Perhaps you remember the Weeki Wachee mermaids from my classic Manatees post? Well I have a Viewmaster reel highlighting their underwater antics back in 1949, which scans in very nicely as it turns out. They are still performing today (here is the current Mermaid of the Month and information on how to enroll your real or imaginary daughter in Mermaid Camp this summer) but fear that economics will soon shut down their Weeki Wachee Springs home. That would be tragic, both for the mermaids and for folks like myself who have not had a chance to see their show yet, so readers findings themselves in the Florida area this summer are urged to visit Weeki Wachee Springs and buy lots of mermaid crap to keep them in business forever and ever (while readers in the Connecticut/New York area remain on the lookout for this missing pony).