marenpaisley | curiouser and curiouser (Reply)

The moon this evening rose first red, then turned to orange, and finally to its normal yellow-white. It was really beautiful. I find it interesting, too, as this is the waning Corn Moon (though I've seen it referred to as other moon names), and corn can come in each of those colors, some good for eating and some...er, not.

Unlike tonight's moon, however, my Sea Monkeys never did change color from red to orange to pale yellow, as advertized. Granted, a few have grown larger than the ones I recollect having had as a child, so maybe not all is lost. One out of two claims may not be bad for a "product" based on the unpredictable-ness of aquatic invertebrate genetics (I'm making that up, of course; there may very well be someone out there who can predict the possible phenotypes inherent in so-called "hybrid" Sea Monkey offspring. What do I know?). And they are kind of cute, swimming in circles around the mason jar as if they had never visited that particular point along the perimeter several times that day already. Heck, if you're a Sea Monkey, I imagine that everything is New! and Different! and therefore Exciting! every second of your existence.

Which is probably a good thing, considering that they really don't live very long.

There may have been a point to this post at some time before I started typing which included the reasons for my not being around (and dealt with babysitting infant and three-year-old cousins, playing taxi service to my dear old uncle, and actually, gasp, going to work at the start of this oh-so-bright-and-shiny new school year), but, alas, I was distracted by the illusory color-changing antics of our natural satellite. Such is life, I suppose.