tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78800141677281698812024-02-07T13:59:41.452-04:00Coral Reef PainterMelissa Evangeline Keyes
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Just photos currently, I'll be finishing some paintings soon.Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-66289061692956593232017-08-25T08:25:00.003-04:002017-08-25T08:25:42.013-04:00hello---Hello. Still just growing flowers---Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-62848301644070605612017-07-16T06:26:00.002-04:002017-07-16T06:26:35.269-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, a photo from long ago. I need to start diving again ,,,,, Been how many years? nine? I wonder what happened to me? Something. Life is a foggy mist. At least I can still make this blog work. It got to be a lot of time and hassle, and I felt like I was in an empty room talking to myself.<br />Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-12770405586945082222017-07-16T06:20:00.002-04:002017-07-16T06:20:20.408-04:00Wowee, I finally got back here. I will be transforming the drawing above to a colorable version. Coloring books on the way! Cheers!Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-26503761900904350442010-09-29T15:29:00.001-04:002010-10-26T13:06:40.312-04:00No pictures?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8tKPjRHb4wTjuMnuf3PoB8Be1a9rfotLjmeu63AR0H4K8nQzIiBOpm4y35AnpM0zv2yRIz_bxjp_PzwZcpNKo8kHf7YsR8BuKBw-cnNg0VifXHl0eLCQ2Y7Y7lcea1BZiqqFEK9A-FY/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532402090930862850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8tKPjRHb4wTjuMnuf3PoB8Be1a9rfotLjmeu63AR0H4K8nQzIiBOpm4y35AnpM0zv2yRIz_bxjp_PzwZcpNKo8kHf7YsR8BuKBw-cnNg0VifXHl0eLCQ2Y7Y7lcea1BZiqqFEK9A-FY/s400/006.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I haven't been diving in nearly a year now, since last February. Guess I should get wet, hey? I've been growing Desert Roses, instead. Have had some health issues.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>OK, I'll be back eventually. Bye for now.</div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-90361309813951932422010-06-21T14:00:00.000-04:002010-06-21T14:00:24.141-04:00Been too long...Last year I entered a few paintings, just dinky little 10X8 inch images, in a little art show that I didn't respect, sold several at give away prices, and I haven't touched a paintbrush since.<br />
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Bad me.<br />
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I don't know why I get so upset at selling.<br />
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A friend went to the same show this year, several weeks ago, and he told me that everybody was asking about, "Where's the artist who sold the cheap paintings last year?"<br />
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Ah, well, see you again soon.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A round sponge, perched on a bit of hard substrate, out in the sand. Sponges have holes. Sponges are animals! They are filter feeders. Very simple, and in an evolutionary 'dead end' because of this simplicity. They are made of cells that act as a kind of skin, cells with little whips that draw in water, cells that distribute food particles, and interior cells for structure. No circulatory system, blood or lymph, no lungs, no senses, eyes or ears. Yet somehow, they do reproduce, all at the same time. The male and female sponges simultaneously releasing eggs and sperm into the water. They look like they're smoking, sometimes a very dense 'fog' rising up from the central hole.<br />
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</div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-42967101775604063562009-12-27T13:40:00.000-04:002009-12-27T13:40:33.951-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGP3WIBirnAsm2D0lyU_zoCKCeIMJkdUMqQoeisugPXza-75D21R3LnDaofI-q_agUbDiQEWpZX3HVCPbVU2JTTZz8Dv0Naa8I9g6zZqS3kgNKBNhK0W-Z_gC8JgLJXJ4t5oeIYWsWBE/s1600-h/PICT2354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGP3WIBirnAsm2D0lyU_zoCKCeIMJkdUMqQoeisugPXza-75D21R3LnDaofI-q_agUbDiQEWpZX3HVCPbVU2JTTZz8Dv0Naa8I9g6zZqS3kgNKBNhK0W-Z_gC8JgLJXJ4t5oeIYWsWBE/s640/PICT2354.JPG" width="640" /></a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go for a car ride, folks enjoying the beach. I don't 'beach' much, I dislike sand!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some folks laugh at the tiny beaches here, they're used to the humongous continental beaches that are thousands of miles long. But I say we have 'Designer Beaches', each with a special charm of it's own. This is Cane Bay Beach, where I most often dive. I get in the water by that boat ramp.<br />
