My chickens have devised a game using some moon snails I have on the patio from a family trip to Cape Hatteras years ago. For some reason the hens love these shells. Maybe they look like eggs? One hen will pick up a shell from the patio and run with it, while the others follow in hot pursuit. The snail will be stolen several times, and the new carrier chased again. Finally it is dropped and several hens will cluster up together, peck peck pecking all around the shell. I find them all over the yard and put them back on the patio until the next game starts.
Spirals and circles are wonderful shapes. They are everywhere in nature and the cosmos. The Milky Way, seashells, the ripples of water flowing around rocks in a stream or from a skipping stone, the vortex when you stir your tea or let the water out of the bathtub. Trees, of course, are tall and upright. But inside, what do we find? Hidden circles, rings for each year's growth.
Spirals and circles have been appearing in my mandala collages. They are perfect meditative forms.
And speaking of collages, I'm working on a new one which will appear shortly. Till then, happy December!
Heidi
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