The colours of the Sydney Fish Markets

The Sydney Fish Markets are a rainbow of delight...

from the silver slivers of the Atlantic salmon...

 to the golden eyes of the orange sea bass.

Then there's the gentle pink hues of the New Zealand snapper ...

And the luminous emerald of the Green-lipped mussel...

Not forgetting the gentle baby pink underbelly of the octopus.

There's lemon delight yellow...

And the sunset hues of the tiger prawn...

... the electric swimmer crab blue...

...and the golden earthy shells of the oyster

... freshly shucked...

...and garishly garnished to go.

And adding to the colour is the perennial pelican...

and the ubiquitous seagull in search of a morsel, a soupçon...a tidbit.   

And the biggest surprise of all...

My boat!

Frannie xx     

© 2014 Francesca Muir
All taken with iPhone 5

The art of the Greek fishing boat

A caïque (GREEK: καΐκι, kaiki, from TURKISH: kayık ), is the term for a traditional fishing boat  found in the waters of the Ionian and Aegean Seas

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Traditionally it's a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail

Most caïques are painted white to counter the powerful sun, with the strakes and topsides painted in vivid chromatic colors

 

The name of the boat is artistically painted or carved on a tablet on the planking below the bow

Each caïque is unique. 
Most are built from memory
and without plans

 

The bow post distinguishes the caïque from other 

Mediterranean working boats

Today the caïque is still used for fishing and trawling

And my favourite?

These little caïques made by

designer and artist

Eleni Patsaki