Subsiding Snow

As this last (and final, hopefully) batch of snow melts, it is creates interesting pattens. It reminds me of some sort of animal hide.

bumps

In the morning, Boston was coated with ice which had fallen a partial rain and partial snow last night. When I arrived at school, I found the parking lot covered with an amazing texture. Even the grass was encapsulated for the morning. My students enjoyed a game of ice hockey using feet and a stone.

A Few Days!

Hi all,

Between trying to buckle down to get some work done and feeling quite unhappy about the week's vacation zipping by, I haven't blogged for a few days. Here are some highlights of life since Wednesday:

I enjoy Art from Pushing Buttons and Turning Dials and took the suggestion to download Sterlingware. This is my first playing around with that software.
It snowed again. I went outside to take a picture of the patterns created by a thin layer of snow melting around the salt spread on the road, and my camera caught the reflection of the flakes as they fell. The snow was Hollywood quality with iridescent reflections and fluffy lightness.My mom got the blackout cloth lining for Rose's room project going. The material had been sitting on my projects table for a while. Hope I can jump on it in order to get the curtains back up in her room.I took a drive up to Nashua, NH to pick up some parts bins that I found on Craig's List. We had to get Reena's car from the shop which was part of the way there. Otherwise it would have been a crazy use of gas and time to go and get a few parts bins. It felt nice, however, to hit the open road.

Frosty

Before I left for my art class last night, my dad opened his birthday card. Good old Albert!


On the way to class, I passed this drain in the road. Two tennis balls have become lodged in it either on purpose or by accident. Who lurks beneath the surface?
This morning frost coated many surfaces. I took Rose outside for a quick look at the many patterns provided for a short time by nature.
Mom and Rose shared some special time on the couch. I took a video, but probably the picture will do.

I see spots

Every day, the sun drives through the small holes in the blinds in our bedroom. These small rays spread out based on the angle the sun hits the blinds and either makes tightly focused circles or more spread out ovals. Today, there must have been a tree between the sun and our shades because the swaying limbs were caught in our own pinhole camera. The lined up dots triggers my interest in patters, and I finally took a picture of them today. In the future, I will take these images with a tripod to get a non-fuzzy image. Also got Rose sitting in our bed because she was up and we did not want to get up.

Weights, colors, and more ice!

Today, I went on a walk to do some errands. Rose in the stroller, we navigated our way around the local businesses. Ice is still everywhere, and especially with all the melt run-off and night time freezing, it is quite slick out there. I do love the patterns and forms that ice makes. Endless varieties.
This is our driveway. Snow melts and runs into the sidewalk and any shoveled area we have created. We now have a two inch thick pad of ice slowly moving its way down our property. It is the Freedman-Riles glacier!
I know many of my recent posts have been about ice and snow. Winter here is quite intense. However, today I noticed the leaf buds swelling on some trees. Well, I didn't see the swelling happen, but they are bigger than they were before. Spring will happen. I can't wait to see the first shoots of crocuses poke through soil and any remaining snow to paint the dull landscape with fresh bursts of color.
I visited a local Goodwill today to check out baby clothes. I love how they organized the woman's section by color. It is a palette in fabric.
Today, Rose hung out with me in her bathroom as I filled the humidifier tanks. We have a weight to keep the door open when the windows are open (not for a while has that happened!). Rose decided to pump some iron.

Patterns

This is a game I got for Reena early on. Her office has lots of toys for students and adults to fiddle with. Love ebay!

Expansion Joint

Clippings, indeed

Hey all,

I hope people are catching on to the daily posts and enjoying them. If so, please let me know by making a comment now and then. I'd love to hear from you. I added a service to see where people are located who look at my blog. Barcelona? Who dat?

Today's post reflects what I suspect the nature of this spurt of blog activity will be. Some art, some fun, some mundane...
On the mundane edge, I found my side view mirror cracked this morning. Whether from the intense cold of last night or by foul play, I don't know. It is very disconcerting, though, to watch cars pass from one segment of the mirror to the next.

As I was driving around today, I saw this sign encouraging folks to walk upside down or to do fancy ski tricks.My penchant for patterns was satisfied by a trip to the hardware store. Had to return some hose clamps of the wrong size for a project I was doing and pick up some brushes for a school art project. The pipes caught my attention.One of the blogs I read, Art from Pushing Buttons and Turning Dials, has some of my favorite art out there. I was inspired by recent posts to play with a picture I took of copper pipes.