Oyster? I hardly knew her!

Talking with a customer Saturday about the patterns I'd made specially for Anacortes--crab, octopus, sea otter and pelican--she says, You should do oysters! They're really popular here too!

Oysters? The little blobby lumps of calcareousness, filled with what looks like snot?

Oh, I've seen really cute drawings of oysters, with little eyes and... but that's not really your style, is it?

Yeah, no.