I'm really trying to get 10,000 steps in especially walking while I'm at the beach house. I'm not a morning person by nature and now that Annie isn't here to get me going at the crack of dawn I wouldn't leave the house until noon if there wasn't a reason to get out the door! Walking along the beach I'm always on the look out for things to collect. Sea glass, sand dollars, shells and hag stones.
Not sure why these rocks with holes in them are called hag stone - who comes up with these name? The story goes if you look through them you'll see a fairy or goblin, can't remember which but some mythical creature. Hag stones aren't common so it's always exciting when I find one. The hunt is the best part as I have no plans to do anything with them. :)
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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