One of my favorite things about the Carmel house is the fireplace. Since it was turn into gas and sealed behind glass, it's perfect. Keep the front of the house a constant temperature even when no one is here. That has reduce the mold smell at least in the front part of the house. It's not that I sit in front of the fireplace but it does make the house comfy. The Carmel house also has floor to ceiling windows in all the rooms. I'm sure the design was to let in all the sunshine possible. Not really too concerned with heating the house back in the 40's.
When I remodeled my home years ago I did opt to take out the fireplace. People thought I was nuts. I wanted more wall space and wood burning fireplaces back then were slowly being coming not so PC. Of course the major attraction is the beach.
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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