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Sunday, May 30, 2004
4:22:00 PM EDT



While my father-in-law housesits the pets and the garden (I imagine he's out mowing the front 40 even as we speak), we're at the beach and enjoying ourselves, as you can see from this here picture of Athena frolicking in the Atlantic waves. It was a lot of fun, although we here's a little advice for you: When jellyfish lay their eggs, they tend to lay a lot of them, and they tend to clump together in the water in a extremely distrubing sort of way. They also get everywhere, which necessitates taking a shower immediately after getting out of the ocean, unless you really want to be covered in quickly drying jellyfish egg goo. And you don't. Really.



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  • #7 Comment from prismofmusic 
    6/4/04 9:27 PM Permalink


    ....smile........is that.....toooooo difficult 4 you to understand...oh....and....KEEP that head UP........
  • #6 Comment from mf13204 
    5/31/04 12:38 PM Permalink
    While on a camping vacation in Manteo, NC in 1980's, I waded out at dusk in the warm water and proceeded to float around until I heard my sons shouting "jellies".  I was surrounded by these irresdescent creatures.  Remarkably, I was not stung!
  • #5 Comment from cw2smom 
    5/30/04 11:00 PM Permalink
    No...I don't....REALLY!  LOL!  Lisa
  • #4 Comment from sekirley 
    5/30/04 9:39 PM Permalink
    The box jellyfish here in Hawaii are nuts.  10 days after the full moon, they invade our southern shores.  It's like clockwork.  I actually wrote a receint journal entry about a 911 call I was on about jellyfish.--Scott

    http://journals.aol.com/sekirley/LifeSaver
  • #3 Comment from bhsjesusfreak07 
    5/30/04 9:34 PM Permalink
    Well yeah jellyfish are very annoying. You should see them down here in the Gulf of Mexico ugh!
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