[Sangreaal]

I've been gone for a good long while as Spring has commanded my entire attention to the farm and family. Now that Summer breathes her fiery breath, manual labor is tapering off and giving way to more indoor pursuits.

Art is consuming a large part of my time now that's too too hot to be out there planting, pulling weeds, digging digging digging in the earth and playing midwife or trainer to a plethora of animals. The pond is taking it's time balancing though I finally have some clear water instead of the tepid algae blooms that seem to go nowhere very fast. And so out has come the camera and pics old and new have been worked and transformed to what I feel brings out the true nature of Nishikigoi....

Here's Nepenthe, my big girl that is now 21", demanding the big nightcrawler she just knows must be in my grasp:


Nepenthe again, this time lazily coming up to see what goodie I must be there to give her:


Here's the Tigerlily, Zen and Nepenthe enjoying their new pond:


...and Origami, the Tigerlily and Nepenthe, my biggest hams:


Tigerlily and Origami in the QT--old pic that I didn't think I could do but with practice, learned how:


And lastly, Nepenthe....she and the Tigerlily have been competing for the most expressions a koi can produce the past few months, and I think this girl has proven to be a very hard act to follow...



The MIA,

Marie