BLOWFISH FOOTWEAR

For all my lovely bloggers who have shoe hunger.....

Blowfish

Recently, one
of the bloggers was questioning why my pond mate is called "Blowfish". This got me to thinking maybe I should search for an avatar for Blowfish that was in keeping with my thinking.

Well, what a surprise!
There were
Blowfish games,
Blowfish pipes with big round bowls


Blowfish surfboards,
Blowfish bloomers for boys,
Blowfish hobbit shoes in flannel or plaid!

There was a Blowfish bicycle and,
an expandable Blowfish backpack for serious mountain climbing folks.

There were books and bands with Blowfish titles and there was an entire section of, er....unmentionables.


Well, none of these "inspirations" " are the reason my pond mate is called Blowfish.

Course if the deciding was left up to him no doubt he would choose the
Ale or worse still ,
those shorts!





I expect he does own some shoes every bit as ugly as those Hobbit shoes and we've certainly had our share of fun playing games but never the "BlowFish" game seen here!

And like all male creatures he grins at the idea of having an avatar bout something which ..... expands.


Judging by his showers he fancies himself quite the Hootie although his fav water tune is "Up the River St Laurence Looking for Florence!"

None of these are MY reasons for the Blowfish name.
Just take a look at the actual Blowfish photo
and tell me if your fella had a wiry gray beard what would you call him?

Regattas

Princess Rooms!

As a designer, part of my job is to ascertain what it is clients really want . Sometimes they can verbalize their needs, often they cannot. Even more often the Mr. and the Mrs. don't have the same criteria and finding a balance which suits everybody is both the fun and the challenge. It's a great profession, requires knowledge on tons of different stuff, requires "people skills", requires creative problem solving and ultimately becomes volumetric art in which people nurture themselves.



Here lately on the blogs I have recognized there is a need for Princess Rooms!



Might have started with K9's birthday pictures in her "no sex in here " Princess Room or maybe over at Aunty Belle's and her problem about sharing the Buggy Barn with all Uncle's stuff. Other bloggers like Moi and Boxer have keyed in on the idea of a Princess Room and so,



I think we need to define and design the perfect Princess Room.



I need all you bloggers to send me your notions of what would make a perfect princess room?

Tell me about functions you want to happen in your rooms. Is it just one room or a suite with say a Princess Bath and a Princess Closet to rival a Ralph Lauren boutique? Is it a storage room, a craft room, a dance studio, an art studio, a library a media hall a Cheers Bar? Will you sleep there, eat there, tryst there, cry there, watch girl movies there, sweat away your anxieties, soak away the tensions of life, play with your dog, get creative, blog aroound the world in there? Tell me!

Do you like marble floors, wood floors, ultra deep carpeting? Do you want a panorama of windows or no windows. Do you want it to feel like the rest of your house or a totally different environment?

Do you want silk, linen, cotton and bambo natural fibers of ultimate luxury. Do you want corduroy , denim, terry cloth and plushy chenilles to go with your cozy clothes. Do you want an absolutely private to you for you with love retreat of a room or do you want an incredibly sexy Bond girl space for your significants to visit? What about mirrors...do you want any? I am so happy I took mirrors out of my room and yet I noticed the mirror in K9's princess room is ginormous! What about a coffee bar?

Or a wine bar or a place to keep strawberries and dipping chocolates?



Tell me your favorite colors, your favorite furniture styles, window treatments? Tell me your favorite style of window and what materials you love to have around you ...is it stone, wood, upsholstery, logs, slate? Do you want a fireplace, a way to go directly outside from your Princess Room? Do you want high ceilings, glass ceilings, starry starry night ceilings, tented ceilings, exposed beam ceilings?



Once all your data is in I will design a Princess Room which will incorporate the best of the best of all the wish lists and I will post all of the design documents here on the pond blog. You have a week to send as many thoughts on the Princess Rooms of your dreams !



For all you men bloggers, this is not a time out for you, please share the male perspective and tell me what you think should be in a Princess Room

The Pond Activist

I wrote to Congress this week.
Again.
I expect by now the various services have investigated me and
found me to be an opinionated, albeit harmless to my country ,
little Fishy.

This week my communications were:

a) No Big 3 automotive bailout!

b) Encourage bio-fuels research of kudzu before it consumes this section of
the world. ( it is the most prolific plant and it isn't food.)

c) Provide tax incentives for American companies to bring the jobs back home
and a tax hike to those who are supporting the economies of our adversaries.

d) To please don't wimp out on the Hillary can't be Secretary of State issue.

e) To please tell me who becomes president if the courts find Hussein Obama cannot be President because he was born in Kenya. Does Joe Biden become president and Nancy Pelosi VP? Do we have another election?
Do we change the constitution for Obummer?

f) To please hold the line and NOT revise the constitution so Hillary and
Hussein can have it their way !

I am still awaiting a meaningful reply, although I have been thanked for my "interest" by a variety of automatic e-mail responses.

I also queried my state legislators this week on the subject of education.
If we installed an "education lottery" in these waters to enhance the quality
of education then WHY have the schools progressively declined? Apparently
said decline is accelerating rapidly. Doesn't seem to be a plan or funds in
place to address this "unfortunate directional change".

So far, I haven't even gotten an automated response from the state boys and girls.

I wrote my local newspaper to illuminate my causes for displeasure with our perpetually bickering and non-productive County Council. They called to get my permission to run it as a guest editorial on Sunday and would I provide them with a picture? Blowfish would prefer I not. He's afraid our pond will be vandalized by those not in agreement with me.

I just might start calling him Jellyfish any day now.

Blowfish wanted to know if I really thought my efforts would have results?
I mentioned to him the old truth about evil prevailing when good thinking folks shut up. He was not persuaded. Just once I think it would be entertaining if he thought my efforts were, at the very least, an exercise in the freedoms of a democracy. He tells me democracy is over except in the minds of fools like me.

My next communication?
The classifieds "free jellyfish" !