Catch of the Day

  Trinidad Pier

Seascape Restaurant

at the Pier

They hang binoculars

at each table near the windows

and serve a bowl of clam chowder

that is perfectly

good enough for a quick lunch.

Let's see what's going on

down the pier.

It's looking like it was

a wonderful day out at sea.

Bringing in the catch.

Weighing the catch of the day. 

I am wondering about her facial tattoos.

I didn't notice until looking at the photos

once we got home.

   I looked online to see

if there was a Native American

tradition for chin tattoos.

I'll just say that tattoo

  curiosity takes you to some

strange sites on the web ~~~

Anyway,  the only

information I could only find

was this from a National Geographic site.

"Tattooing is enjoying a big renaissance around the world," says Chuck Eldridge of the Tattoo Archive in Berkeley, California. "Native American women in the Northwest are wearing chin tattoos again, reviving a cultural practice from centuries before the white man arrived." 

source:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/online_extra.html

  I have absolutely no idea

whether or not she's Native American

and I hope it's not impropper to wonder

about her tattoos and whether or not it

has a cultural significance. 

I wonder if she would have minded

an honestly curious question.

Would it have even been polite to ask?

 That fish was  40 pounds.

I think these guys were tired.