Who needs two good eyes?!

She looks tough and I wouldn't mess with her.

Poor mouse but glad she doesn't seem to have any trouble getting a meal.

Peaking out of the grass on top of the kill.

It smelled like dead fish outside

When we left our apartment to go get lunch it smelled like dead fish. It was trash day so the first thought was maybe just an open trash can. Walked out and didn't see any open. Then started walking down the block and the smell didn't get any better. When we hit the cross street and the sea breeze hit us fully it got even worse. In our hood that usually means there's something dead on the beach so we went down to see what was up. And it was a mass stranding of "By the Wind Sailor" jellyfish! Well they aren't really jellyfish and have some scientific name I think you can find on this blog somewhere. They are one of our favorite things that washes up on our beach.

Just look at them all! Lucky for Linda she wore a matching outfit -:]

This one is disolving Linda's face away -:\

So many dead By the Wind Sailors. There were miles of them and they smelled like dead fish. We were walking by the water most of they way and the wind was on shore (hence the mass stranding) and it didn't smell at all.

It seems the wind also washed up a giant tub covered in sea things. Maybe they are clams or mussels of some kind?

The tub was pretty big, probably 5'x8' and 2-3' deep. Probably a fish tub that fell off a fishing boat. Was thinking of dragging it home and cleaning it off and using it for something but decided that would be way to much work.

I really liked the way the side looked all blue and covered in sea stuff.

And it's me so here's some in 3D!

I really like the side in 3D.

And a close up of the sea stuff on the tub.

Road Kill

Someone went and killed our road.

Brains!

This is what happens after late nights of astrophotography, early morings surfing and long days making animated films. I was turned into a Surf Zombie!


Kitties are wary of the Surf Zombie!


Inky makes for a super good Halloween Kitty while hiding from the Surf Zombie!


But his brains are irresistible and I must feed!


Surf Zombies Poo Too! Especially after a large helping of Kitty Brains! EErrr, EEERRRrrrr, Ahhhh...

More Beach Strandings

Yum! We think this looks like a Sun Fish. What do you think?


Sun Fish are cool and get huge, like 2 tons huge. This was a foot or two long and probably 5-10 lbs. Still don't know if it's a Sun Fish but I do know it's 3D!


Also today there seemed to be a mass stranding of tennis balls.


We saw 30+ tennis balls along the same stretch of beach that the jelly fish stranding was. You can see them off into the distance if you look close.


Dutch 3D Tennis Ball Stranding Shot!


Just in case that last one was to exciting here is a more standard 3d shot for you.

Jellyfish Heaven...

...is where jellyfish go to get away from Mormons and drunk Eskimo.


Jellyfish heaven is a lot like LA. Or maybe not. More like SF.


Wow there were a lot of Jellyfish washed up this Saturday afternoon.


And they were not small. Lots and lots of big jellyfish. Though this one was bigger than most which were more dinner plate size. I tried to talk Linda into taking a few home to make jellyfish salad with. She just laughed it off. When we were out on the beach today there was just big piles of jellyfish goo left where they had merged into one big glop. They also smelled kind of bad.

Fish Heads

Look two fish heads on the beach. We don't see these very often which is odd since it seems like something you would see on the beach all the time. Right?


The beach patrol stopped and took a look too. They said they were white seabass that were caught on a boat off the coast where they cut the heads off and throw them over. They said you don't see them this far north very often. Then again I have no idea so they could have just been filling my head with silly things.

Banana In the Road

And look, it's got guts coming out -:O

We all have to eat.

There have been a lot of dead sea lions on the beaches the last few months.


This one looked like a shark got the first taste but this gull is filling up now.


This was the next day.

Gross.

ACK! Trash Baby! In 3D!

This little trash baby gave Linda a fright the other day.

I don't think these pictures do the creepiness of the trash baby justice. It was really really creepy to open up the trash and see it in there even after I knew what it was. I think Linda's first thought must have been something like, "Fuck! A dead baby in our trash!"

Poo-Ray

What's with the dead stuff around here this spring? And
why would someone poo on this ray? Well I supose it was
probably a dog but I have seen a lot of crazies wandering
around Ocean Beach and I wouldn't put it past them. Maybe
someone just wanted to make sure no one took their ray?

Two Brothers

Or sisters or a brother and sister. Both pretty dead.


Kind of sad, sort of cute and still very dead.

Cleared for landing

I think this is the best action shot I have ever taken.