The other thing I have sorely needed is a compass. My reg came without one so I will be digging through his pile o compasses to find one that fits. Nifty. Now I won't be following other people around wondering where the hell we are.
Third... Underwater camera case. Made for an older model. Cross your fingers for me, I'm going in. After coming across (what I at first though was a sharptail eel) a snake eel that looked exactly like this
(and being what I would consider chastised about not having a case yet) I feel like I should have a camera on me at all times when I am in the water. Because the two Green Sea Turtles (plural! shut up! I know!!) I swam next to yesterday was just enough to send me off the deep end. Today I saw a ton of French Angelfish who don't mind you coming right up to them. They are huge. A bit larger than a dinner plate.
The juveniles are also hanging out but they are harder to keep still and usually move on before you can get very close. I don't blame them considering how much smaller they are but they are so super pretty...
I can't wait to snap away and then identify them all. I hope my favorite little tiny guys aren't to camera shy as I would love to show you them. So yeah, tomorrow and what not.
Today wasn't all that clear anyway since the murk was super heavy. How to explain the murk... You know when it is super hot and those weird heat waves come off of cars and the cement/black top? It's like that, but all around you in a grey/brown/green color (think murky). It makes seeing anything more than 10 - 15' totally impossible so it's scary because you can only see that far in every direction until you get to the very bottom of the ocean floor. This is the reason this area is known for shark attacks. We used to be #2 most likely to be attacked by a shark and it's all because of the murk. In clear water you see them coming. So when you free dive, you can see very little of the reef when on the surface of the water. It's so fucking creepy. Especially when something large moves past you just far enough away that you cannot identify it. I take all those things and tell myself they are Tarpon. Either that or I start tripping myself out and have to swim back to shore while trying to remain calm. Let me tell you, we have a ton of Tarpon. ha. I was saying today that diving in the murk is the scariest thing I have ever done and it still holds true. Just creepy. But once down below it all opens up and makes it totally worth the terror.
My neighbor has a banana tree. I shit you not. I remembered to get some pics on my bike ride AND I had my phone. I love it when everything just falls together like that, don't you?
The entire plant is tricky as it looks just like a slew of other greenery FL has to offer.
There are parrots everywhere lately. They are all green but some are all green while others have black faces and wing tips and still others have grey faces. They're all flying around screaming their heads off which is putting the other birds into fits, especially the mocking birds. I tried to get some decent pictures of them but they were to far up for my phone to get a decent shot. Ah well. Let's see here...
Oh, well who knew? Google knew. That's who. The are giant parakeets for crying out loud. The black faced ones are called Black Hooded Parakeets,
the ones with the grey faces are called Monk Parakeets,
and I am showing the mostly green ones are called Green Parrots.
I was told the little green buggers are here because years ago a hurricane ripped open their enclosure and they got away. It just goes to show you that anything you release around here will thrive. Kind of makes me want to get some breeding pairs of zebras (or something just as fanciful) and release them just to see how it goes.
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