Quilted in Oregon

Stitched Snail

[quilt detail]

Thank you, Sandy!!!
[She visited Sisters, OR and took in the Outdoor Quilt Show. 
The one day annual event attracts 12,000 people!] 

http://www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/

Mammoth Site: One more photo!

Members of a guided tour look down on the 

excavation work being done

at Mammoth Site.

This one's for you, Vicky!

Monumental

Mount Rushmore Snail

[Along the trail at the base of the memorial.] 

Okay . . .  so this might be a stretch.
But it caught my eye.

Here's more about Mount Rushmore National Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm

Very Old

On vacation in the Black Hills area this past week, we spent a few hours at Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, SD.

A sink hole formed about 26,000 years ago. It filled with water. Thirsty animals fell in and couldn't get out. With time, this filled in and was preserved.
When a plan for land development scratched the surface in 1974, its value was quickly realized! 

As we toured the rim of the excavation an international group of folks from Earthwatch was . . . carefully . . . slowly . . . working to uncover bones . . .  all within a beautiful building. Pretty impressive. 

http://www.mammothsite.com/

Here's more information about the volunteer group working at the site during July.

http://www.earthwatch.org/default.aspx

The fossil bones of Columbian and woolly mammoths 
are found scattered throughout the sinkhole. Snails were discovered at the edge!
 

Long Ago Snail

[photo taken through a glass display case and a magnifier]

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Efficient

Day 82
Challenge: Create a new kind of utensil. 
Functional or not, document it in use. 

    Patent Pending Snail                            In Use

Big

A tiny picture of something big:

Galaxy Snail

 

Taken on 7/17/12 from 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070329-supernova.html

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This shows the 
beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 5584. 

NGC 5584 was first spotted as a faint glow 

in the constellation of Virgo by the great visual observer 

E. E. Barnard, back in 1881

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It measures 50,000 light-years across 

and lies 72 million light-years away toward the constellation Virgo.

Taken on 7/19/12 from 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110330.html

Note: You will discover beautiful high resolution images at the following Website:

http://hubblesite.org/ 

Happy galaxy gazing!

I Did It !

On Saturday, July 14th, I participated in my first 5K race!

What a fine thing it is to set a goal

and work to attain it.

Hard to explain.

But 

powerful

in my mind.

Details:

Venue: Henning, MN Plozine Run/Walk

Fuel: bagel, peanut butter, honey, banana slices

Strategy: walk/run, repeating as needed

Time: 40:49

Favorite Things: 
The chip on my shoe!

http://running.about.com/od/racetraining/f/chiptime.htm

MY number, 37, held with four safety-pins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_pin

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[How's that for a contrast in technology?!!!]

          . . . . .
Running next to lawn sprinklers along the way.
Being out in the country under the sky . . . greetings from crows and cardinals.

My power-walking sister-in-law, Faith, cheering me on! 

"Go, Girl!"

[She improved her time over her first race, last year!]

Seeing Colleen and Faith as I reached the finish line . . .  and knowing, I DID IT!
 Finishing in the chute.
Watermelon slices after the race!

Thank YOU

friends and family:

for all the good wishes,

for encouragement,

and for helpful 

suggestions!

I did it!

Possibilities!

What new thing do you imagine you could do? 

Learn about it. Set a goal. Enlist support.

Think you can.

What Did You Say?

Day 76

Challenge: Make something inspired by and/or 
that fits on or around an ear.

Ear Snail

 [Background Iris Photo by C.F.]

A Truth About Snails:

"Snails don't have ears [or even one ear!!!] but instead use their bottom set of tentacles to pick up sound vibrations in the air."

Taken on 7/12/12 by DF from http://animals.about.com/od/mollusks/ig/World-of-Snails/Snail-2.htm

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3 Snails in 1 Day

Chalk Board Snail

 Dear B-Family, you turn

crackers-and-cheese-on-the-patio 

into a PaRtY!!!

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Onion Snail

Q: How many total ways in the world can there be a snail?

A: We will never know!

 :)

Thank you, E.T.!

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Big Stone Sculpture Garden              Snail                 

Mini Golf                                  

FuN!!! Check out the Website:     bigstoneminigolf.com/                         

Brewed

Day 91
Challenge: Use coffee, in some form.

 Coffee Snail No. 1

[mostly painted]

Coffee Snail No. 2
[mostly dripped]

Notes:

As I worked, I made up little techniques for controlling area and intensity.

I am, once again, curious to work in the fluid land of watercolor!

That is a nice surprise.

Kudos to those artists who jump into watercolor with both feet!

 I name four, here:

Ellen Eilers, the neighborhood artist of my childhood  . . . and now everyone's artist!

http://elleneilers.com/

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The late Dr. G. Korte, our talented and patient watercolor instructor.

St. Cloud State College

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Joyce Young, Hutchinson's own!

http://www.twinbirchgallery.com/artist.html 

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 Marion Caroline, whom I met recently at Gallery North in Bemidji.

http://www.gallerynorthbemidji.com/artists/8/marion-caroline

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Today

A short story for the Right Brain:
Today I ran/walked a 5k on the treadmill in the cool basement!
'Nothing record breaking or award winning . . .  but I did it!  :)
It felt GrEaT! 


Information for the Left Brain:

3.2 miles

41:16 minutes
average 4.5 mph
average 12.0 minute mile 
301 calories burned

Note to Self: 'Nice job incorporating your coursework themes.
Another Note to Self: The Henning 5K is just 11 days away!
    
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    Today I took pictures of these two garden snails!
       
                       Thank you, E!
                                    


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Today I, once again, began creating a snail!

It will be an answer to the Day 91 challenge: Use coffee.

I have two ideas in the works:

1. Painting with coffee.

2. Concentric coffee stains.

I'll post pictures soon!

[How would you use coffee?]

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