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New terry in the changing pads. It's a lightly pecan striped organic cotton terry.
It is so soft. Amazing. Organic really does feel different.
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Man, I can't believe that it's 2010 already. I just got used to writing year numbers beginning with "2". Now I have to retain my hand to leave out the "00" in the middle. What a bummer! I'll probably jump ahead and start writing 20010. Hey wasn't that a "thirties-something" TV series? No, wait, it's the ZIP code for Washington, DC. See, I'm aimlessly rambling already. I hope that that's not an omen.
Anyway, let's start with things that are not fish. This is not a fish:
As any fool can see, it's a spider, a very familiar spider, on a yellow flower. I cannot stop taking pictures of these amusing little spiders. They are certainly prolific. On many days there will be one of these little fellows on nearly every blossom. I suspect that it also has a very specialised hunting technique targeted to insects that feed on and pollinate these flowers. It is obviously an ambush predator, as are many spiders. It does not depend on its web, which you can see if you click to enlarge. The web wraps around the central parts of the flower and may or may not take part in the capture. These spiders eat tiny striped-wing flies on which I have often seen them feeding.
And, this also is not a fish, though the name implies otherwise:
It's a Starfish (Linckia multifora) on the old catamaran at the Eel Garden near Pig Island.
And, neither is this a fish. I got this shot to illustrate that everywhere you look in the sea you find the spiral. It's one of natures' most common themes: It is, of course, coral. Specifically, it's Acropora clathrata. Now you know. Isn't that a relief?
Now, these are fish. This rather disorganised mob of Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus) are regrouping after being startled out of their tiny wits my me attempting to get close enough for a picture: They will shortly resume their normal feeding habit of marching above the sand in a line like soldiers policing up cigarette butts.
And, this is also a fish, the Pixy Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus): A very pretty fish it is. These look very much more interesting against a dark, blurred background. You can then better see the delicate structure of its dorsal fin, an exercise in excess detail. You can see what I mean in this post featuring the Dwarf Hawkfish, a closely related species. By the way, this is the red variation of the species. The other variation is less colourful.
So, let's finish up with everybody's favourite fish - Nemo: Nemo, a Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) is here with friends and me today to wish you a very happy New Year.
Now I have to start thinking seriously about my New Year's Resolution.
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still collecting numbers-- added two more to the album-- see link below... a 1974 date on a different plate, cropped in high key ~grin~
Whenever I have a harried day, the camera knows it and rewards me with blurry pictures. But the smile is pretty cute.
Kylie pulled the numbers out of a set of large foam tiles several times today. She would line them up on the hardwood floor. This was taken just before I took her to the park with the water fountain. You can see her swimsuit straps peeking out from her shirt.
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100 Explored pics. If this is a measure of an amature photographer's success, or just a numbers game (it's driven by contacts/faves and certain group postings), I'm really not sure if this is such a big deal. There is so much good stuff on flickr that deserves to be explored that never makes it, and some questionable pics that do. I chose to mark this as a milestone for me. (After 2.5 years on flickr and 2,194 public posting, this is no big deal.)
I was at the BBC for a recording of Charlie Brooker's "You Have Been Watching" - the roof of the studio looks like this.