Bloodybelly comb jelly. It’s the stuff of Martians and outer space, yet it has lived in our waters all along. I love this stuff.
Check out their website for a beautiful video of the jelly in motion.
photo courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium website
The Monterey Bay Aquarium regularly updates their Seafood Watch, which is a guide to sustainable seafood consumption. I used to get several copies of the handy little pocket guide from my husband David, who was part of a team that designed a recent remodel and addition to the aquarium. After the project ended and he stopped having regular access to the newest pocket guides, I started downloading a pdf of it from their website, which wasn’t as small or as colorful (well, I guess it would be if I had the patience to print it out in color and cut along the dotted line), but still did the trick.
But now they’ve come up with an iPhone app. It’s colorful, up-to-date, and best of all, you can SEARCH.
I love it. You will love it. Spread the word.
Urchins seen on recent beach visit, probably not edible.
Chiho Aoshima is part of Kaikai Kiki, an art production company led by Takashi Murakami. I saw Aoshima’s work at the Smithsonian during our trip to Washington D.C. last spring. I’m a huge fan of Murakami’s work, and I seem to be falling for all his prodigies as well. You can check the whole crew out at http://english.kaikaikiki.co.jp/
Instead of emailing everyone and their brothers about what I think is nifty, I decided I would post it on our blog instead. So here goes Nifty #1:
Lutron eco-dim. It is the same attractive series of dimmers that Lutron provides, except that it lets the bulbs last 3x longer, and provides at least 15% in energy savings. I looked online and the price for each fixture seems to be the same as the regular Lutron dimmer, so there’s nothing to lose in going eco!
I don’t have any photos of lush forests on hand, so here’s a photo of my son Nico and Grandma on the Oregon coast, walking on sand for the first time. Let’s do whatever we can to save moments in nature like this, right?
