Autumn is here!
Thinking about how you can dress up your home for autumn in Carmel-by-the-Sea?
Use your green thumb and create some of these
fabulous autumn floral arrangements.
Monthly Archives: October 2019
I Live Downtown! ~ in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Living downtown in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Carmel is not only a tourist destination, but a home for many people. Just ask them!
Our downtown residents are involved in a myriad of occupations – business, art, professional services, and those lucky people who are retired and just doing whatever their heart desires. This video was made as a reply to a comment someone said that not many local people lived downtown. These residents would beg to differ.
by Chris Sanders
The Day the Music Died ~ My Beautiful Giant Pacific Octopus ~ RIP
August 8, 2019
RIP My Beautiful Giant Pacific Octopus
As a Monterey Bay Aquarium guide and as an educator perhaps I am not supposed to get overly attached to the marine animals at the Aquarium – but I do.
I truly grow to love them. I love the hermit crabs, the sea otters, and even the Rock Fish, but mostly I have loved our male Giant Pacific Octopus.
Does that sound crazy? Dog and cat lovers might think so, but I can’t help it, I love all marine animals ~ they touch my soul.
Why do I feel today like I felt on February 3, 1959 “The Day the Music Died” ? Our beautiful male Giant Pacific Octopus passed away today and my heart is very sad.
Why I thought of that day in 1959 and that song – I really don’t know. All I know is that the beauty of the dance he would do when he came out to play and the music of his being is gone.
The thrill of his presence when he came out of hiding and spread his giant tentacles to say hello to our visitors is now a memory.
But wonderful memories they are and we will always remember this extraordinary creature.
I love you my beautiful Octopus! May you rest in peace.
We now have two lovely female Giant Pacific Octopuses at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Please come and see and experience these extraordinary animals.