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</div>This another beach, Butler Bay Beach. I went to Thanksgiving day dinner here, a great picnic! The big blizzard that snowed in the USA a few days ago came here in the form of big ocean waves, washing away a lot of sand, see the edge? The sand will slowly build back up, a natural process. Ha, big waves here are two feet high!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely big brown Senepol cattle. A breed created here on St Croix, from Angus, Brahma, and some others. They don't mind the tropical heat, and they get huge!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another estate, I've been inside this one. The construction is massive. The outside walls are four feet thick, and the interior walls are three feet thick, solid stone. You feel like you're going through a tunnel between rooms!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more 'ruin' they seem to have filled in a doorway. I guess the slaves with the donkey cart went off to find stone, brought back a load, then went off in another direction for more building material. Old buildings are made of every kind of rock on the island, and coral 'stone' also. The bricks are Danish, brought from Denmark as ballast in the sailing ships long ago. When the ships left, they left the yellowish bricks here, as they were loaded heavily with rum.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK, all for today! Thanks for stopping by. My next lot of photos will probably be topside also, as the sea is so stirred up with the high surf that underwater photography won't be very successful for the next few days. I'll be gardening for the most part. Cheerio!<br />
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</div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-65308307549587264232009-12-25T11:31:00.000-04:002009-12-25T11:31:27.000-04:00Christmas morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3nr5QMFRJ_zgtB8UZhme0mVYzWxPdvm8vtxKQ0iXEyRcvvw2tCGHTQmnjOk-uTYeSspd8DOkxqISO4gmhBgvVNrLz7AigSJefuMfGPk2NfnJIFk-FY_jO-bUaelaUpR2OI9B2GlrqLs/s1600-h/PICT2173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3nr5QMFRJ_zgtB8UZhme0mVYzWxPdvm8vtxKQ0iXEyRcvvw2tCGHTQmnjOk-uTYeSspd8DOkxqISO4gmhBgvVNrLz7AigSJefuMfGPk2NfnJIFk-FY_jO-bUaelaUpR2OI9B2GlrqLs/s320/PICT2173.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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</div>Well, surf's up, dude. I uploaded all the photos at once, and don't yet know how to work with them, maybe I can't. Ah, well.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! I'll get moving again eventually.<br />
.Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-2846589473439736642009-12-24T08:56:00.003-04:002009-12-24T09:02:39.044-04:00try again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zHa268rQpRQ-4qd5jN2nnP78mqUxNpdsFhnrZivHKPhnRTvJ9-5tT3rOdHrTw_o0JsxoRLtarpYwIhUioWczBW8LA71-Q8yau0YKElzWEXECp6hzNVY-32w1qR6wOuix-tqkV_Nn50Y/s1600-h/PICT2271.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zHa268rQpRQ-4qd5jN2nnP78mqUxNpdsFhnrZivHKPhnRTvJ9-5tT3rOdHrTw_o0JsxoRLtarpYwIhUioWczBW8LA71-Q8yau0YKElzWEXECp6hzNVY-32w1qR6wOuix-tqkV_Nn50Y/s400/PICT2271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418786546693164594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrotV6fWlaWanSRteu8Aw7BYHjN2H39YR4gGvs6iUUwYdqcomGWPPbixIUkjTp995LgeZnw4C2y570XHFJ1EibOs6Lbi7Hhx8TO9e9ePo_kC0LetIVJMGolVUUK58Yumjx36AaXvBdaKc/s1600-h/PICT2203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrotV6fWlaWanSRteu8Aw7BYHjN2H39YR4gGvs6iUUwYdqcomGWPPbixIUkjTp995LgeZnw4C2y570XHFJ1EibOs6Lbi7Hhx8TO9e9ePo_kC0LetIVJMGolVUUK58Yumjx36AaXvBdaKc/s400/PICT2203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