Creative Grace: {Shark Week}

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Happy Shark Week everyone! In case you've been living under some kelp or something for the past 25 years and weren't aware, Discovery channel features a week of shark goodness that premiers tonight at 9pm (Eastern). I got {hooked} on shark week many years ago when I was teaching at a local aquarium. Now, I'll admit I'm not really a fan of the drama-hyped episodes that occasionally get aired, but some of their shows are interesting with stellar footage and some good educational twists - and that's what I love. Most sharks are not the big "bad boys" that first pop into our minds, and ALL serve critical ecological roles in their environments. Sharks really could give a rats-pattotie about us, they aren't "out to get us", and yet many people have this twisted vendetta against them - I've even worked with very young children say that sharks are bad (astonishing). As a human population, we have decimated sharks (some by as much as 90%). Tragic! There is still so much we do not understand about sharks - but one thing that is painfully obvious is that these population declines are having negative consequences beyond what we could have imagined. We have lots to learn and, at least for a week, Discovery helps bring attention to sharks.

I feel grateful that I have some wonderful friends with open minds (who support the geeky marine bio nerd in me) and have a great sense of humor! I threw out a crazy challenge to them and they have agreed to help me kick off Shark Week with a Shark Week blog hop! As an added twist, I challeneged them to use two of three elements in their card (1. a turqoise washi tape, 2. a stamped image of a little shark, 3. the phrase "jawsome")

Here is my card, with all three elements (and still getting used to the new camera...):

Hop on over to their blogs and give them some jawsome love!