Snapshots around the house

Just a collection of updates around the house. Most have been posted before, but its nice to see them all in one spot.

Tribute, charity, Japan

Yesterday I walked by this origami structure blowing briskly in the wind. I brought my camera today to take a picture of it and found two students stringing the strings of cranes back onto the stakes. They explained to me that some students destroyed it last night (as some of the stakes were broken in half and the area was littered with plastic easter egg capsules). I had noticed yesterday the wind had blown some of the strings off the nails and had wondered how it would last through the night, but surely the wind was not strong enough to damage the stakes. Shame. Shame. They explained that it was the School of Architecture fundraiser for Japan; one pays 2 dollars to make an orange (SU colour) origami crane and then it gets strung up on the structure. (and the money is donated to Japan). The two students were working diligently untangling the strings and putting it back together. (These pictures were taken from a distance, before I spoke to the students;-they were working on the other half, not pictured)

Snapshot - The skies have cleared

During the early mornings, my inner craft side emerged and I started playing. This pumped up my productivity and I completed some small tasks.  And I got a chance to test out my still shot photography.

Where the wild things are...

  

A water colour painting by Chaz had been propped up on the mantel for 10 months. Collecting dust. A trip to the attic and the rubber bins revealed an empty black frame that now contains the painting!

Some craftiness, a gaudy mobile. For Lucy, Love mom.

The letter C for Chaz, finally painted. 

 

And my foyer wallpaper & hook. Compliments of BIL for screwing hooks in frame.

Snapshot - A(nother) Snowy Day

  

Who doesn't think of this book on a snowy day!

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats