The Colorful, The Weird And The Magnificent

The last time we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium was more than 7 years ago when my daughter was about 6 months old and her little brother was still nowhere in sight. I remember she was way too young to appreciate the colorful wonder and pretty much slept through the whole tour..

Now more than 7 years later, we stepped back in, and this time, with not one but two kids in tow. What a change!

Let me start with the ordinary kelp and a school of sardines..




I was, in fact, all of us were mesmerized by the delicate beauty of the jellyfishes..










Each one of them was so graceful and at ease with their exquisite folds and elegant tentacles in full display. I have no doubt that they will, if not already, inspire fashion designers and elements of the natural beauty of jellyfishes will, once again if not already, transpire on the runway..

The Aquarium offers a feast of colors for the eye..









These were the weird, yet I was completely amazed. Behold, the power of natural selection and the wonder of nature..








This time, no one fell asleep :-).

Both kids enjoyed every bit of it, and every point was a highlight. For my little boy, well, boys will always be boys, his highest highlight of the visit was at the splash zone where he played water gun fight with a group of other little kids. As usual, he was quickly assimilated, and at his suggestion, the group pretended it's an angry birds game but with water guns.. The funny thing was that he started addressing an older kid in the group "Sir", and the other kids followed suits.

Looking back, I could not help feeling time really flies. Look at my darling daughter from the first visit, when she was approaching 6 months old (here with Grandma inside the Aquarium)...



...to the second visit more than 7 years later (here waiting for her lunch at a McDonald's in Monterey just before getting into the Aquarium)..



And my boy from non-existence to this..



And Mommy went from this..



....to this..



Let's all enjoy every minute of every day..

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• iphone 拍水族馆这么清楚？ 惊讶！ -A型双鱼座女声- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:28:27

• 是啊，behold the wonder of technology! -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:34:45

• I have to add some of them were -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (77 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:36:27

• haha, the good, the bad and the ugly? Are you a fan of him? -西雅图瘦狗狗- ♀ (67 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:37:55

• Who is "him"? I apparently did not -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (100 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:39:52

• Clint Eastwood, the famous classic movie; the good, the bad and -西雅图瘦狗狗- ♀ (59 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:43:25

• No, what a coincidence! Now I -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (77 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 11:57:15

• Mommy is still hot:) -occupied- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 14:45:54

• 呵呵，和O美不能比：-）。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 16:21:41

• pretty pics. Very colorful. do u live in California? -greenlawn- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 15:09:28

• Thanks. Yes, -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (53 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 16:23:34

• 水里的片子太美了。。人的片子糊脸我太不习惯。。。 -bambooseven- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 17:02:03

• Thanks. Sorry， I thought a subtle mask -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (42 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 17:51:02

• 你家baby小時你穿的那條褲子我喜歡 -chinesebuns- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 18:03:34

• 呵呵，那是很长的一条仔裙。现在已经 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (127 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 18:16:50

• 太美了！ -猪胖子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 18:22:23

• 谢谢。自然的力量是 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (13 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 19:09:56

• 看出有些不是iPhone照的，其他超强啊，我照的常糊。另外你的头发好黑呀，剪短了真可惜。 -petiteflower- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/27/2012 postreply 22:44:14

• 谢谢。看你上面的贴子，美女很会穿衣。。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2012 postreply 09:10:25