I imagine these aren’t the same things as what I posted yesterday, but they look pretty similar to me. This was photographed at the Chinese Gardens in downtown Portland.
Tags: chinese garden, daily photo, Photography, statue, wood
Writing
Upcoming Fiction
My story “Groob’s Stupid Grubs,” a story of a goblin’s hopes for his idiot children, is available in Black Gate 15.
Currently Writing
I recently finished the first draft of a YA novel called Takedown Notice set in the net-mage universe of my stories “Captain Blood’s B00ty” and “One Click Banishment.” What happens when the Magical Association of Atlantis finally gets the upper hand against the net mages in the spell program copyfight?
Actually they are the exact same thing.
I posted yesterday to the LJ side but maybe you didn’t see that.
The Japanese version is shishi — the chinese is foo dog — but they are both Buddha temple guardians (originally) which began life from India depictions and who eventually transformed from dogs to lions because as symbols they were adopted by the wealthy. What you are looking at is a male foo dog. They protect against negativity.