I bought an octopus from a glass blowing artist. She’s just under a foot tall.

I hadn’t been planning to buy an octopus, but then I read the book “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt, a novel about a grieving woman and a one-eyed Giant Pacific Octopus named Marcellus. After that, I visited a glass studio where the artist makes all types of sea creatures, waves, shells and other things. I was a bit confused why all his octopi had two eyes. It turns out I was not the only one left a bit confused about this by the book:

Octopuses and Accuracy

Anyway, I had picked out a large, glass conch shell. It was all packaged and ready to go, but then I saw an octopus I wanted more.

She wasn’t quite finished so I had to go back and get her later. I picked her up Sunday.

My octopus has two eyes and will be called Marcella.

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