418786544099275474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAitpt3PykmNVF6EJln26A9000LE-3o2B25goANro-kcZJ68YIoAMUM-AGU5tjOheLQJ2B9vqeVGJqiZVDV7aCwn_eQ0bl__WUG0yg5EMvxqIRuohzkoKI6UiJsxSjU6pAM_Ie56trsQ/s1600-h/PICT2195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAitpt3PykmNVF6EJln26A9000LE-3o2B25goANro-kcZJ68YIoAMUM-AGU5tjOheLQJ2B9vqeVGJqiZVDV7aCwn_eQ0bl__WUG0yg5EMvxqIRuohzkoKI6UiJsxSjU6pAM_Ie56trsQ/s400/PICT2195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418786538757178674" /></a>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-50921071592342867722009-12-23T19:33:00.002-04:002009-12-23T19:36:15.070-04:00try again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83i_g5pw6P4iPEhOY8IKBXXo3BBO93R9PBwb8JRNlkMgUC0KOcZj3SgHqP15OfGLhbq4KfBQEUIP2Z-0ebpZj_PnNp5whl-XSnsDWvwJNTWKI5tSCzRrKhCDTefxiB_s4sG2nym7QpHE/s1600-h/PICT2239.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83i_g5pw6P4iPEhOY8IKBXXo3BBO93R9PBwb8JRNlkMgUC0KOcZj3SgHqP15OfGLhbq4KfBQEUIP2Z-0ebpZj_PnNp5whl-XSnsDWvwJNTWKI5tSCzRrKhCDTefxiB_s4sG2nym7QpHE/s400/PICT2239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418579395542517842" /></a>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-3000366310408224102009-12-21T08:54:00.011-04:002009-12-21T10:06:01.295-04:00A sandy place<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4S7xdJSlGVLCoQ_JoJ6fgzln-UfHycxYNdZtJHHj-wBCuRZjs74GM5wNtCDhkbjDaIT3xdfvcKiv55Gi-TFrHBdgVHWEDs7SPbrgAYRAMOdD1XQUauTfwFA-DIve09IIkM44d5-N-ZjM/s1600-h/PICT1932.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4S7xdJSlGVLCoQ_JoJ6fgzln-UfHycxYNdZtJHHj-wBCuRZjs74GM5wNtCDhkbjDaIT3xdfvcKiv55Gi-TFrHBdgVHWEDs7SPbrgAYRAMOdD1XQUauTfwFA-DIve09IIkM44d5-N-ZjM/s400/PICT1932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417685194940660770" /></a>Hop off the boat, descending slowly, floating slowly down in forty feet of depth, 12 meters, here comes a Southern Ray. Big ray, about four feet, more than a meter, from wingtip to wingtip. I guess you call them wings! He's really green.<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomWUX3ngq3dizDhnY2hOl0er6k8pI3FMxRq4KiESJE9OHrcnTld0trToGEaYLY8ZPcLgRVomu6rabf6x7X5Ep3RVv4y3mIEtCNDe5ifCK-Jfh2XNuYyK0mJL3517WqNIrwgy3Tka1EMc/s1600-h/PICT1933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomWUX3ngq3dizDhnY2hOl0er6k8pI3FMxRq4KiESJE9OHrcnTld0trToGEaYLY8ZPcLgRVomu6rabf6x7X5Ep3RVv4y3mIEtCNDe5ifCK-Jfh2XNuYyK0mJL3517WqNIrwgy3Tka1EMc/s400/PICT1933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417684009680980658" /></a>Cruising on by, several Jacks in attendance. When the ray stops to dig in the sand, the fish hope to grab anything that the ray stirs up, that the ray misses; crabs, little bottom fish that hide in the sand...</div><div><br /><div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ScUpKHAD4UQ_iwAYhVwT5xlceTicZ5vVfT2t6YyzzHcjRb1qS2sv9wL4j5TKq9pqdrPXUzSC80NwtsUxuSSFxClgVrJpZS72uWeoRcp9Sf09vJracS-gCnLWfbZem7mQ9G9edHm5GIY/s1600-h/PICT1934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ScUpKHAD4UQ_iwAYhVwT5xlceTicZ5vVfT2t6YyzzHcjRb1qS2sv9wL4j5TKq9pqdrPXUzSC80NwtsUxuSSFxClgVrJpZS72uWeoRcp9Sf09vJracS-gCnLWfbZem7mQ9G9edHm5GIY/s400/PICT1934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417683007229248690" /></a>whoa! smelled something? turning quickly...<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKsHbonXBEVaxkNbdyBurQPFogFG5XzomkbQbycS5KE3z6rkXw8ZuzKZJzFxri9lNN8tpDTdhLETou0kfYMuBfz8felJ2dNUFHtSldiGqNOqz5ZZ4_XNc84rMqFyYx2O1nJYZv18qTdg/s1600-h/PICT1936.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKsHbonXBEVaxkNbdyBurQPFogFG5XzomkbQbycS5KE3z6rkXw8ZuzKZJzFxri9lNN8tpDTdhLETou0kfYMuBfz8felJ2dNUFHtSldiGqNOqz5ZZ4_XNc84rMqFyYx2O1nJYZv18qTdg/s400/PICT1936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681612827011586" /></a>found something to check out...<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XcC_KPfOQgeC66GKxxBJGfYdjtkT_DTLdHLTOZMVh316yXH_m2KPJHe0TcRhkWueHKK47WVWRBklNiQhUwW2ZGY3E7RYZBnk7k0wjJR-uzgDKr0TF_l5BvvZlljGygDuVFfV8DtCkiE/s1600-h/PICT1938.