rule! Giant fluffy marshmallow goats. This one chose me at a show..... she was the best!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Hydroponics-pre setup.
I recently found out that an old neighbor opened up a hydroponics store. For those of you local, it's EZ Grow Green on Bayshore Boulevard in Port St. Lucie. Their facebook is here:
EZ Grow Green
I've looked into it a few times, but it looked to complicated. After seeing the bucket systems and the easy home depot type, I decided to give it a go. I'd like to grow my hot peppers year round and I'm tired of fighting bugs!
So I bought the bucket system-basically you take a black bucket, drop a basket in it to hold the media, fill it with water and nutrient, add plant, add an airstone and pump and viola! Hydroponics! The kit came with the media, I'm also going to do another bucket using turface from my bonsai.
Then I got the fitting kit and went to home depot and bought two big storage containers. For the media in the baskets I'll use turface since I just bought a bag of it.
The cold snap here has made me gun shy on moving the plants, so I'm going to wait to set it up. I may go ahead and get the pieces all put together, but the garage is full of plants and doesn't have much room to move around in.
I will take pictures and post them here as I get going on it.......stay tuned!
Oh, and for the photography, here's a cute Christmas card I did:
EZ Grow Green
I've looked into it a few times, but it looked to complicated. After seeing the bucket systems and the easy home depot type, I decided to give it a go. I'd like to grow my hot peppers year round and I'm tired of fighting bugs!
So I bought the bucket system-basically you take a black bucket, drop a basket in it to hold the media, fill it with water and nutrient, add plant, add an airstone and pump and viola! Hydroponics! The kit came with the media, I'm also going to do another bucket using turface from my bonsai.
Then I got the fitting kit and went to home depot and bought two big storage containers. For the media in the baskets I'll use turface since I just bought a bag of it.
The cold snap here has made me gun shy on moving the plants, so I'm going to wait to set it up. I may go ahead and get the pieces all put together, but the garage is full of plants and doesn't have much room to move around in.
I will take pictures and post them here as I get going on it.......stay tuned!
Oh, and for the photography, here's a cute Christmas card I did:
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Carousel Horse Mousepad
This horse is my favorite out of all the photographs I've taken of carousel horses. I love how they have her name, Marina Rose, right on her shoulder. And the photograph makes it look the the carousel is going to jump off the page! Click on it and you can zoom in to see the detail.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Flash mobs, hydroponics, and photography
What do those have in common? Those are three things I've looked up in the last 15 minutes ;).
Flash mobs are neat when it's controlled and involves music. Apparently some of them have gotten out of hand, but mostly they're just fun. Like this one:
Love it! The first few people really have to have good voices!
It's cold here in (not so) sunny Florida, so this will be short post until I can fell my fingers again.......Next post, hydroponics and photography :)
Flash mobs are neat when it's controlled and involves music. Apparently some of them have gotten out of hand, but mostly they're just fun. Like this one:
Love it! The first few people really have to have good voices!
It's cold here in (not so) sunny Florida, so this will be short post until I can fell my fingers again.......Next post, hydroponics and photography :)
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