Wild Thing: Sea Horsies

Sea horsies!  I was lucky enough to see several sea horse exhibits over last few years.  The Monterrey Bay Aquarium, the Aquarium at the Mall of America, the Minnesota Zoo, the Oregon Cost Museum.  Lots of them, and they are an amazing creatures.  They are so tiny and so perfect. 

Wild Thing: Jellies

Yeah, yeah, I know what you're gonna say, Jellyfish... again... Yeah, so what's your point exactly.  I love jellyfish, love them so much, it isn't even funny!  I have more than just the Monterrey Jellies anyways.  I've waxed poetic about them before, so I guess this is just one for simple enjoyments.  There was a Jellyfish exhibit in the aquarium at the Mall of America (MOA) and my sister and I naturally went. 

Wild Thing: Frogs

So I was going through my pictures, I've been doing that lately.  I was looking at my trip to the Mississippi River Aquarium in Dubuque Iowa, and while I love the albino alligator, the frogs where what called out to me.  So cute!  I am pretty sure I've got frogs from several different trips.  But hey I guess we'll find out together.  The only ones I could find were from Iowa and one lone frog from a butterfly garden in Malaysia... odd.

Wild Thing: Creepy Crawlies

Velvet Ants

 
Going through my pictures I have found a bunch of bugs.  I am not a huge bug person, they are kinda creepy.  Sometimes they are interesting and like to get pictures of them.  Well so long as they are behind glass... I like them that way.  Yeah, I am a girl... what of it!

Some sort of Malaysian Beetle

Scorpion

Grasshopper from the Grand Canyon

Grasshopper from Malaysia

Black Widow

So I have a bad habit of taking pictures of flowers that have bugs on them.  They are really cool and I never notice the bugs.  I am trying to figure out how this happens.  Cause I am sure if I tried I would never manage it.  It is kinda funny.  And this is the only one I can find that is any good.  Pretty sure I've lost several over the years.

Jelly, Jelly, Jellyfish

Alright since water creatures make me really, really happy!  And in recent years, the good old jelly fishie has intrigued me.  They are floaty and kinda creepy.  There is something I like about them, something ethereal, something effortless.  But at the same time, there is something haunting about them.  Like ghosts of the sea, invisible, sometimes dangerous, something remarkably and wholly different.

Oh My! Fishies and Sea Lions!

I might have mentioned that I took an Oregon road trip in 2008.  We spent a lot of time on the coast.  Sadly it was the rainy season.  But honestly I think that it made for a rare kind of pretty!  But one of my favorite places in Oregon is Newport.  There is an awesome aquarium there.  I have been to it twice and I love it.  Very in the elements, and doesn't have that confined feeling that they sometimes get.  It is not a big secret, that I love marine animals.

Across the Globe: Singapore

So my one study abroad experience took me to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.  It was a J-term while I was in Bemidji, I did get 6 credits for being, well, a tourist.  In fairness, I did have to take a course once a week before I went, I had to write a paper, keep a journal, and take a test.  So yeah, a tourist.

Sourrounded by Water

"Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream." John Steinbeck: Cannery Row.

So I have finally gotten around to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium.  Not sure I why I was putting this one off.  Probably because there are so many pictures of the joint.  So the Monterrey Bay Aquarium is at the end of Cannery Row in Monterey California.  It is housed in an old cannery.  So it has a very unique feel to it.

Down River to Iowa

Dubuque Iowa

So while I avoid studying for business law and accounting principles 1, I thought I'd blog a bit.  It's ok, the test is not for a few days...  So I have two started blog posts, but I am not sure it is the time for them. Or the lack of inspiration.  Maybe I will continue on the walk through the fall, by heading back a few years...

                                                ...Picture it, Iowa, Fall 2008...The Mississippi River Museum!  Sadly, I don't have an of the pictures from the Field of Dreams.  Those are with my sister, but I might be able to get my hands of a copy or two for a future post!

Yippie! Casino Boats!

 Dubuque is awesome, probably my favorite place in Iowa.  It is an awesome little city.  They have some wonderful casinos, and museums.  Oh, and the field of dreams is only about a half an hour away.

albino 'gater

Spent a lot of time at the Mississippi River Aquarium.  It is a wonderful place.  I am a big fan of aquariums in the sense that there is so much about the world that can be learned in them.  They are a great place and the things you see there are totally awesome.  And things that you don't see anywhere else!  But don't mind me, I am a nerd...

Not only was it cool for the river life, but the boat museum was kinda cool too.  It was a dredger, and if you live on a river and see them in action or grew up with my father, you'd probably find that cool. (apparently I like the word cool right now...)

And this was just cool!