#3 - Jump the Louvre! Paris, France (and Snails!)

January 14, 2017

"Jumping Awkwardly In Front of Impressive Objects Until I'm 80"

"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"

When this was taken it was my first time in Paris, and needless to say we had a most awesome time! We also visited Le Mont Saint-Michel, located in Normandy, which is a castle town on an island in the ocean. It was absolutely beautiful - I love to be anywhere by the sea really ~ it calms me down and revitalizes me anytime I feel stressed out or just need to take a breather.

Totoro Cookies :D!

January 14, 2017

Thank you so much to Adam Dotson, my amazing Second Shooter, for bringing these macarons back from CrackleCreme in Vancouver!

I am a HUGE Miyazaki fan, and the very first film of his that I watched when I was a little girl was My Neighbor Totoro. My favorite is the little white-colored totoro (chibi-totoro), who manages to hold objects even though he has no hands LOL.

Cannot resist the cute!!!
~ e

#2 - Jump the Molamola! Barcelona, Spain (Plus: an Intro to the Mola :)

January 13, 2017 in Molamola

"Jumping Awkwardly In Front of Impressive Objects Until I'm 80"

(Like I said, I really don't think it would be a complete blog without this collection :D.)

"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"

For anyone who knows me, you know that I have a great <3 for sunfish (otherwise know as molamola). One might argue that they are not very impressive, but to me they are one of the most odd, endearingly awkward animals in the whole entire world, and I love them dearly for this very reason :) . This little guy was being cared for at L'Aquarium Barcelona, since he had gotten injuries from an incident with a motorboat (as their body shape may give away, they are not very fast lol...). After he recovers he will be released to swim another day. Yay!

I have some good friends who go fishing and/or paddling in the ocean and they have actually seen them in the wild! Many times you will see them sunbathing on their sides like this:

*I found this image online taken by Randal Finley - click on the mola to see the photo cred!*

Many comments during first encounters include:

"Is that just a fish's head? Where's the rest of it?"

"OMG is it dead???"

"Oh, I thought it was just floating trash."

But really guys, they are pretty cool!!!

Fun Facts About the Mola!

They eat mostly jellyfish (which are btw about 95% water....lol) - as a result, the scientific community is actually becoming more interested in them because of the increase of jellyfish in our oceans due to climate change.
The mola is the largest bony fish in the world.
They are very curious, docile fish and actually like to get pet by divers.
They are also sometimes mistaken for sharks because their fins sometimes poke above the water like a shark's fin XD.

To learn more about them, here is a great TED Talk about them by a kindred spirit, marine biologist Tierney Thys!

There is just something about them that speaks to me and makes me ridiculously happy. Is this a good thing? LOL thaaaat could be debatable, but nonetheless they totally rock my world.

Have a wonderful rest of the day everyone, and stay fabulously different ; ) ,
~ e

#1 - Jump the Arc de Triomf! Barcelona, Spain

January 11, 2017

"Jumping Awkwardly In Front of Impressive Objects Until I'm 80"

(I really think that it wouldn't be a complete blog unless I included this collection XD. Here's the first one!!)

"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"

This was my first time traveling to Barcelona, and I must say I absolutely Loved it. One of my favorite experiences was actually getting to be a total fangirl of Gaudí's work in person :D . You know how sometimes when you see something or walk into a place and there are just no words (and that's saying a lot for me because I am known to be a talker Lol)? Well, that's how it was when I walked into the Sagrada Família:

Hi Guys! Aka: New Blog! XD

January 08, 2017

I have never written a blog before, but I'm actually pretty excited about it Lol! Gonna be playing catch-up for a short while, but I hope you guys like it :) .

I also hope you all are having a most awesome start to the New Year! Yay go 2017!!

Much love,
~ erin \m/