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Testing new ideas: mandalas and more

6/19/2022

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mandala of natural materials: whirligigs in a circle with a red maple leaf at the bottom. In the center, small clusters of twigs
It was so cold on our walk this morning, we weren't surprised to see five ducklings huddled together on the edge of the pond. They jostled and poked and climbed on one another until settling into mound of down ... fluffy, warm, and camouflaged.

This morning I created natural mandalas from foraged materials on our walk.

This red maple mandala came about from the whirligigs (or helicopters if that's what you call them) that have littered the landscape for weeks. They've finally stopped falling and until today I'd only seen them as a nuisance.

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Cathy
6/23/2022 04:29:21 am

I had to look up what a mandala is. I learned something new today! I most likely won't look at helicopters the same from now on.

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Chrissy link
6/23/2022 08:44:00 am

Me neither! They've clogged the gutters and covered the walkways and were seemingly everywhere and it felt like it would never end, but like you, I now see them in a new light.

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