It is a busy time around my house. Having a puppy (Annie is now 5 months old) and a kitten under foot makes walking around the house a slow process. I also have auction items lining the hallway waiting to be tagged and taken into the store. Squeaker is two pounds soaking wet but she is holding her own with Annie's 50 plus pounds when they play. I should say when Annie wants to play. Squeaker doesn't like getting slapped with paw so she makes sure there is a table to run under when things get too rough. Now that Annie is getting older, I have to walk and throw the stick for at least two hours, twice a day. If I don't, I have a very hyper dog in the house. She is also getting more protective on our trail walks. She is doing the famous "on guard" German Shepherd bark if a man walks between me and her while on her leash. She has been trained to always be on outside when someone walks by. A lot of people (mainly men) think it's safer to walk by on my side, further away from the dog but protective dogs don't like that.
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.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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