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XcC_KPfOQgeC66GKxxBJGfYdjtkT_DTLdHLTOZMVh316yXH_m2KPJHe0TcRhkWueHKK47WVWRBklNiQhUwW2ZGY3E7RYZBnk7k0wjJR-uzgDKr0TF_l5BvvZlljGygDuVFfV8DtCkiE/s400/PICT1938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681152985973266" /></a>Ok, a bit of digging, they use their whole body rather like a plunger, making a vacuum under their noses, where the mouth is located. Some sand stirred up, and then awayyyyy he goes!<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-mHiGRMLbz1NqbOxyjGPCQ_dZ0nDYeyVye51LdlJhFvdIB4_KnEsIPEunjTpiMqBN9yGJXop3vvIiZQ8bsEF3x875PYy1ItrSt9VhMUbMU1PwIEz5uw7ou733YzGTLvQAPhwYA0udAo/s1600-h/PICT1945.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-mHiGRMLbz1NqbOxyjGPCQ_dZ0nDYeyVye51LdlJhFvdIB4_KnEsIPEunjTpiMqBN9yGJXop3vvIiZQ8bsEF3x875PYy1ItrSt9VhMUbMU1PwIEz5uw7ou733YzGTLvQAPhwYA0udAo/s400/PICT1945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417679182525805090" /></a>Pertty Sea Star! Their eyes are on the ends of their arms. This one isn't soft at all, very 'hard'. I don't handle them, but sometimes just touch with one finger, lightly.<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFbYLifN09ypnBKBUY_STMqqhzael7qi7neH5f-zYHrVARo-tV3jBiDrFnVtQGIW3INyxBzqDwWVBqHoKqMpcZqLRSw44KP5kCcjc05V8sLEMnrcq-deXhXAPKKc64QcBU_cTnECYZYQ/s1600-h/PICT1703.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFbYLifN09ypnBKBUY_STMqqhzael7qi7neH5f-zYHrVARo-tV3jBiDrFnVtQGIW3INyxBzqDwWVBqHoKqMpcZqLRSw44KP5kCcjc05V8sLEMnrcq-deXhXAPKKc64QcBU_cTnECYZYQ/s400/PICT1703.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417677162838525330" /></a>LOL, the next photo comes on top, so I need to write backwards in time. This blogging is something else. <div><br /></div><div>The little yellowish fuzzy thing is a small Pillar Coral. A big old one looks like a Disney castle. If you look close(I'll get a better photo soon) the polyp's tentacles look like a wheat field, waving in the breeze, or sea currents.</div><div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUfLxDTvkvpFzPGWfj-n-Hx4Np70i8FqIl_CKLwqBo9V8LvrEYv8BMihQFOYxyErOKyKvu7jsSZSSDUXbx22Vb1BEvc5TeBTflb7W7WJ8MO-Fm_tdFhmxpJuiQfiXd7CfM1fQ0pFTtec/s1600-h/PICT1886.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUfLxDTvkvpFzPGWfj-n-Hx4Np70i8FqIl_CKLwqBo9V8LvrEYv8BMihQFOYxyErOKyKvu7jsSZSSDUXbx22Vb1BEvc5TeBTflb7W7WJ8MO-Fm_tdFhmxpJuiQfiXd7CfM1fQ0pFTtec/s400/PICT1886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417672326348773346" /></a>Ok, what do we have here? Confusing, this blogging. I find I must upload photos one at a time to be able to write in between them. Next, to learn if they will post under, or above as I go along. I guess a blog is a permanent learning curve. Every time I get used to Blogger, they change a little, improving?<div>.</div><div>This coral is one of my (many) favorites. One name is Maze, but I like Butterprint, maybe because it's food. I haven't photoshopped these pictures, too blue! I'm still getting accustomed to this new computer, but very happy with it!</div><div>.</div><div>OK, off to do a slow slow dive, to get lots of photos to share with you. That big snowstorm that pounded the East Coast of the US will be sending me big ocean waves from the west, hum. Small world!</div><div>.</div><div>Thanks for stopping by!<br />.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-70518740345837120662009-12-20T16:20:00.000-04:002009-12-20T16:20:15.367-04:00A few photos...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y4vQ9R6qC-5shL4avpuCd4lvBAwDe41M7vFk4-Hq_mLX3WhhRYi4z4VPTTQ2_vPN7RGEAbTOwEVz5utyao4uWCV0IW_WYVZcSLPAKE74TPTI6uFh4S_s3MBjp1YIW3mfgx_Mjt0R9Rg/s1600-h/PICT1607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Y4vQ9R6qC-5shL4avpuCd4lvBAwDe41M7vFk4-Hq_mLX3WhhRYi4z4VPTTQ2_vPN7RGEAbTOwEVz5utyao4uWCV0IW_WYVZcSLPAKE74TPTI6uFh4S_s3MBjp1YIW3mfgx_Mjt0R9Rg/s640/PICT1607.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div>.Some photos from yesterday's Lionfish hunt, unseccessful, which is good. I paddle along taking quick shots of everything I see. Well, not really, I see a lot more, but cameras are limited. I'd rather be off by myself, people underwater aren't very interesting to me.<br />
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So, some scenery, some closer photos of just stuff, you know, coral and sponges. When i go on these Lionfish hunts, I have to stay with the group, and they go so fast! wowee, I smear a third of my photos because I'm not holding still long enough.<br />
