It's 12:30 AM & I am still awake. Why (you didn't ask)? Well, because I am "Maum" (pronounced 'Mm-ow-mm') & my Squab is not home from work yet. Damned labor laws & seventeen year olds. (Funny how they can pretty much work 'em like adults, but they still have a midnight curfew.)
I wanted to post something profound, because you know, I haven't, ever. Unfortunately I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open.
"So why not go to bed?" you ask.
I am Maum & I cannot sleep until I know my kid(s) is in for the night.
Seriously, I've nodded off before, but instantly wake up in a panic thinking hours have gone by & the kid is weeks late coming home when in fact I was asleep (literally) for less than sixty seconds. I am Maum, I paranoid, I worry.
So, before this turns into a realllllllly looooooong thing that makes even less sense than a tuxedo wearing duck in waders, I'll post a couple of pics of one of my latest pieces. It's kind of a recycled thing, that I am more than tickled with the (almost) finished product.
"So why not go to bed?" you ask.
I am Maum & I cannot sleep until I know my kid(s) is in for the night.
Seriously, I've nodded off before, but instantly wake up in a panic thinking hours have gone by & the kid is weeks late coming home when in fact I was asleep (literally) for less than sixty seconds. I am Maum, I paranoid, I worry.
So, before this turns into a realllllllly looooooong thing that makes even less sense than a tuxedo wearing duck in waders, I'll post a couple of pics of one of my latest pieces. It's kind of a recycled thing, that I am more than tickled with the (almost) finished product.
Take a close look at this first picture. See the board under the Kamaboko? That's what I've been working with.
***From Wikipedia: "Kamaboko is a type of cured surimi, a Japanese processed seafood product, in which various white fish are pureed, combined with additives such as MSG, formed into distinctive loaves, and then steamed until fully cooked and firm."*** It's a (lesser than SPAM) staple in Hawaiian cuisine.
After sharing an entire Kamaboko loaf with my Dad & the Squab (the Chicken is not a fan) one afternoon, I finally did what I've wanted to do for a long time, but never really had the opportunity to do. I let the Chicken take a knife, scrape the residual fishcake off the board & completely wash & sanitize it. In other words, NOT THROW IT AWAY!
I used my bottle of alcohol ink (appropriately named 'bottle') to completely stain the board on all sides. I doesn't show very well in the pic, but the color is a little more bluish. The Stork compared it to the green Lincoln Logs & I think it looks more like those green/blue wine bottles.
I then kinda just whatever-ed it from here on. I don't have any good pics of it in it's current state, but will post one as soon as I do.
And with that, I leave you to watch TV & hope that the Squab gets home soon. Honestly, I have no doubt that I will be one hundred and fifty years old, living with one of my kids & still waiting up form them to come home from work. I'm slightly attached.
Aloha, hugs & bubbles until later,
-Clare
And with that, I leave you to watch TV & hope that the Squab gets home soon. Honestly, I have no doubt that I will be one hundred and fifty years old, living with one of my kids & still waiting up form them to come home from work. I'm slightly attached.
Aloha, hugs & bubbles until later,
-Clare
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