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R0ndo had his delayed birthday/Adoption Day rumpus yesterday. Since his AD falls on Veteran's day, it behooves us to do stuff later in the week, when there aren't crowds about. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dustmeat and martes joined us for lunch at the Park Bench Cafe (whitest Mexican food I've ever had) and a day at the beach.
We couldn't have asked for a more-perfect day: temps in the 70's, light cloud cover, a very low tide and a nearly empty beach!
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We frisbee'd and walked the beach for several hours until the sun set. R0ndo was very pleased.
There were a number of interesting sights this trip-- more than usual. First off there were a ton of shells (alive and otherwise) lying around. A bunch of teeny clams and some very small sand dollars. I saw a moon snail moving through the sand (they're kind of gross, actually). We found a mystery creature that I think is a kind of sea slug...googling leads me to believe it's a green sea slug , but it's not green and those seem to be on the East Coast. This picture looks very close to what we found.
Also found a deceased pelican ...it was beautiful. Strange to see an adult pelican dead like this-- looks like it drowned or broke its neck. But the way the surf left it on the beach was lovely in a haunting way.
On a more prurient line, I think I found a pair of hermit crabs having nookie. .
The sunset was gorgeous and a fantasting end to a wonderful day.
EDIT: Mystery creature solved! I emailed Phil Zerofski of the Scripts Institute some photos and he ID'd the creature as a Sea Pansy! (Renilla reniformis) It's a community of polyps!
dustmeat and martes joined us for lunch at the Park Bench Cafe (whitest Mexican food I've ever had) and a day at the beach.We couldn't have asked for a more-perfect day: temps in the 70's, light cloud cover, a very low tide and a nearly empty beach!
Full Flickr Set
We frisbee'd and walked the beach for several hours until the sun set. R0ndo was very pleased.
There were a number of interesting sights this trip-- more than usual. First off there were a ton of shells (alive and otherwise) lying around. A bunch of teeny clams and some very small sand dollars. I saw a moon snail moving through the sand (they're kind of gross, actually). We found a mystery creature that I think is a kind of sea slug...googling leads me to believe it's a green sea slug , but it's not green and those seem to be on the East Coast. This picture looks very close to what we found.
Also found a deceased pelican ...it was beautiful. Strange to see an adult pelican dead like this-- looks like it drowned or broke its neck. But the way the surf left it on the beach was lovely in a haunting way.
On a more prurient line, I think I found a pair of hermit crabs having nookie. .
The sunset was gorgeous and a fantasting end to a wonderful day.
EDIT: Mystery creature solved! I emailed Phil Zerofski of the Scripts Institute some photos and he ID'd the creature as a Sea Pansy! (Renilla reniformis) It's a community of polyps!
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