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OK, Holidays fast approaching, Guess I need to go diving!<br />
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Cheers, and thanks for stopping by!Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-18273255595467890492009-12-18T11:37:00.000-04:002009-12-18T11:37:16.678-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKK6kROvI9-o_gRZZAK1KrAaLJP4Kwn4SF9_1g3GeXE_pNwOZvizcdgKahPADPimWTlp9a3dFS1cWWu1BO2MXfHi95GgMTwVAEQy5VT6u9yQnLyUh9UBIFGc9XEPGWWsS4qZBV26XMps/s1600-h/PICT0276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKK6kROvI9-o_gRZZAK1KrAaLJP4Kwn4SF9_1g3GeXE_pNwOZvizcdgKahPADPimWTlp9a3dFS1cWWu1BO2MXfHi95GgMTwVAEQy5VT6u9yQnLyUh9UBIFGc9XEPGWWsS4qZBV26XMps/s640/PICT0276.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div>A couple of sponges for you this morning. I just don't have any decent photos for this blog right now, I MUST go diving! Especially before the sea cools down for the winter.<br />
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I'm trying to get my painting studio all finished with the remodel, so it'll be an enjoyable place to be. The floor needs paint!! it's stained, old, black and white squares of linoleum, I dislike it intensely! makes me nervous or something. I'll have it finished in a few days, a nice, light neutral. Funny, i found that old linoleum was made from linseed oil and chalk. I use linseed oil in oil painting.<br />
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.Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-91573617568013937552009-12-17T11:43:00.003-04:002009-12-17T12:18:51.708-04:00Hum haven't posted in a while...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQfWe1IqjFa2c7EzL05OKr0OVxJBpEhc-Sy4Fww9-kMk-6weDVVHdRvK3o3mEVLl8Yd0Io6eqtx8uWN3c8FqHBPGuv0Rrj2vwYikTK63OES_frUqETFc751X_0KUmkhyphenhyphen-3WE6orcdfOU/s1600-h/PICT0907.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQfWe1IqjFa2c7EzL05OKr0OVxJBpEhc-Sy4Fww9-kMk-6weDVVHdRvK3o3mEVLl8Yd0Io6eqtx8uWN3c8FqHBPGuv0Rrj2vwYikTK63OES_frUqETFc751X_0KUmkhyphenhyphen-3WE6orcdfOU/s400/PICT0907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416232106904267986" /></a>Oooo, is there a Lionfish in there? We haven't found any in a while here on St Croix(croy). Seems there were nine or ten caught, over a year's time. Each one was bigger than the last. The very first sightings were one one dive by a tourist that took photos of eight or more, all about three inches long. These were reported, not caught, booo. It's looking like that was an isolated invasion. <div>.</div><div> The Island of Bonaire is having the same thing happen, all of a sudden there are little Lions all over the place. The park people there are doing their best to catch them.</div><div>.</div><div>In the Bahamas, the Officials didn't realize what a devastating effect these fish have on the population of reef fish, and they dawdled with any attempt at control. There was a Lionfish Rodeo a few months ago on one of the islands, and in one day, 1,400 lionfish were brought in.</div><div>.</div><div>OK, all for now. I'm designing my studio to be able to paint efficiently, so I'll be an artist someday soon!</div><div>.</div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div>.</div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-50304972964741922852009-12-10T21:47:00.000-04:002009-12-10T21:47:48.965-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R12S8SiW3hresgrrrTfM_WC4x_LgCW7pYZjLd_eXBGJqzsitvCbikcW49m4F1u8lLPegDPbipct2_4exbcGuNl8oPVQpFbos9UB3PYw0ffjnVBi2d88kNJ9eYjbUggfJobRo4RSWN-o/s1600-h/PICT0349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3R12S8SiW3hresgrrrTfM_WC4x_LgCW7pYZjLd_eXBGJqzsitvCbikcW49m4F1u8lLPegDPbipct2_4exbcGuNl8oPVQpFbos9UB3PYw0ffjnVBi2d88kNJ9eYjbUggfJobRo4RSWN-o/s640/PICT0349.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
</div>A blurry image of a Pillar Coral. They can grow to be ten feet tall, or maybe even more. The polyps, when extended, feeding, look like waving fields of grass or wheat.<br />
