Our contemporary remodel is featured in this month’s issue of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles. Entitled “Seascape, Remodeled Home the Canvas for Ocean Theme,” the story highlights the artistic touches used throughout the home. Custom designed pillows for the living room led to the creation of my organic cotton EcoArt Pillow line. Part of an art door mural series, the gifted Julie Ann Stricklin painted the Jellyfish Door shown below.
And simultaneously on stands now is an article about our sea themed garden in Better Homes and Gardens Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living Summer 2009. Whereas our home can be described as modern and serene, the garden showcases my colorful ceramic sculpture and is definitely more playful and whimsical.
At Pro Peninsula, we welcome the opportunity to explain that sea turtle conservationists share their data with other scientists all over the world. This willingness to collaborate internationally, along with highly advanced tracking technology, allows scientists to plot the long migrations of individual sea turtles. Now the students were truly stunned. Seeing this giant sea turtle in their own “backyard” was impressive, but choosing his name was absolutely astounding. We explained that Eastern Pacific green sea turtles migrate along the coast of Mexico; Bobby could very well swim from the San Diego Bay right down along the coast of the Baja California peninsula, maybe even coming in close to our Mexican Ocean Connectors students. The students’ interest in this animal piqued; the goal of invoking them with the desire to protect endangered wildlife was complete. They had established a personal connection with sea turtles—they contributed firsthand to an international conservation project. In fact, that day they each became Ocean Connectors themselves.
