jelly fish be gone....

"it's not so bad being a phallic looking jelly fish. wait, yes it is."

{sorry guys. i promise this is my last one}

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i hope you have an amazing weekend

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and 

lucky for us, the jelly fish are finally nowhere to be found

after the storm....

a few nights ago, an early evening storm rolled in.

unfortunately it brought it with it, jellyfish.

now granted, they are amazing to photograph. but oh they're gross.

thankfully the beach is wide and you can still walk barefoot. carefully.

these little unassuming guys have tendrils and from what i understand,

they can still sting you even after being washed ashore.

{does anyone know for how long that's possible}

my apologies. i know. this one is extremely phallic. 

oh and don't tell me, "what. i don't see it" because i know you do.

most of them are blue in color

some of them are lonely

and

some of them have families

unfortunately 

all of them make it impossible for me to take sophie's leash off

when we're walking on the beach.

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but am i complaining. absolutely not. 

after all we're walking on the beach for pete's sake.

 taking photos and laughing and eating ice cream.

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life is good

maybe mom was right....

"and charlie, don't ever mess with a jellyfish"

he had heard his entire childhood

"but it doesn't' look dangerous," he thought

"and i'm a big boy now"

"so maybe i'll just smell it for awhile"

"i can't believe one little peck can hurt me, right"

"whoa. you are one tough little blob aren't you"

"that first little peck would have been enough, but i have something to prove to all the other gulls watching me. so let's just get this over with. one more full beak peck just to prove how manly i am"

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we have no idea if he was truly eating it or just pecking at it, but it was fun to watch. i did google it and gulls do sometimes eat jellyfish...even with fair warning from their parents.

wintertime intermission....

that's what jennifer called my time here in florida

and 

i pretty much love that

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not a vacation. not time away. not a reprieve.

"a wintertime intermission"

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so here's the big question of the day

"does he or does he not eat the washed up jellyfish"

BUT WAIT

don't go to google. just take a guess.

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thank you everyone for the debate/discussion regarding watermarking. it was a good one. 

there are so many opinions to what's right or wrong. what's good about it. what's bad about it. 

why do it. why forget about it.

at this point, i'm still a bit conflicted. the biggest reason being the need to save my photos twice. 

one set with watermarking and one set without. i'm wondering if those of you who only share low resolution photos, also save a copy in high resolution for yourselves.

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oh the woes of protecting ourselves. darn you thieves. darn you.

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(and no, i didn't have a photo of mine stolen and used in a gallery. thank god. that was just a "what if" question of something i thought would be really horrible)

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