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</div>A Barrel Sponge, they do this sometimes, grow in a group. The bushy-looking things aren't plants, they're Gorgonian Corals, Animals. Hum.Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-51436231773370585482009-12-10T09:06:00.003-04:002009-12-10T09:09:08.708-04:00Oh boy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWPNQvip46_3_tVozejRA68H1hNLZF779p417qEyCjBZNW1-ypcwKahTCld62BFaBWncCKXot2Oz2BaWIOXYtaJ8kzpegiwsn0HXzeU18ceixrVVVRqLThzWnGENtW4SIhC72a_DiUbQ/s1600-h/PICT0975.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWPNQvip46_3_tVozejRA68H1hNLZF779p417qEyCjBZNW1-ypcwKahTCld62BFaBWncCKXot2Oz2BaWIOXYtaJ8kzpegiwsn0HXzeU18ceixrVVVRqLThzWnGENtW4SIhC72a_DiUbQ/s400/PICT0975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413593504553591538" /></a>Experimenting here, still learning the new computer. We're having "discussions" Does no good to disagree with a computer!!Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-20561635181338021932009-12-09T10:59:00.006-04:002009-12-09T11:24:00.544-04:00How about some salad?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiArQuHE8E9yhOCNhTdcC5miA7CkGQh9uZCO4dLgbo6XXGWIEwByvARv6NzX4ErjDAz59wUHFSZaXq2CsBocKQmPq6SgzIAoryZnbmkWLvmpPJvQZcwpG9ncf2ZE6-PGxYcdSSw-4Q8w/s1600-h/PICT1241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiArQuHE8E9yhOCNhTdcC5miA7CkGQh9uZCO4dLgbo6XXGWIEwByvARv6NzX4ErjDAz59wUHFSZaXq2CsBocKQmPq6SgzIAoryZnbmkWLvmpPJvQZcwpG9ncf2ZE6-PGxYcdSSw-4Q8w/s400/PICT1241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413257244304888258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tQ2-7lJdZOol_EnqdmxRmGeTPOGDvALwAXauSovuTI0syWeTssOHhJBqVZ_cztS-BZiPo4qEmoi9VVHPhVfXsSk_7bF-NvTSdcSzlStbkEuIwKD08fKo5h8TSYjZ4Ez5NEv9D5mj-FY/s1600-h/PICT1194.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tQ2-7lJdZOol_EnqdmxRmGeTPOGDvALwAXauSovuTI0syWeTssOHhJBqVZ_cztS-BZiPo4qEmoi9VVHPhVfXsSk_7bF-NvTSdcSzlStbkEuIwKD08fKo5h8TSYjZ4Ez5NEv9D5mj-FY/s400/PICT1194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413256775952570162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4ipaJX2bWA_XvYmQxCHj8-sNwJCMrQET2r0ONZnNRd__46jqie7CbR2bBW49mGi-eJYN6y5FOYHjbvqgSa5x8Gl2ayXH0bNR7-DsKfzCAJCTIkXJtU_61_iMQUYhrmC_7zyTk4w8riE/s1600-h/PICT1168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4ipaJX2bWA_XvYmQxCHj8-sNwJCMrQET2r0ONZnNRd__46jqie7CbR2bBW49mGi-eJYN6y5FOYHjbvqgSa5x8Gl2ayXH0bNR7-DsKfzCAJCTIkXJtU_61_iMQUYhrmC_7zyTk4w8riE/s400/PICT1168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413255702435793954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4xLP7z6-kLpmRdfLnybQWfv3oK5m9Sknxydtw5C3Xr6UzeKS9V0CLwjNNDELjzVAcldkCBhkeENnW-osBgWQze_Lmvc9vJ4RdOMNX2WPo5E61vn7GgVwj39351NlOHVDwIfhQ6iUG8w/s1600-h/PICT1168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4xLP7z6-kLpmRdfLnybQWfv3oK5m9Sknxydtw5C3Xr6UzeKS9V0CLwjNNDELjzVAcldkCBhkeENnW-osBgWQze_Lmvc9vJ4RdOMNX2WPo5E61vn7GgVwj39351NlOHVDwIfhQ6iUG8w/s400/PICT1168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413254952154766082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmMpl77VchI6taQ87EXM4fW0xJ6WwI9ayCz-ZwoaEcq2l3o9i4hH5Jefa_BkRqqzwCq_W8YhHlaLtp8mS05ejezeel4_hrHu7NcdqBocZu-Q63QvI87eTdSIw1JuKya9RKqFhDXTn5FI/s1600-h/PICT1036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmMpl77VchI6taQ87EXM4fW0xJ6WwI9ayCz-ZwoaEcq2l3o9i4hH5Jefa_BkRqqzwCq_W8YhHlaLtp8mS05ejezeel4_hrHu7NcdqBocZu-Q63QvI87eTdSIw1JuKya9RKqFhDXTn5FI/s400/PICT1036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413252966463155506" /></a>Oops! Two of the same image! I don't know if Blogger has changed, or if it's this new computer that I'm still learning. Can't seem to delete, owell!<div>.</div><div>Sometimes photographer call these kinds of photos 'salad' because they don't have just one big subject splat in the middle. This-is-a-fish This-is-an-octopus<div>.</div><div>I rather enjoy the mess. </div><div>.</div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-26563593226113460752009-12-08T10:34:00.005-04:002009-12-08T11:03:23.269-04:00A bunch of barrels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzLFb8d_ud6mzX-9bs1EYKETIjDUptXFFQKPGW399r8u70eQRYZ-IDWzJ2Ts2u8Hz23dB5fsgdoX895Nrk4wwBZr5vvCdMFMQBHY0q_EZBhpjLjVTo21GMvas2AG997ewQItizp30iVU/s1600-h/PICT1033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzLFb8d_ud6mzX-9bs1EYKETIjDUptXFFQKPGW399r8u70eQRYZ-IDWzJ2Ts2u8Hz23dB5fsgdoX895Nrk4wwBZr5vvCdMFMQBHY0q_EZBhpjLjVTo21GMvas2AG997ewQItizp30iVU/s400/PICT1033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412880626107014098" /></a>Barrel Sponges perched on this 'hill side'.