06-30-14. A trampoline on water with life jackets seems like a good idea.

06-29-14. One way that we use Harold's desk chair now.

06-28-14. Relief carving of Vishnu at Prasat Kravan, an ancient temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

06-27-14. More fangs.

06-26-14. Snowflakes on my mini-backpack.

06-25-14. Fangs.

06-24-14. Hairpins.

06-23-14. Celebration.

06-22-14. Ponge as Will-o'-the-Wisp, a 1947 painting by Jean Dubuffet.

06-21-14. Root beers.

06-20-14. Tightrope walkers.

06-19-14. Ugly duckling: the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes).

06-18-14. One of my tubes of oil paint.

06-17-14. Icicles.

06-16-14. Sea lions resting on a buoy.

06-15-14. Drunken sailors.

06-14-14. An Avocado DiCaprio donut from J.CO Donuts in Indonesia.

06-13-14. Telescopes.

06-12-14. Cyclops.

06-11-14. Barbapapa lunchbox.

06-10-14. "Big Hot Tub", a 2005 painting by Barrie Cooke.

06-09-14. "Half Wink Chucker", a 2013 artwork by Jim Gaylord.

06-08-14. Illustration of Sherlock Holmes by Jonathan Barry.

Bumpheads with Frogs (222)

"Bumpheads with Frogs (222)", oil on canvas, 24x24". For sale on Etsy.

A parrotfish has a hypothetical encounter with a frog. The frog is a crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora), one of the only frogs that can tolerate salt water. The parrotfish is a green bumphead (or humphead) parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum). I brought the two together when I randomly selected the Parrot Fish color (a bluish green, #222 in Naomi Cuno's Colorscape book) and the encyclopedia topic of frogs and toads. Both species are found in the waters of southeast Asia. They would most likely come into contact among the aquatic roots of mangrove trees. Juvenile parrotfish sometimes seek out such environments for protection as they mature. A juvenile bumphead is depicted in the upper left of the painting. The coral reef habitats of the adult parrotfish are sometimes found directly beyond the coastal mangroves.

06-07-14. Maxwell, age 1 year + 11 months.

06-06-14. "Blue Lagoon", a 1989 painting by Julian Dashper.

06-05-24. Maxwell playing with the Noah's ark matching toy at our library this January.

06-04-14. One-ton weight from a 2009 artwork by Chris Burden.

06-03-14. Sensitive cowboy.

06-02-14. "Time Warp", a 2013 artwork by Jessica van Brakle.

06-01-14. Leftover pizza.