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Corks & Buttons
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2 More links on the theme of "The Medium is the Message".
http://scottgundersen.tumblr.com/ - Who produces art out of old wine corks. I knew there was a reason I was saving my corks.
And there's this video on Vimeo in which artist Ashley Hackshaw creates a portrait of Frida Kahlo out of buttons - time laspe photography shows how she did it. I've seen better, but it's good to watch the process.
Owls, Marten, Partridges
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And back just a few days when the cat - exploring a pile of wood on the constantly-repaired parking lot - discovers a strange animal. Dark brown fur, long of body - a weasel, but not quite, and so I look it up. It's a marten. Cute, perhaps a bit out of the cat's league...
And there's a family of partridges - they seem to return every year, 8 this year, they fly and land on the power poles, explore the grass in the condo complex, at work too much to know if they're now regulars or were just passing through.
Tonight - last time for a week to watch the sunset, go up to Nose Hill. And as the sun sets there's an owl that prowls about my head, diving and swooping in the grass, circling above my bench, curious. The net extent of wildlife upon my return.
Back
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And finally back from the vacation and readjusting to life at work.
The vacation, thanks for asking, was terrific - whetted my appetite for all things wild and places unexplored. And there are pages - dozens - to be written up as posts - The Yukon, Alaska, and the drear murder of back-to-work. But these will come in time. For the moment I'm back.
Gone to Alaska
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The blog has been less than regular, what with all the excitement at work and all. But finally it's vacation - with the kid(s?) to Alaska.
3 Weeks prospecting for gold and diamonds.
Then I'll be back, and back to work, so the blog will probably not be updated until mid-September.
Until then, have a great summer.
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