
Sebastian, the charming little crab who was Ariel's sidekick in Disney's Little Mermaid movie, sang "Under the Sea" to try to keep the mermaid Ariel from following her curiosity and visiting the dangerous world above. This is one of my all-time favorite songs, and I can't think of better words to accompany this blog post:
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?
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Out in the sun they slave away
While we devoting full time to floating
Under the sea
As off through the waves they roll
We got no troubles, life is the bubbles
Under the sea, under the sea
We got the beat here
naturally

Chalk pastel added rich color to this graphite & charcoal pencil fish!

Quite a few octopuses inhabit this watery Blue Church Art blog post. Or are they octopi? Both those plural forms of octopus are correct (although some experts reject octopi.) Another plural form of octopus is octopodes, a less used word. However you say it, there are a whole lot of these fascinating creatures here, enough for an…