Hello Hello

[Maple]

Hi there!

I feel kind of funny writing this. I am feeling a bit shy! I keep half writing, then stopping, and going again...I guess this is because I really just discovered this place and I don't know how much I identify with being a mermaid yet. I've just ordered my monotail from Finis and hopefully after I strap that badboy to my feet it'll become more real. My husband thinks it's very fitting - he says I am a fish on land.

And it's very true! I've been swimming on my own since I was very small, and did competitive swimming for a few years so my only speed in the water is fast. I'm also becoming a health nut and I heard that the monofin is a great core workout.

I am planning on making my own tail using instructions from Mermaid Sasha and Little Orca. I am actually making it based on an orca - I fell in love with cetaceans when I was a little girl and can think of nothing for fitting for myself.

Anyways, I wanted to say hi and that I am super excited to be here. I am also from Vancouver, British Columbia...and I am so happy that there are more Van Mers out there!

[Princess Kae-Leah]

Welcome! I'm a newbie mer too, from northwestern Washington State, not too far from Vancouver! I have visited your beautiful city before and absolutely loved it.

[AniaR]

yaaay another canadian mer! *mer hug* welcome!

[courtneymermaid]

Another Vancouver Mermaid! Nice to meet you! I am a huge Orca fan as well! Good luck to you on making your first tale!

[Maple]

Thank you for the warm welcome! It makes me so happy to know that there are others close by to me! We should have a Pacific Northwest Mer BBQ or something...mainly because I love to BBQ!

I was thinking more about where my connection to the water came from...all Mers seem to have an early connection to water or the ocean. I know that I have always been able to swim. My Mum had me in water babies and I adored it, unlike most of the other babes in the class...I was swimming on my own at age three. My Grandmother down the road had a pool and I basically spent my summers in it. The ocean played a big part in my life. My other grandparents had a beach house on the Sunshine Coast, with a sandy beach and submerged rock formation a 10 minute walk away. I spent the other half of my summers swimming in the ocean - either out front or at the sandy beach. Living in Vancouver also gave me access to a beautiful aquarium, which at the time had two magnificent orcas - Finna and Bjossa. I fell in complete love with them. This is why I love orcas in particular but also any other kind of cetacean. I also have a soft spot for humpback whales...I have been whale watching a few times and the urge to jump on in and swim with them is very strong! I also love sharks and sea turtles but that is a whole other story.

I am also a Jr. Open Water Diver, and will be getting my full open this year. I finally got my husband to try it and he also adores it. He was a lot of work. He's from England and his family never put emphasis on swimming and they're landlocked. So he never really learned to swim - which was hard on me as I love to swim. We befriended a lifeguard and last summer he learned to swim...and now it's hard to keep him out too!

[Winged Mermaid]

Welcome! Don't be shy! Hope all the extroverted people don't scare you away with our silly ways ;) Can't wait to see your tail!

[Mermaid Sirena]

Huzh! Another competitive swimmer! This reminds me I really should get around to finishing my own introduction.... hmmm