Sunday, July 24, 2011

We are expecting

We are EXPECTING!!!! I know, I know pretty crazy isn't it??
 I really don't want to believe it myself.
 I wasn't going to put it on here, because it will be obvious soon enough, but thought I needed to make it official.
 So now you know, its official.
 We are expecting another hot day tomorrow!!
 Wait! What did you think I meant!?!?

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Giant wind chimes under the bridge



Aarhus - Pedestrians may be surprised by the sounds they hear as they approach a foot-bridge in Denmark, for a large interactive wind chime now hangs beneath the span.
Chimecco, a 600-pipe wind chime, was created by artist Mark Nixon as part of the third annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibit in Aarhus. The design was chosen as one of the winners, from a competition which brought in more than 350 submissions, and Nixon and his assistants spent about a month putting it together. The anodized aluminium pipes vary in length from 120mm (about five inches) to 3750mm (over 10 feet), and are attached to the underside of the bridge. "Chimecco hides silently beneath the bridge in the forest until activated by human movements or the wind causing it to sing, dance and play with the senses," Tree Hugger quoted Nixon as saying. People can activate some of the chimes from below. World Architecture News reported that Chimecco is based on three conceptual ideas. The idea of music and interaction as a catalyst for conversation and play is one concept. As a non-visual object, it will reveal itself by sound at times, and other days it may be passed by unnoticed. It can also be played from below, creating a condition of performers and audience. It allows creation through a combination of human and natural movement. Nixon was chosen as one of three artists followed during the construction of their art for a Danish television documentary about Sculpture by the Sea. "It's all about play really, and we want people to play with the work and enjoy looking at the work," he said in the film footage. "It's very basic really. It's a very basic thing just to make people smile." His website includes several photos of Chimecco during construction and completed. FVL Media has a 360-degree panorama of the chimes, including sounds. Chimecco is for sale at the price of €26,000 (£23,000 - $37,000). A gallery including all of the pieces in the 2011 Sculpture by the Sea can be viewed online.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308960#ixzz1RkGtL81P

Monday, July 4, 2011

Firecracker wannabe's

Firecrackers by chicken eggs.
 
When JJ and I first got married we had to find 
a house with plenty of room... 
My three children
and his 2 he had custody of at the time
(2 to follow soon).
we found a home with 2 stories and plenty of room
However,  the former tenant left
200 doz. chicken eggs deep in the basement
For over 6 months the house was vacant, so that means I have no idea how long those eggs were there 
or for what purpose that many eggs had
Told all of them, carry them outside and put in the
burning barrel.  Wrong move
wrong wrong
do not ask 3 teenaged girls and their boyfriends to 
get rid of that many eggs
They had a pitching contest  and it sounded 
like WWW3  was going on out there.
One sniff told me what had happened.
phew...
Put them in a pile cover them with boards and burn them.   Hurry...
WRONG Move...
AGAIN
Advice to the readers!!!
do not burn rotten eggs.... 
the shells are fragile
They explode...  good thing  the boards were on top  or else someone would of gotten shot!