Owls seem to be quite fashionable as of late, and I’m in
support of their popular resurgence. I appreciate their classical association with Athena, they are beautiful
birds of prey, and they have curved faces that concentrate sound (much
like a satellite dish concentrates a signal). Awesome.
Given my enthusiasm you can imagine my double delight when I found this charming pair of
owls with old tea light candles inside of them on the swap shelves at le dump. After cleaning them up they looked like
this:
I’m not a candles
person, so how best to use these glass containers? My natural inclination was to make them into
planters, and with the leftover moss from a centerpiece I did just that.
It seemed fitting that owls should perch on the bookshelf, out of direct sunlight of course! Maybe their steady gaze over the shoulder of the reading chair will help us attend to our studies...
Aside from owls, another awesome thing from a strictly freestyler point
of view, is the start-of-September move time. Good weather, the end of summer
sublets, and the start of new leases means Cambridge is on the move. Labor Day weekend’s good weather this year
also saw 'yard sales' springing up on front steps and sidewalks, such fun to
peruse, even though I don’t aim to spend money on miscellany. Stay tuned for the results from our walkabouts….