Cove 2 Dec 28th-2008

Its late & Im tired & gotta get up early for a boat dive tomorrow so here isa quick post of todays dive.....

I liked this one.

Anyone need a battery?????? I wonder how old this one is????

On the side of the honeybear

Itty bittys...

I stopped to clear my mask & this greenling decided to circle me & posture at me.. I snapped a few pictures as he circled around me about 6 times... Just as I was ready to go- he actually bit my fin!!!!!!

Big ugly jerk!!

More pics after tomorrows boat dive!!

Saturdays dive at Titlow..

This was my first view underwater today....
Today's dive was an impromptu decision at lunch after yesterdays dive.. We had a new diver with us today-Jenn Collins...(Of which Marty & I did a good job of ditching near the pilings...)




This Alabaster had some kind of parasite on its back- Maybe I should write Andy Lamb.......... =)
And the second picture is a well hidden decorator crab. ( they stick what ever kind of vegetation that is local to their site all over them for Camouflage) I thought he was kinda cute..

This sculpin wanted to be my friend...

One of my favorite thing about diving at Titlow is the little tiny Nudibranchs all over the place.. I always find it challanging to get good clear pictures of these little guys- but I got kinda lucky today..

Shaggy mouse nudibranch.........

It will only be a matter of time before they pull these pilings out... =(

And of course- the holy grail of all small marine life...... The spiny lumpsucker!!!!!! Isnt he a cutie!!



NYAA NYAAA NA NYYAA NYAAA!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas and more.....

So Marty got a camera for christmas! He was so excited. We both basically got all scuba stuff- except my car stereo- since its been a year since I have had one & have had to use my IPOD for entertainment..

So , we had "a very italian christmas" this year , with everyone bringing an italian dish. We had a big lasagna, a spagetti bake, italian vegetable bake, a big green salad & 3 loaves of bread served with a big bowl of butter with a head of roasted garlic in it. We all ate till we were stuffed . Marty & Leslie decided to entertain us with their drunkness :) The Neumanns kindly loaned us their daughter Annika for entertainment. Marty, Mike , Leslie & Lance all took turns playing in the snow with her until everyone was wet & exausted! Good times!

So the following is Martys first attempt at underwater photography... Until his camera flooded at about 60 feet!!! This is what he got..
Jared shooting video

Some Plumose Anemones at rest

A Painted greenling............ I had issues & decided to sit in Saltys while Marty, Jared & Chris dove. When the surfaced I had drinks waiting for them when they came inside & we actually ate lunch there too!!

Pre- Christmas dive

Yeaaaaaaaaa! Finally made it in the water! I wish I would have took some pictures of us suiting up in all the snow... But I forgot , so heres one Jens mom took of us - Thanks Pixie!!!

It was pretty cold , but I wore my new fleece I made.. It was really warm , but my feet were cold before I even hit the water ..maybe Ill make socks next !

So Tons of little octos & stubby squid........

Almost settled down on this Longnose skate...

LOVE this guy!!!

Havent looked this guy up yet - I think it may be a baby Plainfin Midshipman..

Below is a new worm I spotted . It is called a Fragile Ruffled Scaleworm. It crawls about on teh undersurface among the tubefeet of starfish , scavenging its leftovers..

I have yet to get a really good picture of these nudis , but Im gonna keep at it ....

Hope you all have a great Christmas & new year..

Today was the most beautiful day- snow on the ground , blue in the sky!! Me & the poochies had a wonderful morining playing in the snow. I loved the snow sitting on the hummingbird feeder so I had to take a picture. All the dogs LOVE the snow & keep wanting to go outside & play in it. So we did play & here are some cute pictures of my boy...

"I said PLAY WITH ME!!!!"

KC taking a break..

Make sure to turn down the sound unless you wanna hear me sounding like an idiot talking to the dog.. but at about 1:18 He is really cute!!

So I finished the day making a jacket for Stinky. Carol helped me make a pattern last night & I used some pink polar fleece to make it tonight. I think it turned out pretty good..She seems to like it although she didnt much wanna have her picture taken..

Redondo again 12-8-08

I spent all day trying to get ready for Dad & Carol to show up tomorrow - I never get everything I need to get done done....


I didnt get many good pictures tonight. I was not very together in the water & was cold then too buoyant, mask constantly seeping up my nose- yada yada-

My finger is a good depth gauge for sure- 47 feet it starts to pulsate pretty good..

So there wasnt any big critters tonight. All little stuff..

So we were on our way out to the dome & was almost there when I tried taking a pic of a stubby squid.. This sculpin was pulling a Tazmanian devil act , burying herself down then spinning around & landing right under my head. Just when the camera would get a good focus - she spun it all up again , finally I gave up & took her picture...She WAS quite pink & pretty ... Usually that type is more brown ..

Thought this stubby would make a good subject... Then I noticed it wasy burying its self down in the sand! I have never seen this before!

the pictures below show it doing its hippo impression.....

Marty found this pretty cool Octo on the way up....

On the way back in I had to swim through the HUGEST school of tubesnouts!! It was GINORMOUS!!!! I could feel them banging into my legs every so often ! It was crazy! And even though they are impossible to get a decent picture of - Im posting one anyway...

Also I wanted to put a picture of the tree up- but again , it isnt photographing well . The ornaments dont show up - all you see is the lights... none the less-

Redondo 12/7/2008

I had an exciting Sunday yesterday- I got to dive with my

most special dive buddy - MARTY!!! Its been over a month & a half since he has got to dive - so it was pretty cool.... It was Marty, our friends Chris Stacy ( formerly known as " Crabby Chris" but now just "Boy Chris" ) , Jared & I all hitting the water at Redondo. Marty got us off to a good start by being a courteous dive buddy and excusing himself when he bumped into a huge log running across thewater in the entry point. It was fun because he had already put on his fins , so he got to do a backroll entry to get ovet the log :)

We decided to go out deep then do a little exploring in the barrens to see what is cropping up. I seemed to be the only one finding Octos though. The boys all were ahead of me so when I went to show them they were checking there own stuff out :( I ASSUME that if they saw something super cool they would show it to me though... This was one of the little Red Octos >

I was excited to see this brittle star thinking that is was a new species to me - however , after consulting my boook, I believe it is only a different coloration than the usual gray version.. Pretty though..

We worked our way shallower up to the observation tube when I mistakenly thought MArty & Chris wanted to go in because of the direction they were going... I told them I was gonna go with Jared & they could head in .... SORRY GUYS!!! Jared & I headed north to Iraq - I mean a sandstorm... not much to see other than some cool decorator crabs. After taking this ones picture I proceeded to find bigger and more , but hey - how many pictures did I need to take of crabs???

Ok, so this one was taken a few weeks ago , but I really thought he was cute & wanted to do something with his picture... He was so bright and didnt move :)