Inspired by this Facebook post by the American Museum of Natural History:
chubby tattooed hand
pauses its search for breakfast
to wave good morning
© Catherine Flynn, 2019
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Cute and clever. Fascinating nature.
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Chubby is adorable. Nice immortalizing of it.
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Imagination is a wonderful thing, Catherine. Love it!
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I just read an article that starfish on the pacific coast are making a comeback after being decimated by some kind of disease. I love the idea of them waving hello and waving hello back and telling them how glad we are to see them.
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Love love love! Charming and adorable (that chubby hand won’t stop waving at me). 🙂
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Nice! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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I love how you find inspiration in so many places! What a fascinating looking creature!
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So many wonders to see in nature. Love the “chubby hand.” I thought of “The Private Eye” that encourages children to sees the world through lens of analogies and metaphors, using the jeweler’s loupe to encourage close observation.
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That is one cute starfish — no wonder you wanted to write about it! Have you seen Blue Planet II? We watched it recently. The sea cucumbers blew me away (https://www.azula.com/sea-cucumbers-eat-2527293706.html). There must be a poem waiting to be written about those guys.
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A stunning photo and such a wonderful personification of this wonder. I love it. My favorite word is chubby.
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Perfect! This world is full of so many interesting creatures! My sixth graders would tell me this one looks like he should be on Sponge Bob!
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Darling! **waves back**
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I love it! And good morning to you, too!
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How wonderful to take an underwater sea creature and have it say hello, Catherine.
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