<div>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCMEgT7TYxSUJFTyGDVVe4MEGrmd8LVYfl0ue8EhxZsbE6RmvxCK_vWe65vHfI8qEgRLTKMxDAeDOOALdJtRWGgLgQPmk5s0YH0RgXxmcpprEchyphenhyphenKRPzGMXgo_PAh4z3giG_FuvFuFCc/s1600-h/PICT1295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCMEgT7TYxSUJFTyGDVVe4MEGrmd8LVYfl0ue8EhxZsbE6RmvxCK_vWe65vHfI8qEgRLTKMxDAeDOOALdJtRWGgLgQPmk5s0YH0RgXxmcpprEchyphenhyphenKRPzGMXgo_PAh4z3giG_FuvFuFCc/s400/PICT1295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412880621335068962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHj-j1B9YLDug18bOg_m9ZGnpCpf_p8feSdl-fiKNVsOlYVdbo2essZO8F0B7yLsbd9KeaoJhC_UKTa06kiNEoxG4aS4EozOlyIXuyWw7kqpGuf9tJ1ODxyMRfTAFHd1g2CiTDvLsSgg/s1600-h/PICT1028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHj-j1B9YLDug18bOg_m9ZGnpCpf_p8feSdl-fiKNVsOlYVdbo2essZO8F0B7yLsbd9KeaoJhC_UKTa06kiNEoxG4aS4EozOlyIXuyWw7kqpGuf9tJ1ODxyMRfTAFHd1g2CiTDvLsSgg/s400/PICT1028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412876577305893650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaEoHW1cwodtuNmSSey1QO9_JUh7c3IClkX75LXa_gmiJnHsftbAejW3QSQe95qHfZPyeKA2L1t4VaTJ_As1DnDUt8K1oJ6469Kx-zDqH9OZLI_dfBWoAh6t_ldT5F5ga44Cw5KUs9pM/s1600-h/PICT1085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaEoHW1cwodtuNmSSey1QO9_JUh7c3IClkX75LXa_gmiJnHsftbAejW3QSQe95qHfZPyeKA2L1t4VaTJ_As1DnDUt8K1oJ6469Kx-zDqH9OZLI_dfBWoAh6t_ldT5F5ga44Cw5KUs9pM/s400/PICT1085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412876572262074514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9oeHh12w339QZyMkWZObOAJtkudfIaGun9IWIR6zW_r7-bC7kzbW2NHo0yah2AZJUBHfPPwdF8hIQaOc-dzaitgyLRqILoes55PwauW-CYVEJs6-Q4IKBPNNFXfvScNzRHMhxSEgmhY/s1600-h/PICT0882.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9oeHh12w339QZyMkWZObOAJtkudfIaGun9IWIR6zW_r7-bC7kzbW2NHo0yah2AZJUBHfPPwdF8hIQaOc-dzaitgyLRqILoes55PwauW-CYVEJs6-Q4IKBPNNFXfvScNzRHMhxSEgmhY/s400/PICT0882.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412876562462361922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQedChcZ8O2qrC7gfWWAhycFfoD30wg93PTKqxeaMy6imxVwbvZ5747WYcP2nvC8qp-rklKjl_8jbCJpNuZEX-KLESy09G7A_9HdQWLe2k8EPdA2PrHYYARAx8vYF8_8cQdD9FC3nKgdo/s1600-h/PICT0802.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQedChcZ8O2qrC7gfWWAhycFfoD30wg93PTKqxeaMy6imxVwbvZ5747WYcP2nvC8qp-rklKjl_8jbCJpNuZEX-KLESy09G7A_9HdQWLe2k8EPdA2PrHYYARAx8vYF8_8cQdD9FC3nKgdo/s400/PICT0802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412876560071664914" /></a>Barrel sponges, or sometimes called Basket Sponges, can get huge. Big enough for a diver to sit inside, but that's a very bad idea because, even though these are sponges, they are very brittle and break easily.<div><br /></div><div>OK, thanks for stopping by!</div><div>.</div><div><br />.<div><br /></div></div></div>Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-9803545724453858172009-12-06T19:39:00.000-04:002009-12-06T19:39:38.206-04:00Groovy sand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV7boaz67t1wkP4U_hb8vjEiVWGasdzwczOjJrfUR4nHgfaK4iU1g0A0efQ-DtaqOV07rP3mhUlMLnv2puF7HFzda0y-dCyYL8ieE1HfUTPu_pCgT7y7_L6aWprhJycfW9MVEToNlkrc/s1600-h/PICT1103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV7boaz67t1wkP4U_hb8vjEiVWGasdzwczOjJrfUR4nHgfaK4iU1g0A0efQ-DtaqOV07rP3mhUlMLnv2puF7HFzda0y-dCyYL8ieE1HfUTPu_pCgT7y7_L6aWprhJycfW9MVEToNlkrc/s640/PICT1103.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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This is a formation seen in the Sea often, a "groove" of sand. I guess the sand settles in low places, then constant wave action keeps the sand moving back and forth so coral polyps and other things(sponges, zoanthids, etc) cannot settle and start building reef structure. There are pathways on reef slopes like this, and they almost always lead to deeper water, or shore, depending which way you follow them. Oh, usually currents go across them sideways, bringing more sand to settle, hey?<br />
