Help is Here

I don't think I've posted a photo of this jar I recently made...

I'd rather not be boring about the meaning so; it is what it is.

Crab Season Opens

Crab season opened on Saturday I understand. Saturday night there were 17 boats to be counted out on the ocean with their lights so bright.
Sunday just as the sun went down my husband saw one loner; I nearly tripped over my feet to find the camera so I could capture the image and remember it.
What a sunset we had, I tried to not enjoy it too much since I knew that often a spectacular sunset is the result of wildfires and people are hurting. All the same, it was pretty...

Happy fishing or crabbing or whatever it is to all the boats, bring us some crab!

Let The Journey Begin

More boats of course. Because who can make just one? I have this armada in mind. How many is an armada? One more thing to look up. We have to pick out the boat for our journey, which one fits us best? And off we go, no oars or rudder, just shove off into the deep water and let our boat take us where it will. The little turquoise one has a heart glued into it. Now I can't get it off; E6000 is a better glue when I don't want it to be...

Big Little Boat

Big Little Boat
Originally uploaded by sheilasthings

Well, I sanded this big little boat to make it distressed and old looking. There is a SKULL under the prow. It doesn't look like a pirate boat at all but I couldn't resist the skull. The little white beads just make it So Special!
I'm not sure if the fish is protecting the boat or if it's like the whale in the story of Jonah and the Whale....about to swallow it up.

How About a Nice Boat Ride?

I found a boat in my hand the other day. How did this happen? So I made a few more. Then after they were glazed I took one and played with it. My husband asked, "Does it float?" Filled the sink and yes, it floats, "It floats a little heavy," I said.

The symbolism of a boat is quite open to interpretation. Following is a list of interpretations; mainly from Internet information.
The boat:
Female
Transition from the material world to the spiritual world.
Holy Island
(Ocean being the unconscious)
Ship of the soul
A life saving shelter
Beatus (bateau): word meaning happy? Boat derived from beatus?
A divine being
Christian symbol of the church
Instrument for the souls exploration
Safe passage
Transition from one phase to another phase
Leaving safety of the known into the mystery of water
preceptors who help us to cross the ocean of Knowledge and to achieve our targets.

Hope…life of Pi; the boat being hope.

Well, isn't that nice, I think I'm going to like boat building.