Working With Wire

 Day 34

Scribble Scribble Snail

Guest Artist: My Dad

Many years ago my father disposed of 

a box spring, 

in the process gifting us 

with this outdoor hanging sculpture! 

It is a JoY in every season . . .  capturing leaves and icicles . . . inviting birds to perch and squirrels to stash their nuts!

I talked with him by phone just now, enjoying the story once again, of how it came to be.

I am proud to share his art with you.

Scribble Scribble [detail]

'Owning a great many 

pieces of wire,

perhaps down the road

I shall be as inspired

 as my dad.

:)

A Path for People to Follow

Day 31

Autumn Snail

My intentions have been to create a snowy path in a public space.

But as I waited for a fresh snow cover I was watching the few patches we have . . .  melt away!

For that reason, and because it is a fun memory for me to share, I offer this back yard photo taken in October of 2010. 

I invite your imagination to go for a little walk!

Gift of a Snail

Snail on a White Board!

By AM

There is great fun in drawing a spiral!

I invite you to doodle one today.

Q:  Will you begin at the center or from the outside?

A Much Smaller Snail

I just received this email from my brother:

"Today I was checking the alignment on a laser weld station

and instead of blasting random pulses

I made a snail of sorts for you.  

The disk of titanium is a little bigger in diameter 

than a quarter."

His note includes photos that progressively zoom in on his laser artwork, with the last photo including another means of size comparison. 
The snail on that disk is barely eleven times the width of a human hair!!!

Incredible.
And very cool!

Q:  Could a snail be SO small???
A:  YES!


Thanks, dear brother!


NOTE: Photos to follow! [I am currently experiencing a technology growing pain.]  :/

A Snail Song

RB, music teacher and friend, shared this little song early in January through the voices of twenty-three delightful first graders. 

[It is one step in their discovery of the JoY of music.]

What a surprise it was . . . and what fun!

I am learning so much.

For example, RB explained,

unlike most tunes, this music ends on a note that invites us to sing it once more!

Snail in Disguise

3snails@@@HopeIFooledYou.net

Day 29

3 "At" Snails

A true story about this snail:

The "disguised snail" had been giving my brain a real workout for about a week!

Then, from my childhood, came a memory of a gorgeous little plastic doll standing on my grandma's bathroom shelf.

She wore a brightly crocheted gown.

On closer inspection I had discovered she was concealing a spare roll of toilet paper!

Could a snail do the same?
I'm not sure. But here is my attempt . . .

 

 Toilet Paper Snail Disguise

[on hold]

I struggled with a pattern and with the three dimensional challenges of tapering the head and foot at the two ends. It was   s l o w   g o i n g .         I left it.

A day or two later, at work on my computer, I made a typo.

I intended to do this: !!!

but ' hit the Shift with the 2 instead of the 1 

and came up with this: @@@

I saw them at once!  Snails!!!!     [in disguise!!!]

Day 29, complete.

NOTES:

Thank you to all of you dear friends and family who tell me you are stopping by the blog now and then to check out the snails . . .  and the 5k training.

My primary intention was using the blog as accountability to myself.

The reality is: There is GreAt FuN in sharing it and getting ideas and help and encouragement!

Thank you, thank you!

Flying Past the Treasure Shed!!!

This is a new way of thinking for me: 

I'm laying in bed between my 5:24 am alarm and my 6:00 am alarm and I decided to get up and run on the treadmill !

Total Distance 1.4 miles    Averages:  4.7 mph      and a    12 mn. mile   

Leg 2 of my virtual journey to Minnetonka Mud complete and passed!

On to the Crow River Winery, just 2 miles down the road.