Keep On Keeping On

Good fin-workout at the pool today:

kick across, kick & stroke back;
frequent underwater laps;
pushed past that desire to stop early;
felt like myself after 45 minutes.

Getting back in shape,
getting into better shape:

that's the goal.

Heading Down

. . . where treasure may be found.

Turtle, Grazing

Mourning Motley: Old Shots

I miss my girl.

The Salt Embrace II

Or, In The Locker.

When I was a boy, I wanted to find the Elephants' Graveyard, the ruins of Atlantis, and Davy Jones' (actual) Locker.

Flotsam: Beach Rescue

 The poor fellow was lying on the sand, obviously washed up with the morning tide.  I couldn't help but think of some poor child bereft of his or her friend.

So I placed the elephant on a rock in a spot that would keep him above the rising tide and at a good eye-level for any adults walking the beach.  Of course, anyone seeking a lost friend like this would have their eyes glued to the sand . . . so here's hoping.

I think his name is Hannibal, by the way.

Turtle-Breathing

Leisure Reading: Malazan Empire-Style

I'm just getting into Erikson & Casslemont's Malazan series. (I remembered seeing the books on one of your bookshelves, ED, which led me to giving the first books of the series -- Night of Knives, Gardens of the Moon -- another try.) Now I'm starting Deadhouse Gates with eagerness, feeling grounded in this savage hurlyburly of a world.

Clay: A Friendly Frog

Fresh from the kiln.

The Frog, Sitting:
clay: soldate;
glaze: oribe or celadon?

(I failed to take proper notes!)

Fresh Glazed Clay

Trial pieces:

Frog, Sitting

The glaze bubbled and ran in ways I didn't imagine . . . 

so I guess I'll call him "Jester, Poisoned" (perhaps a failed escapee from Game of Thrones).

Minotaur . . . or pirate?  Horns or hat?

Grumpy fellow, either way.

Greenman on stone.

I like how this glaze "breaks" -- that is, separates to show the details -- but I didn't write down whether this glaze is oribe or celadon.  I'm sure someone at the studio can help me.  (I usually make copious notes, but this was my first run at glazing at my new studio.)

 Bowls and masks coming out of the kiln soon.

This Is The Way

Surface Shots: Kealakekua Bay

Water-drops on the lens, but I still like this shot for the illusion of a breaking wave from the clouds.

Similar shots, but I like the textures visible in each part of the sequence.

Summer Profile Pics

Loving Kealakekua Bay!

Floating.  Hawaiian waters: no neoprene!

Total lack of self-consciousness.  

NorCal Neoprene: armored against the cold.

Mendocino.

Studio time:
Matt & Mateo.

Archery lessons in the Gold Country.

Face your inner fish?
Foggy free diving on the Sonoma Coast; I brought a friend.
Two pursuits converge with a smile.

Hawaiian Grab-Bag