Thanksgiving Day Parade
This is where I’ll watch the parade on Thanksgiving
Day. Not the Macy’s Parade in NYC, but
along my main street – Highway One in Big Sur.
I’ll stand on these cliffs near my home and see (or imagine)
a magnificent parade of marine plants and animals.
H – Holdfast, Hydromedusa
A – Anemone, Avocet
P – Plover, Pisaster
P – Puffin, Pelican, Phytoplankton
Y – Yarrow, Yellowtail, Yellowlegs (Greater and Lesser)
T – Tern, Turbot, Tuna
H – Halibut, Hydrocoral
A – Anchovy, Abyss, Algae
N – Nudibranch, Notochords, Nematocysts
K – Kelp, Kildeer, Krill
S – Salmon, Sunfish, Sea Star, Sculpin, Senorita, Shrimp,
Salp
G – Great White Shark, Gastropod
I – Invertebrates, Isopod
V – Vertebrates, Velella Velella, Vulture
I – Ichthyologist, Intertidal
N – Naturalist, Neurotoxins
G – Garibaldi, Gull, Gill
We here at the Blue Theology Mission Station join with our
pelagic cousins to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
So much to be thankful for.
Check out <thankyouocean.org> Also bluetheology.com
(Thanks Steve Lonhardt from <sanctuarysimon.org> for
the great photo. An amazing free library
of ocean photos, thanks to NOAA.)
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