Friday, February 12, 2010

beach treasure

i am lucky enough to live by the beach, i take thanks in this everyday, but most especially on the days i find some great beach treasure. the other day i was at the beach and i saw a fluffy blue thing floating around in the shallows. on closer inspection i found it to be the carcass of a bird with all its insides gone, a few bones still attached and a beautiful plumage of blue and white. So me being me and because i am working on a project involving feathers i decided i should keep it. so i ripped the bones off and kept the feathers. the whole thing is now drying in the sun and hopefully i will be able to pull the feathers off it once its dry. its kinda gruesome i know but where else i am going to get blue feathers from a natural source without paying $80 for a piece. well the beach thats where. and well i consider any recycling to be good recycling so why not. and it made my day very happy to be able to do that.

peace