Inspiration Behind the Name
I thought a good way to start off my long awaited entry into the world of blogging would be to explain why I chose to call my blog La Dolfina. It all started with scoring a treasure... a strange looking creature that I couldn't quite identify. In fact, for many years, my husband and I debated about whether it was a dolphin or a koi fish. I'd always maintain that it was a sort of mythical dolphin and he'd insist I was wrong. Anxious to put an end to our argument, I went to the internet to find out once and for all what this exotic fish was called. As it turned out, I was right! It was, in fact, a mythical dolphin with a long and storied history. "Just as the Lion is the king of beasts, the Eagle the king of birds, so in similar heraldic sense the Dolphin is the king of fishes." My obsession with these mythical dolphins grew and continued to capture my imagination. I would delight each time I discovered a new one to add to my growing collection....