I Can Only Stay A Minute...

I can only stay a minute - it's sweltering here in mid-Central Calif. A lovely 106 at the moment and the air conditioning is being rendered decidedly ineffective. Fortunately, the house we're in right now has a pool. We've never had anything more than a dough boy pool when the kids were little and that was great for then, but now..........oh Mommy.........a pool will drop your body temperature down so quickly and it will stay like that for hours afterward. It's wonderful! It's a blessing. We lucked out. Among many things that are wrong with this house, the pool is not one of them.

What I've become enamoured of the last week or so are birds. I started making small ones, then as I got a feel for them, they got a bit bigger, and now I want them to have wings, and after I play with the wings for a while I think I'll give them hats or crowns. I like this big one, she reminded me of how birds splash around in my bird bath and make big watery splashes as their feathers fling water up and over them. I think it also reminds me of my kids when they were little and would play for hours outside with the hose. Something so simple could keep them captivated for hours. Simple. It's a gift to enjoy simple things. To not be concerned about anything else, just focus on one thing for a while.

Here are pictures of the flock I've been working on, but now I'm going to take a break and refresh. I'll be back soon.

Kate