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The ActiveRain Nature Station: Birch Aquarium slide show

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Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty West CalBRE #01458572

My owner is a Realtor with Century 21 Award in San Diego.I finally sorted through the 187 pictures from my Birch Aquarium visit last Sunday to get a manageable 43-picture slide show — fish, coral, anemones, jellyfish, starfish, seahorses....

I also just read in the paper that the Birch Aquarium had a two-hour power outage yesterday but no wildlife was lost.

However, one of the electrical workers was injured, although not seriously.

Here are the 43 pictures that I'll be keeping. Hope you enjoy them.

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Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
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Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

Beautiful pictures Jim.  I love watching the reef life.

Jan 07, 2010 12:29 PM
Heather the Realtor Orlando, Lake Mary
LemonTree Realty - Orlando, FL
First Time Home Buyers, Bank Owned Homes

Very cool. Great shots. I have a 125 gal salt water reef tank. I have been wanting ot go to the GA aquarium for the longest time. Glad ot hear the electrical worker is ok.

Jan 07, 2010 12:55 PM
Susan Neal
RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Very beautiful photos, Jim.  I love going to the aquarium.  Used to go to the one at Scripps and the Monterey Bay Aquariium as an adult, and a few others when I was a kid. Your photos make me want to go again.

Jan 07, 2010 02:24 PM
Carra Riley & Declan Kenyon
Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Ltd - Westminster, CO
Helping people Transition at all ages!

Jim....These pictures are stunning.  What a nice way to spend your day trying to select the keepers.  Thanks, watching them takes my mind off the snow I see out my window!

 

Cosmic Cow

Jan 08, 2010 03:30 AM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate

Hey, Jim. What a great display of beauty from our little sea friends. Thanks for sharing and I hope that you have a great day, Jim

Jan 08, 2010 04:19 AM
Diane Daley
Caron's Gateway Real Estate - Northumberland, NH

I love your opening slide tiooo funny... Thanks for sharing all of the pics with us.. 

Jan 08, 2010 04:55 AM
Suzanne McLaughlin
Sabinske & Associates, Inc. (Albertville, St. Michael) - Saint Michael, MN
Sabinske & Associates, Realtor

Between all the photos of Zooey the Cool Cat and your other photos, I cannot believe how well you photograph life and scenery of all kinds!  That was amazing...and I loved the opening, too.  (BTW, I wish all we had were frosted flaked, too funny.  Wish you were closer to share some laughs with!) 

Jan 08, 2010 12:10 PM
Dana Couch-Davis
Kendall Haney Realty Group - Memphis, TN
CRS, GRI, ABR, SRES

Thanks for sharing the pics.  The Birch Aquarium looks fantastic.  Next time I am in that part of the world I'm going to check it out for real.  Maybe it will be for pleasure and not work this time.

Jan 08, 2010 01:46 PM
Jim Frimmer
HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA
Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

Hey, Jack - Thanks, and thanks for stopping by. Good to see you regularly again.

Hey, Heather - We used to have a three aquariums, 55, 75, and 125 gallons, but we sold the last one a few years ago when we moved.

Hey, Carra - Snow?

Hey, Jim - Thanks. It's been a long time since I took pictures in a dark environment, like the Aquarium is, and through water with reflections on glass, so I was happy that I got 43 nice pictures.

Hey, Diane - What's funny about our whales? Or are you talking about the yawning fish?

Hey, Suzanne - Part of getting good pictures comes from past experience but part also comes from having a pretty good camera.

Hey, Dana - The Birch Aquarium doesn't even rank in my Top 10. If you get a chance, see the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, the New Orleans Aquarium, the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, the New England Aquarium in Boston, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Monterey Aquarium in Monterey, California (my #1), and the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Jan 09, 2010 09:07 AM
Robin Dampier REALTOR®
Coldwell Banker King - Hendersonville, NC
Hendersonville & Western NC Real Estate Source

If it wasn't for Patricia Kennedy noting your Post I would have missed this!!  What photography.  Awesome, enjoyable and relaxing to watch.  Thanks for the show.

Sue of Robin and Sue

Jan 10, 2010 08:22 AM
Nathan Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Davenport, FL
Your Central Florida Real Estate Expert

Good stuff. I have a friend that has a huge tank that just sits in their garage collecting dust. One of these days I'll talk them into selling it to me.

TNT

Jan 10, 2010 09:59 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Jim, these are simply great photos.  That must have been very difficult to crop the number of photos down to this slideshow.  You must be a patient person.  I imagine you had to wait on many of the fish to get the shots you wanted.  I recognize many of the smaller fish as my brother had a large salt water aquarium.  I think the cuttlefish(I believe that is what is called) was my favorite of the group.

 

Jan 10, 2010 10:58 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Jim, SO glad that Pat Kennedy provided this information in her post .... a great selection of photos...I love them all.  Thank you,

Jan 11, 2010 02:07 AM
Anthony Ebright - NMLSR ID #247647 Purchase and Refinance Mortgages
FHA, VA, Conforming, Jumbo - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Santa Rosa, CA

Jim, thanks for sharing the pictures. I love the aquarium. In fact, I think I'll make plans to see the Monterey Aquarium this summer! Thanks for the inspiration!

Jan 12, 2010 01:11 AM
Stephanie Reynolds
Integrity First Financial Group, Inc. - Santee, CA
East County San Diego Homes 619-838-4408

Wow, these are some fantastic pictures! I haven't been to the Birch Aquarium for a while! Looks like I need to go back! Loved the pictures of the clown fish and the jelly fish!

Jan 17, 2010 07:42 AM
Lorraine or Loretta Kratz
Crescent Moon Realty, Inc. & Land N Sea Auctions. - San Marcos, CA
Certified Negotiation Consultants

Jim:

I haven't been to the Birch in years, I need to revisit, thanks for giving me the nudge.

Jan 18, 2010 12:19 AM
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