I don’t mean to bring the tone down – I know this isn’t exactly a photo to make you giggle with glee. Especially if you’re a bird. Lest you think I’m some kind of sicko, the ‘everyday spark’ here isn’t meant to be the dead bird, but the reaction of the little peeps as we strolled past it on the beach. Fox (aged 12) stopped to make this sandy headstone, which I thought was pretty nice, since we had never even met the bird before that morning. We were on our daily walk to visit the sea anemones, with their slightly creepy vacuum-like powers. It was pretty early in the morning, so none of us were up for a profound discussion about mortality – I figure the point was made anyway when a giant wave came a few seconds later and washed it all away…
Category: Sparks in the wild
Something fishy
For too long, most of us have been stuck with goldfish – or perhaps the slightly more upmarket Siamese fighting fish – as friends. Sure, they’re pretty and they swim around, probably wondering why on earth there is a strange castle or cactus or volcano in their tank. And in fairness, Siamese fighting fish are pretty bad ass, almost certain to kill their fishy neighbours if you don’t keep a wall between them. But now I’ve seen this amazing Desktop Jellyfish Tank, by Jellyfish Art (thanks Fab.com) and there is no going back to goldfish. You get 3 ‘Moon Jellyfish’, six months of food, an LED tank light that changes colour (giving the tank a disco vibe) and a heap of other complicated sounding stuff. They note that Moon Jellyfish don’t sting, although I’m not sure that you should be getting them out to play very often. The downside – I don’t know how long they live, you probably can’t pick a favourite as they all look the same and you can’t make eye contact with them. But they are very cool – like little ghosts of the sea, trick or treating around the tank.
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