Sharing seadragon happiness

Sometimes i really want to tell somebody something that I've just seen or done or thought but don't want to in case they aren't interested and wouldn't understand why I would be excited about it. This often applies to things about plants or worms. Fortunately because one of my flatmates, Matt, is also interested in these things I can share the joy of a home-grown tomato or apricot without having to go further than finding him baking bread in the kitchen or watching TV in the sunroom, or watering the tomatoes in the backyard. Ofcourse there's many other things to be excited about too...

I've decided that my blog is an ideal outlet for me to share these things that bring joy without the risk of someone not being able to appreciate it. Here on my blog you have visited because you wanted to (unless you accidentally stumbled upon it) and so you have come to listen to my thoughts and I haven't foisted them upon you without your consent - and then I don't have to worry about any boredom that you might experience - you'll have no one to blame but yourself for spending time reading this!

Anyway I saw something today that most sensible people would find exciting - a seadragon whilst snorkeling at Kingston!! One of my flatmates, Steffi, and I went snorkelling next to the boat ramp at the end of Kingston beach and around the adjacent rocks. We went with the hope of seeing a seadragon since we had heard that there were supposed to be some there. Steffi asked another person snorkelling around the boat ramp and he found one and then brought it over to us (he picked it out of the water, walked over a few rocks and then handed it to us!) we let it go again in the water, after showing a young girl sitting on some rocks next to where we were snorkelling. It looked like the one in this picture that I found after a quick google search. We had been snorkelling for at least 45 minutes before our seadragon experience but even before then I had a great sense of wonder at the beauty and complexity of life under the water. I had a weird sense of suprise, but knew I shouldn't be suprised, that there's a of amazing beauty and detail to God's creation (and things that he done) that we don't know about and may never experience as individuals. It's like good secrets waiting to be discovered. Or perhaps it's more like a puzzle of a rich and beautiful picture that we only see one tiny piece of and then gradually get to see a few more pieces throughout our life time and then at the end we will get to see the whole picture. But I am talking about the Creator himself not just his amazing creation. "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Cor 13:12).

The suspense is hard to bear....