FLAT FISH PAPER ARTS: Abalone Country

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Abalone Country

This is a photo of abalone country in Northern California. Hubby just got back from his weekend of diving for the San Mateo Buddhist church. They plan a camping trip every year and need to make sure they have enough divers to provide abalone for the evening meals. The guys (there weren't any women divers this year) free dive about 15-30 feet for the abalone.

1 comment:

toners said...: What a beautiful photo, Lisa!; June 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM

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What's with the blog name?

Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.

I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.