Swimming is a confusing sport. It can be fun, or it can be the thing you do to avoid dying.

Okay, I'm not going to bitch about the Catastrophic Koi Plaque Experiment of '06 anymore.  You were all wonderful and very sweet and supportive.  :-)

But I've learned something new.  No more fish plaques.   Unwilling to roll over and admit defeat, I did another plaque based on this drawing:

...and even though I really liked this drawing, and even though I copied this drawing as precisely as I could in every way...I'm still unhappy with the resulting plaque.  It just does not translate well into 3-d leather sculpture.

So, lesson learned.  Koi drawings = tons of fun.  Koi plaques = pain and failure.  No more fish.

( Big scary Asian Dragons as therapy! )

 

( Grr! Rain!  )

Anyway I didn't shrink or anything.  Plus when I wiped off my bike I cleaned it too, (not by design, but of neccessity), so there's that.  Always tryin' to look on the bright side.  :-)

Speaking of bright sides, Greg bought us tickets to the Buffalo Sabres season opener in two weeks.  We'll be playing Montreal, which is another awesome hockey team, and won't that be fun!!!  Can't wait!   *bouncebounce*

*smooch*  You are all too, too much fun and at this point utterly intrinsic to my sanity as an artist.