(Another ‘Just for Fun’ post)
Jen and I had a blast with the latest group to come to Bimini. It was composed mostly of her long time friends and clients, another Canadian contingency from Toronto.
We had one swim with a mom and calf that was memorable… part of what made it so memorable is Jeannie doing her first ‘dolphin-assisted’ freedive!
She’d been practicing all week , building upon her freediving skills from last year’s trip. This girl was determined to spiral down into the deep blue with the dolphins, and you can feel her joy as she literally ‘dove in’ and got her chance!
(She’s the one with the red shirt and yellow fins)
Jeannie’s been bribing me with the promise of homemade chocolate brownies to send her this video, so she can show it to her twin five-year-old boys. Can you imagine the look on their faces as they watch their mommy swimming to the ocean floor with a wild and crazy dolphin calf? (insert brownie here, Jeannie).
I put this video to music. The song, ‘Wave after Wave’ is from the CD with the same name by a good friend of mine, Charley Thweatt. I first heard his music many years ago (before my first gray hair) and have enjoyed it since. We finally met at a health food store in Maui, (I asked him about his cool ‘Taco’ t-shirt, Taco as in that feisty little chi-wow-wa) and discovered that we were roommates at the ‘WhaleQuest’ conference we were both presenting at. Charley’s music has its own unique joyful authenticity, I hope you enjoy it.
Hey, why not watch it like a 5 year old?
Sending you LOVE from the Ocean!
Joe
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Hey Joe,
As this tragedy has been going on, we are dealing with one of cancer. My Deborah has just been diagnosed. It is almost as the world is hurt she is hurting physically with it. She has this connections to Whales and Dolphins that is immeasurable. We are a team who has always felt the way you do about life while building my art biz to share the same message to the world. I would like to simply say thank you. Aloha, Clark & Deborah
Absolutely beautiful put to music!!!!! The music is fantastic, so catchy (I found myself continue to sing it after is ended) and I love the bubbles in the background:-)
Love to one and everything!
A heartfelt thank you Joe for a magical experience in Bimini with the dolphins! I had such a blast!! Thank you so much for capturing the beauty and playfulness of these incredibly intelligent mammals. It was such a joy and honour to play with them. So looking forward to sharing this with my boys one day!! Watch out! xoxo (p.s. your brownies are waiting!!)
Hello Clark… thanks for your beautiful reply, and know that the dolphins and whales and all of us are right now holding`Deborah in our hearts…