A tropical fish group that I belong to has a photo contest with a specific subject each month. February is Castles. Some members are posting pics of actual castles in England. For my entry, I'm taking a different angle. *wink* Here's a new photo of my crown-tail betta, Bengal in his tank. You might remember when I got him last summer.

    A few more photos from the decoy show. There was quite a few sandpipers & such, which I don't believe were ever hunted & a lot of the others were mounted on blocks, so they were unusable for hunting. It seems that there is a movement towards making & viewing decoys as artwork, rather than their original purpose, which is certainly fine with me. Some of the vendors made more of an effort at a pleasing display, such as the one above, which the antique dealer made quite dramatic.

    One lady had a son who made mostly fish decoys. I suppose they would rightly be considered sculptures, as they would be useless in attracting fish. Some of them were life sized and they were all expertly carved & detailed.That's a muskie in the middle of the pic above, it was nearly a meter long & very well done. He also had some waterbugs & other small unusual creatures, but I liked the fish the best. They were one of my favorite things of the entire show.