Disney Day: The Living Seas

One of Disney's many cool places to check out is The Living Seas at Epcot.

I love to stop by and visit all the sea life.

This time we noticed something we've never seen before... An underwater "hidden" Mickey.

Very Disney, very fun.

Then we visited the manatees. This guy had been in a bad boating accident and after being rehabilitated was still too damaged to survive in the wild so he now makes his home here.

Him and his friend are well fed and cared for.

It's a good reminder to follow boating speeds, laws, and be careful while having fun out on the water. These friendly majestic creatures are unfortunately one of many that humans carelessly injure all too often...

On a different note, how fast are these fish zipping about their aquarium nursery. They were really moving!

And these clownfish!?!

Let's talk about them!

They are sooo tiny! (Look at my fingers for comparison.) Teeny tiny and very cute!

I was in love with them!

Such colorful little ones.

And the kids go nuts for them calling them Nemo. Also very cute.

They're in a special nursery section of the Living Seas where they breed and raise them. After they are old enough they release them into the wild to help rehabilitate Earth's struggling coral reefs. Awesome, right!

Kisses,

K

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Holiday Stress Support

Have you heard about the Calming Manatee site?

It's too cute!

Holidays can be stressful for us all so I thought I'd share it's calming cuteness with you all. (There's even one with a Game of Thrones reference...)

This one is finding a corkscrew for me right now but to find your own calm manatee friend just go to: http://calmingmanatee.com to "Summon another Calming Manatee!"

Your welcome!

Now it's back to my regularly scheduled Holiday cleaning, decorating, laundry, and still trying to unpack from my move meltdown!

Kisses,

K

(Image via the a awesome calmingmanatee.com.)

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Wanderlust Wednesday: Blue Springs, FL

"Blue Spring is the largest spring on the St. Johns River and discharges a historical average of 165 million gallons per day. The spring pool is circular, with a notable boil in the center and steep sandy banks that rise approximately 15 to 20 feet above water level. The spring run flows about 1,050 feet to the St. Johns River through a dense hardwood and palm forest, with picturesque live oak trees leaning over the run."

Via FloridaSprings.org

And... As you can see from the photo the springs are home to manatees!!! While it's prohibited to swim with the manatees for their own protection there are lots of other areas dedicated to water activities. There's swimming, tubing, canoeing, kayaking, diving... You name it! Or you could always just take in the beautiful view.

Now that I'm a Florida girl again I can't wait to convince my husband to go on an adventure!

Did I mention the manatees? There are manatees!!!

Kisses,

K

(Gorgeous photo: West Indian Manatees congregate along the shoreline of Volusia Blue Spring run. Kimberly Eisley/FDEP. Info via FloridaSprings.org)

 

 

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