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</div> Mother Nature or Neptune or somebody doesn't work with a backhoe and a blueprint. This one has a dead end! Or a beginning? This photo is looking toward shore.<br />
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</div>Oops, not very good focus, but you get the idea. There can be dramatic overhangs.<br />
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Mr Barracuda hanging out in the lee of a big Gorgonian Coral.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-28455196214838986022009-12-02T17:51:00.003-04:002009-12-02T18:03:48.064-04:00A barrel Sponge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDniDtnaNboyjSZOlG0CQj_802asSbdghQ7oTyOoY0QBzaGulZbnna1lSMuQM6lN7TH-O04zmdAmdHH_Osgz5yreHtZEY3hbZfiDuDGvVYmEIAxP7qdiFh9uwq-Gn6Dyn-dnlMcy3opA/s1600-h/PICT0379.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDniDtnaNboyjSZOlG0CQj_802asSbdghQ7oTyOoY0QBzaGulZbnna1lSMuQM6lN7TH-O04zmdAmdHH_Osgz5yreHtZEY3hbZfiDuDGvVYmEIAxP7qdiFh9uwq-Gn6Dyn-dnlMcy3opA/s400/PICT0379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410761767522330162" /></a>OK, I'm getting this new computer figured out. Gee, it's been a long time! And during this month of December, there are plans for some nice additions around here. Artwork, believe it or not.Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-38080650753338385362009-12-02T17:39:00.002-04:002009-12-02T17:39:41.249-04:00Finally!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNwFTHJwRLK66UnuQuyarp_dhetVs0WAZhIZYjyml5Dd56M07tNY8gwafN_vmHC0miP_p_cIdM9usWL_yjueEa7UY6VoLk7jlPlQ7yu6nJdnkMtlJ6KeqC10zR2UaX2X9pZAKA5Lbn2I/s1600/PICT0276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNwFTHJwRLK66UnuQuyarp_dhetVs0WAZhIZYjyml5Dd56M07tNY8gwafN_vmHC0miP_p_cIdM9usWL_yjueEa7UY6VoLk7jlPlQ7yu6nJdnkMtlJ6KeqC10zR2UaX2X9pZAKA5Lbn2I/s640/PICT0276.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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Cheers!Melissa Evangeline Keyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414199867126164752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880014167728169881.post-61518335189546138042009-10-13T10:20:00.001-04:002009-10-13T10:23:54.941-04:00Starvation.<br />
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</div>OK, choose my shell. The little crab in that huge, to him, shell must be starving to death, literally. I'll chop some food, I have some frozen calamari, and stuff the shell, and take it to the crab. I am silly, yes, I know.<br />
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</div>I turn up the big shell that the crab is in, an ancient Milk Conch that passed away. The conch shell must weigh half a kilo, a pound. The crab couldn't weigh 5% of that.<br />
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I set the Whelk shell, stuffed with the food, so that Crabbie could go get a meal, and hopefully come to his senses and move in to the smaller shell that he could move around in.<br />
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</div>Tug, I'd decided to move the show to the coral, out of the open sand. "Oh, no you don't!" said Crabbie, he was really strong, holding his bounty.<br />
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His claw and legs should be a dark purplish brown, with white speckles, but digging in the sand, seeking the food that wasn't there, and maybe even trying to move that gigantic shell, he's worn off his colors. Skin?<br />
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</div>Nestled in a crevas. But then much too visible, I don't want a strange Bubbling Monster to do any shell collecting! And lurking around there was a Graysby fish, maybe big enough to steal the Whelk shell and Crabbie's food.<br />
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OK, there. I hope to go back this afternoon, and find the conch shell sitting there, and the little whelk shell gone away, taken by Crabbie happily into the sunset to live happily ever after.<br />
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If not? Groan, I'll have some more food. Owell, silly me. This is how I play. No casinos or card games for me.<br />
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OK! Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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