Author: Elaine
Evening Sky
Money Ring
When I was a kid, I used to fold this ring out of one dollar bills. This Money Origami Site has a lot of other tutorials as well.
Fire from a Can of Coke and a chocolate bar
In the “you can find anything on the web” category, here is a tutorial on how to make a fire from a Coke can and a chocolate bar.
Halo
Jean Benelli’s Chicken Coop
The best chicken coop ever via Notes from an Ordinary Life.
The Crud
After four days of suffering from some low level respiratory bug, I seem to be well this morning. Lody will be pleased: she has been trying to tell me that even middle-aged, sedentary Collies need an occasional walk. Every morning I have promised her walkies, and then thought better of the idea while doing barn chores and realizing that Colorado suffers from a serious lack of oxygen. My must-do list of barn chores is quite short, and if I can’t get through them without feeling winded and exhausted, then I figure I must be sick. I don’t respond well to cold medicines, so I am limited to whining a lot and feeling sorry for myself when I get cold symptoms.
Afternoon clouds
As spring progresses, the afternoon clouds are starting to look a lot more interesting.
Raise Havoc
My trainer took this photo a few days ago of Havoc, her 24 year old Thoroughbred. I can still remember how thrilled I was the first time she asked me if I wanted to ride him, twelve years ago. I leased him briefly before I bought Hap, and he is probably the best trained horse I have ever ridden. I still go back to him occasionally as a schoolmaster, because if you can’t get Havoc to do something, it is definitely operator error.
Another Sign of Spring
Saturday, a friend and I walked out to look for prairie anenomes, also known as windflowers or pasque flowers, and found a hillside filled with them.