I just read the most interesting and entertaining reminiscence from Paros.

Former rock band member and island tour guide George tells of his youthful adventures on Paros. best memories from Paros island
It is well worth your time to click and read.

The photo on the left is his. The one below I took near the same spot in 2005.



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Lately the Special Olympics has been a warm-up event for the Olympics but the sponsors from Greece have been able to convince the responsible international committee to come back to Athens for 2011 after the 2007 games in China. So maybe all those empty sports venues from the 2004 Olympics will be used again after all.

What's On on Paros? Way too many concerts, art openings, workshops, exhibitions, and the like to mention here. So check out the list at
Issue 105 of ParosLife soon available at www.paroslife.com

Well, finally something interesting has happened.

I haven't written about the one week heat wave we have been having because all one can do is hunker down and endure--though some people seem to think complaining about the heat can help.

Anyway it is over and we now have the cooling breezes back. Today the wind was quite heavy so I decided to snorkel instead of my normal exercise swimming.

In just a few seconds when I was still close in I saw what looked like a child's toy, a waterlogged sponge fish. It was bright yellow with distinct black rings here and there on the body. There were long growths sticking out all over; some looked like fins, some like tentacles. Cool I thought, this is the strangest thing I have seen snorkeling. I watched it for awhile and then moved on. About 10 meters away there was another one. They were about 12 inches long and 6 inches high I would estimate. All in all a good session with a quantity of fish and other sites including a yellow, lacy sea weed that I don't remember seeing before.

So I came back to search for a photo on the internet. Nothing I found compares; if I had an underwater camera I would certainly have had a prize photo opportunity.

The shape and design of the first photo are about right but the colors were very vivid--like the second photo except more yellow than orange. If any divers have a photo taken in Greece I would certainly love to see it.

P.S. The Latin name is Aplysia dactylomela and these photos are from http://www.seaslugforum.net/
Cheers

I received an interesting message on MySpace yesterday. Here it is: