we could all just be friends?
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Abstract Family
I have a sweet friend over at Starshine Chic who wrote this really clever post about taking photos of simple things and turning them into art. Check it out, if you like, but come right back. :}
I was so intrigued by the idea that I just started snapping interesting pictures…you know…
of anything and everything…to see where it went.
Let me just warn you–if you try this, and you should, because it’s dang fun—
you may just find yourself looking at everything around you…
with an odd little tilt to your head…
and suddenly, the strangest things will begin to look like art…LETTER art. And all it takes is a bit of flipping and a little cropping to help everyone see things–the way you do.
See for yourself.
“F”
“A”
“M”
“I”
“L”
“Y”
What do you think? Cool–eh?
Try it–and be prepared to suddenly see things very differently.
Good luck!
I’m off to find a pretty little frame…and amaze people.
heh.
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Summer Sprinkles
So, being the good, kind, benevolent Grammy that I am–I finally, finally got the old floppy, crinkled, ridiculous Snap-Set pool out for the baby birds. It might not look so big to you–but it took about a million hours to fill the sucker up. We let it sit in the sun forever to nudge the water a bit warmer than the Artic-Snow setting it started out with.
Oh, the Lilliputians loved it all right. In fact, since it was about 145 degrees in the shade–
they wasted no time and dove right in…
and promptly…
began…
to empty it. After all my work. Sheesh…
What the heck?!
Ahhh…well. Who could argue with that cute little face?
Ha! Mother Nature–that’s who!
Atta girl…heh, heh, heh.
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Hula Hoop Tutorial
No, no. I’m not going to show you how to use a Hula Hoop. That would be incredibly humiliating for me and extremely unpleasant for you. No, no–I’m going to show you how to make your very own Hula Hoop. And not one of those silly things that bend the first time someone blinks at it–but a very sturdy, lasts-nearly-forever one. Beat that.
All you need are three simple things:
Polypipe
Connectors
Duct Tape
I went to Home Depot and asked for 10 feet of Polypipe and the man said, “Sorry ma’am. It only comes in 100 ft. rolls.”
Wow. Luckily, it was only $13.00 for the whole 100 foot roll. That’s enough to make 10 Hula Hoops! What a great activity for a little kids birthday party, huh?
Ask the nice HD man to give you 1 connector for each hoop you want to make. They cost about 65 cents each.
Directions:
Measure out about 10 feet of pipe and cut it. If you have pipe cutters, that works best. I didn’t have any handy so I used a bread knife. Be really careful to cut only the pipe!
Dip one end of the pipe in boiling water to soften it up a bit…
then press the connector in and push it to the middle line.
Now do the same thing with the other side–warm it then push it on to the other side of the connector until you almost can’t see the connector at all anymore.
Now tear strips of duct tape and wind it around your hoop. This will add a bit of extra weight and will make your Hula Hoop dang cute.
Keep winding until you have covered the whole hoop and don’t worry about wrinkles in the tape–you’ll never notice them.
Now I’d love to show you our adorable Hula Hoops in action, but alas, Chompy is only 2 and wasn’t quite sure what we wanted her to do so you’ll have to use your imagination.
But be aware…
they do make nice Fairy Rings for the Wood Sprites.
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What To Send A Boy…
who is hanging out in Siberia for a couple of years? I wasn’t quite sure so…
I asked him what he was particularly missing these days. He said, “Protein.”
Apparently, these guys spend a bit of time doing service for the elderly to help them keep up their gardens. For some, it’s nearly all the food they have.
In Siberia–according to the artist-formerly-known-as-the-bald-kid…
folks walk right out their back doors and pick a few strange, leafy things from the garden…
come in the house and wash them, cut them all up and put the unknown greens in a bowl.
The bald kid’s been handed this mystery salad many, many times now. When he asks what–exactly, it is, the answer is always the same.
“Dinner.”
He’s a brave, adventurous fellow and is thoroughly enjoying himself–as well as the food–in this far away place. Told me in his letter the other day that he’s becoming a big fan of Borsch, and now and then there are even meat balls.
So–the care package is on it’s way.
It will take between two to three months to reach him, but I’ll have a few more in line to go by then.
In the meantime–his kind, sweet letters remind me how blessed we are in this country, in so many ways, and how grateful I am to have such a good, caring young man to call my son.
Be well and strong my boy. Enjoy the sunshine.
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