{"id":444,"date":"2009-03-12T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T23:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/444"},"modified":"2009-03-17T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T00:17:13","slug":"mermaids-and-sea-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/mermaids-and-sea-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mermaids and Sea Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/allibreach.jpg\" alt=\"Simulation of a whale breach\" class=\"floatleft\" \/>Today&#8217;s pictoral essay is about sea maidens and sea monsters.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I happen to fall into both categories with this shot&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 a sea maiden (sea wench?) creating a simulation of a whale breach.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We actually have seen whales off shore &#8211; but no full breaches yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Except by me, in the pool.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ashmonster.jpg\" alt=\"Snorkle Monster\" height=\"177\" style=\"width: 282px; height: 177px\" class=\"floatright\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nJ&#8217;Neil was attacked by a terrifying\u00c2\u00a0snorkle monster at Anini Beach.<\/p>\n<p>And a 6 eyed sea monster tried sneaking up on Ashley in the pool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ash-seamonster.jpg\" alt=\"The 6 eyed sea monster\" class=\"floatleft\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ashlegs.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley the mermaid has sprouted legs\" class=\"floatleft\" \/>Ashley the mermaid\u00c2\u00a0rejoices upon discovering\u00c2\u00a0she has\u00c2\u00a0legs.\u00c2\u00a0Heretofore, she had been bound to the watery depths by her fins.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"b\">Isn&#8217;t magic wonderful?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Side note: I&#8217;d like to be able to believe it was magic that created her toned body, &amp; that I could get some of that magic for myself&#8230; but alas, it is not magic, but hard work.\u00c2\u00a0 Like pilates at the beach.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pilatesbeach.jpg\" alt=\"Pilates at the beach\" class=\"floatright\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><em class=\"b\">I think I&#8217;ll go eat another chocolate covered macadamia nut.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kris-mermaid1.jpg\" alt=\"Kristin and the waterfall\" height=\"314\" class=\"floatright\" \/>Kristin the mermaid is enjoying playing in the falls.<\/p>\n<p>Some lovely water ballet performed by J&#8217;Neil and Kristin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterballet.jpg\" alt=\"Water Ballet\" height=\"139\" class=\"floatleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, J&#8217;Neil the mermaid posing on a rock by the sea&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/jmermaid.jpg\" alt=\"J\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neil the mermaid by the sea\" class=\"floatleft\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s pictoral essay is about sea maidens and sea monsters.\u00c2\u00a0 I happen to fall into both categories with this shot&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 a sea maiden (sea wench?) creating a simulation of a whale breach.\u00c2\u00a0 We actually have seen whales off shore &#8211; but no full breaches yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Except by me, in the pool. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 J&#8217;Neil was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/mermaids-and-sea-monsters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mermaids and Sea Monsters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familyfriends","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}