Finally Figured it Out

Back in June of 2012, I did a post called "Make an Impression."  It was about making yourself memorable to others.

At that time I talked about the PMC Connection Level 4 class that was taught by Mary Ann Devos.  (Check it out.)  I felt that there was nothing about me that made me stand out.   

The other day I was meeting with Jamie Golob, the education cordinator at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, Florida.  For some reason, as I was driving home from that meeting, my mind wandered again to the idea that I had nothing that made me stand out.  Then it hit me.   I do have something......... the seven rings I wear which include the "Big Honker.  They are definitely noticed and people are always commenting on them.  I hadn't been wearing them much for some reason, but I will now.  It's who I am.  (It only took me nine months to figure it out!)

(Just wish I had young hands to go with the rings...... Oh well, there are lots of years in those hands!)

Florida on my mind

Oh my! My last post was almost two weeks ago. So sorry.

I still haven't done much lately, so there isn't much to share in the metal clay world. But I can share pictures of the birdhouse I'm working on for the Rail to Trails annual fundraiser. There will be 30 birdhouses raffled off that are decorated by local artists. During the month of April some of them will be shown in Franklin and some in Oil City. (Don't ask me where.) Then they will all be at May mart on May 1st.

My theme this year is "Florida on my mind." Since I took my bird house with me to Florida, I was inspired (get this) by the tile in the bathtub. Everywhere you look in Florida there is tile. The roof of the house is painted to look like tile and the sides will have a variety of Florida flora and fauna (along with some from my imagination...... so don't expect everything to be true to life.) Plus, the house down the road had two blue Adirondack chairs that for some reason I really like, so they will be in there.

Of course there has to be lizards (not sure if they are geckos or not) and Ibises (those are birds) plus lots of blue sky. The title is "Florida on my mind." Just love Pine Island. Fishing, golfing and lots of art. My kind of place.

Also, just a little observation on aging from when I was at church the other day. God gives us bad eyes so we can't see the wrinkles and white hair so our scalps don't show as much when our hair thins. (Wish those people who dye their hair black in their old age would realize how much it contrasts with their scalp.) Oh well, just my opinion.

New life

As was stated in the past post, I saw a newborn dolphin in the wild. My friends and I were walking across the bridge at Matlacha, Florida when we spotted the dolphins. There were quite a few dolphins, swimming and jumping. We knew the one dolphin was considerably smaller than the other, but never realized it was a newborn.

The clerk in the nearby gift shop filled us in on the details. Newborns have white under bellies and are nudged up to the surface of the water by their mothers. I assume this is to get air into their lungs, since they are mammals. We saw this going on, but didn't know why. There also were lots of other dolphins swimming around them in the area. We were told these were the "aunts" helping out. What ever the details are, it was an amazing sight. I love seeing animals in the wild. (Saw a couple of wild boars and an alligator too.)

The picture was taken by my friend Debbie. She took a lot of pictures, trying to get a good shot, but those darn dolphins were quicker than her shutter finger. The baby is on the left.