A Private Room

I woke up thinking about my mom in Joplin, Missouri.  She has Alzheimer’s and lives in Memory Care.  She currently has a roommate and we are working to get her a private room.  I wish I could wave a magic wand and make that happen for her.  I am considering spending more time down there in 2026 to give her some relief.

About an hour after I wrote this paragraph, I got a call that she now has her own private room!!  And that this annoying guy who used to bother mom got kicked out of the facility.  We just have to figure out when the move will be happening as my sister Megan will coordinate it.  My family is so ecstatic!!!

We did the jetty again and now there are TWO frogfish near each other.  I tried to get a shot of both, but they were just far enough apart that I couldn’t.

We found a Chromodoris joshi with a split rhinophore.

I got to thinking underwater that it might be tough to cross stitch a Nembrotha sp. 2 because I doubt there is a DMC floss bright enough to capture this bright reddish orange color:

We had some dolphins on the surface interval, but I still didn’t catch them on my Go Pro.

I learned a new word. Slope + Wall = Swall.  Mandarinfish Slope is actually a swall.

On the ride back, the canopy on the boat started falling off.  So we took it off and went topless!

I had a cool afternoon dive where I navigated all the way to the third mooring.  There was a mutilated and dying Phyllidia ocellata.  So sad.

 I also snooted mating Chelidonura varians and could see inside these white balls being exchanged.

I did a surface interval at the pool and there was a drone hovering above!  I later found out that it was one of the guest’s.

I wasn’t tired after dinner for the first time on this trip.  I sat and chatted with Alex and Uri for a bit.

Catalog Continuation

146 - Goniobranchus coi

It almost looks like it has a third rhinophore.

147 - Antonietta sp. 1

148 - Chromodoris strigata

149 - Janolus sp. 1

150 - Godiva sp. 2

151 - Tenellia sp. 79

Two of them mating.