Day 13 & 14 Lisa's Mish Mash of Happiness. Abalone Diving 2016
Abalone in a blue bowl
I'm a little behind on my challenges but when you have no internet access, postings just don't happen. This past weekend I went abalone diving with my kids. Real, my son went diving, I just tagged along. Can't believe it was 35 years ago I started camping and abalone diving. I was always a camper in my youth so it was important to me for my kids to enjoy the outdoors and be comfortable roughing-it. Now I take Annie on camping trips and it's just as challenging as taking young children!
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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