I like to imagine where the wild things live. Maybe its because of countless nights glued to the book (by Maurice Sendak) with my mom and my little brother. But I'd like to think that some of it has to do with a feeling I sometimes get, the feeling that I am standing somewhere that the wild things could have actually lived, and had I been fortunate enough to have been born a wild thing, where I might have lived. The Animal Flower Caves in St. Lucy's Parish on the northern point of Barbados is one of the places my wild things live.

The small pools around the cave are often filled with a small sea anemone referred to as an animal flower. Animal flowers ( better described here wild things ) have tentacles that sting fish and prey that might be passing by. These tentacles will suck into the shaft of the flower upon touching a foreign object, or feeling a strange current. I recommend watching this video my brother put up, at minute 2:25 he approaches an animal flower growing on a beer can, and you can see how fast it reacts to his presence. Def A Wild Thing!

There are some incredible moss's, fungi and sulfuric growths scattered over most of the caves walls.

The main entrance and exit ( unless you want to scale the cliff ) to the cave is a set of stairs carved out in 1912. On rare occasions when large storms roll through, the cave will fill with water and create a blowhole effect launching water out of this entrance!

With a coral floor that is over 450,000 years old, I just know this cave holds the bones and fossils of true Wild Things.

"CRUISING WITH THE HAWKSBILL "

A recent trip to Barbados, left me even more obsessed with the ocean ( if this is possible). From Hawksbill Sea turtles to Sunken ships, the most poisonous fish in the world (stonefish) to the dumbest of squirrel fish, Barbados's waters where teaming with beauty, as was the mainland. So to keep it simple, I'm breaking it down into a few posts. Today I dedicate this simple collage to the Hawksbill sea Turtles of the Carribean Sea.

* Tip for the day - If your a strong swimmer and have some goggles and a pair of fins with you, don't spend the money to go on turtle tours. The trick is to find out where they go, and hit the beaches these boats go to. When you see the boats approaching throw on the fins and swim out. These boats feed ( for better or for worse) the turtles, many of whom sore in when they hear the boats approaching.

You'll need to hang till the fat floating tourists get bored with the cute little guys. But once they loose interest, or stamina ( this usually happens first), they will all hop in the boats and cruise to the next location leaving you with your own little dudes to cruise with.

These little guys will swim right up to you if your calm. The turtle man below literally grazed Katie as he ducked below her at the last second.

My Gf Katie was quick to snap at the dive instructor from a local boat when he grabbed a small Hawksbill and held him out of the water. He explained that the turtle actually had a small hook in his mouth and was seeing if it was something he could remove. It was nice to see the care these locals took with the turtles, the only time they were touched was if something was wrong and they could help.

Any interest in supporting the cause, check out http://www.barbadosseaturtles.org/ . They also have some pretty great volunteer opportunities for this upcoming season if your gonna be in Barbados soon, why not get to see some baby sea turtles while your at it.