Greetings, and welcome to my collection
of odd plush/plastic crustaceans and cephalopods.
I have a particular fondness for these things
and below you will see the history of my collection
(oldest to newest).


Shrimpy Shrimp-
Purchased from the zoo gift shop one summer while
I was teaching Zoo Crew. Not a big seller, but
adorable. He chills in the computer desk. Umm,
chilled shrimp cocktail. (Please don't tell him.)



Squidy Squid-
What we at the zoo call a misfit toy. Around
Christmas, we pull out the damaged or unloved toys
for the keepers to nearly wrestle over. They didn't
even want this guy. Mostly, I felt sorry for him, but I
also kind of liked him. He's great fun. Greater fun
when added with squid noises (blurblurblurb) and put on
someone's head. He's slightly phallic, but don't hold
that against him. He currently resides on top of the
mantle with other fun, yet nearly useless items.



Lil' Squidy Squids-
Best cat toys ever (before).



Best cat toys ever after one momma cat and 7 kittens.



rOOOck loBBBster-
Birthday present from my husband. He (lobster, not husband)
lives on our couch and has to be occasionally taken away
from small fuzzy kittens even though he is bigger. Actually,
it does kind of apply to my husband.



Trinky Thing Lobster-
Okay, not plush or plastic, but rather mollusky and
metal. Purchased for $1 during the store closing
sale at Nellie's Antique Mall. He will probably end
up in a little shadow box.

Aren't they adorable? I don't know what it is
about them that I like. Perhaps, I find them
personable or simply quirky. Now that I think
about it, one of my most favorite beanie babies
way back in the day was the pink octopus. I think it
was called Ink or Inky or Not-a-Profitable-Collectible-
After-All.

Donnie and I have even discussed decorating our future
child's room in an "Under the Sea" theme. Works
well for a boy or girl, and Sebastian (not Bach)
can hang out and sing the room theme song. Mind you,
this is quite a ways in the future!

I hope this has been equally enjoyable for you.