Fish and art. Or art and fish.

Well, this is a novel art form involving fish and staining. It is the work of Japanese artist Iori Tomita. New World Transparent Specimens

Falling from the skies

Strange goings on in Arkansas and now Louisiana with birds falling out of the sky in their thousands and 100,000 fish washed up on the Rio Arkansas riverbank…Hundreds more birds fall from the sky – this time in Louisiana

Contraptions and fish…

The ‘contraptions’ are now installed to control traffic both to calle El Barrio from calle Diputacion and towards the Balcon de Europa, although the poles on their own would not be enough as it would be easy to go round them, even in a lorry. Either more sunken poles will be added or the shincrushers will remain.

No fish today…

Ten o’clock this morning and the Guardia Civil were down on avenida Castilla Perez, at the junction with calle Diputacion, bagging-up all the fish being offered for sale by the regular street vendors. Discounting the theory that the Guardia Civil fancied a big breakfast fry-up, either the fish were deemed to be immature or too small – they looked pretty …

Tern over

Animals are not much different from humans in many ways, except maybe a bit better behaved as a general rule. Nice pictures of a young tern biting off a bit more than he could chew….Ambitious bird… Mother tern looks like she just can’t believe her eyes.

Parade of gnashers

Don’t know about ‘dark alley’ but don’t think I would fancy meeting any of these in any sort of space under any lighting conditions. 10 Most Diabolical Fish on Earth

Typical!…

A no fishing zone, so plenty of them about. Typical!

Informative…

Down on the Balcón de Europa today was a stand run by the Junta de Andalucía, it’s purpose being to inform people about fish. And very interesting it was too!

‘In Cod we Trust’

The Commerce Department of Vélez-Málaga Council is planning a week long campaign, starting tomorrow, to promote the consumption of fish in the community. The Council intends to promote the healthy benefits of eating fish and the campaign has the slogan ‘Pescado siempre…, por ti, por los tuyos, por un municipio saludable’ – ‘Fish … always, for you, for your family, …