The stupid battery keep blanking out whenever it is my turn to use it at panera. So I have had only a few times this week to blog. Oh! Sure! I could go to the library, but they keep odd hours and buy the time we get back it is usually closed. I could sit outside...in the cold, but as the temp keeps dropping, it is is becoming a less viable option. Anyway....enough of a rant and on to what has happened this week. First: A bald eagle has set us residence between Kalona and Iowa City. It's pretty cool seeing him in the morning circle highway one. At first i thought it was one of the MANY hawks or turkey vultures, but there was no mistaking the white head and tail. He might be migrating, or he might have staked out the local pond where they treat the water. As long as he is able to get food, I imagine he will stay. In other news, I have worked on some more Origami...Nothing special really, just a little larger sculptures. I must say that larger paper is almost as difficult to work with as small stuff.I'm pretty happy with the results. Cheryl likes them but we have no way to display them at the moment. And lastly we have been watching Full Metal Panic. It's a great anime that I have blogged about before. we finally purchased the CD. Have fun watching the intro.
So today I decided I would paint the tree carving and call it 100%totally finished. I'm glad I did! Even Cheryl says it looks better now. At least it doesn't look like a nudist in the front yard. (Remember what she used to look like )I also built a second sawhorse. I should be able to start that next tree carving by the end of this weekend. And lastly, I finally succeeded at wet folding origami. What is wet folding you ask? Its where you take paper and lightly dampen it so it become more ply able, then fold it and as it dries, it holds its shape better. Sounds easy right? Well, I must have made it out to be more complicated than it is. Dampening the paper was a challenge until I took a damp wash cloth and lightly taped the paper until it was uniformly damp. It might not look like much difference, but the shape is solid with no glue. Every similar to the foil paper I usually use. But this is much larger and I should be able to tackle larger projects now. We'll see how the next one folds up. Have a great weekend!
I could go to the library, but they keep odd hours and buy the time we get back it is usually closed. I could sit outside...in the cold, but as the temp keeps dropping, it is is becoming a less viable option. 
Anyway....enough of a rant and on to what has happened this week. First: A bald eagle has set us residence between Kalona and Iowa City. It's pretty cool seeing him in the morning circle highway one. At first i thought it was one of the MANY hawks or turkey vultures, but there was no mistaking the white head and tail. He might be migrating, or he might have staked out the local pond where they treat the water. As long as he is able to get food, I imagine he will stay. In other news, I have worked on some more Origami..
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Nothing special really, just a little larger sculptures. I must say that larger paper is almost as difficult to work with as small stuff.
I'm pretty happy with the results. Cheryl likes them but we have no way to display them at the moment. And lastly we have been watching Full Metal Panic. It's a great anime that I have blogged about before. we finally purchased the CD. Have fun watching the intro.
