Getting My Fortune from Zoltar

 When I visited Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara last week, I found good ol' Zoltar hanging out in a shop on the pier. For fun I decided to get my fortune read.  After feeding him a dollar this card came out.

 My Fortune:

 "You've been wondering what to do with all those benefits you have or are about to receive.  Just remember as the branches of a tree return their sap to the root, from where it comes, as a river pours its streams to the sea, where its spring was supplied.  The heart of the grateful man is delighted to return a benefit received.  You are basically a kind and good person.  You may be pleased to know that there is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat."

So . . . a glorified fortune cookie, mixing fortune with good advice.

I'm going to receive a great benefit.  Be grateful.  Give back.  I'm a good person.

Not a shabby fortune.

And here's the shabby hat I was wearing when I read it.  Proof that good people wear shabby hats?  Just wearing my Cambria love.

My Birthday at the Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara Aquarium

 

My Birthday is long and gone, but when I was in the midst of it I was in California and decided, for my special day, I wanted to finally check out the Ty Warner Sea Center located on the Santa Barbara Stearns Wharf pier.

In truth, I just wanted to see Jelly Fish.

The exhibit is nothing compared to the Montgomery Bay Aquarium, the Ty Warner Sea Center is very small, but the workers are knowledgeable, and it was fun.

 This little shark dude was really soft.

 This little guy = not soft.  He kinda freaked me out a little.

 Looking at sea creatures with my brother.

 This is officially the most scandalous picture I have on my blog.

 I got to touch a sea snail in the beginning of the exhibit . . . and they feel really weird.  Soft and squishy-ish.

 A view of beautiful Santa Barbara.

 Walking around Stearns Wharf.

 At the Marina.

And the beach.

We visited the Marina and the beach a couple days later.  We were suppose to visit these places on my B-day, but we got caught up looking at shops, and tasting various olive oils, at the Paseo Nuevo mall on State Street.

We never made it to dinner or birthday cake, instead stopping at a McDonald's in Carpinteria on the way back to Ventura.  My "b-day cake" was chocolate chip cookies.  Those were dang good cookies!!  Not disappointed.