renaissance poisson

glad you like. :)

the amulet shape is definitely based on the style of NZ bone and jade carvings (though i didn't take the outline straight from a picture, but drew it myself). i love those designs. when my lapidary skills get there, i'd really like to try and shape several of those in a local stone. that'd be quite the challenge.

once the boat is finished, i anticipate that we'll travel around the georgia strait (between the canadian mainland and vancouver island) for quite a while -- neither of us has a lot of experience with a boat this size, and the BC coast with its many islands and fjords is so beautiful that one could easily spend several lifetimes here and not see everything.

though when we fantasize, we talk about travelling around the pacific rim, so eventually we'd get to australia, *grin*. we'll see about how that goes. it'd take serious planning and preparation, and serious saving up beforehand. and then there is the other direction, ya know -- i'd really like to visit costa rica, and then go through the panama canal and to the caribbean, and then maybe across the atlantic... *heh*. the boat is definitely capable of going that distance; whether we are is something we shall find out. before i met the paramour, i was looking at sailboats to circumnavigate (though in a rather more leisurely manner than that term indicates), but the depression has also dampened the gypsy lust.