Apparently jellyfish have arrived in the NYC area earlier than expected. I had no idea we get jellyfish.
On Monday, a steady stream of jellyfish undulated in the olive-colored water of the Hudson River between 79th and 98th Streets, where the swimmers had encountered them the day before. Their centers shifting up and down with the light tide, they were about six inches in diameter and looked like large floating paper cupcake wrappers stained in the center with red icing.
I love how the description of the water is “olive-colored” and the jellyfish are compared to cupcakes wrappers with icing. Comparing bad things to food make them seem less menacing, especially good food like olive oil and cupcakes. Mmmm…cupcakes.