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Somewhere on the Salish Sea, 1962

Bruce Thomas

Haven’t posted a video in a while. We went tidepooling yesterday and saw these adorably tiny thick-horned Nudibranchs I am definitely obsessed (and had a hard time leaving them behind haha)

Did you know that sea urchins in the wild wear shells, rocks, leaves, and algae as hats? It’s theorized that they use the hats to help weigh them down and to protect them from predators. They might even help protect the urchins from UV rays and help camouflage them.

In aquariums apparently urchins kept taking parts of the exhibit to use as hats - including items like baby corals. To help keep the exhibits intact, staff started printing small 3D hats for urchins. These hats were not only functional - but made aquarium urchins so much more fashionable than their wild friends.

My hands have decided to cooperate today so I’m taking some time to work on more Salish sea Nudibranchs while I listen to crooked kingdom! Did anyone else binge Shadow and Bone on Netflix?

battle point view. 2021 water color michael pontieri

view of the island from the other side with the nose of a giant ship in the way. water color 2022. michael pontieri

Murden Cove. water color 2022 michael pontieri

Spring has sprung here in Seattle and my shop is feeling this burst of new energy! This April my shop will have tons of new items added, both digital and physical. Today I have added 3 new postcards and two stickers (or should I say six stickers…) to my shop. Stay tuned to see what other fun items will be added! As always, the link to my Etsy shop can be found in my bio and I hope you all a wonderful spring

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