One of my projects, Urban Container Gardening at the Akiyama Wellness Center is one step closer to happening! The plants have been sprouted and the containers are waiting for the dirt and compost to arrive. I selected a very Japanese theme for the gardens. Shabu Shabu (vegetables that you dip in boiling broth) and Tsukemono (pickling). I also plan to have some cooking classes to tie into the gardens. There is a pickling mash that can last forever. Some our past down from since they develop their own unique flavor. I think it would be fun to sample several families old style "Nuka" recipes.
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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