Isolation Art Puzzle Answer

I want to thank all of you who ventured a guess as to what those three haphazardly stacked pots were. M and M win the most entertaining and imaginative guess. Their submission read "It's obvious, a baked clay sculpture of a World War One Warship speaking tube from the bridge to the engine room!" Bravo!!... an excellent description.

For those of you still interested... the structure is... a self-draining, cascading bird bath. It was created quite by accident. I had emptied the pots and stacked them carelessly in  preparation for putting them away. When I looked at them from a distance, I could see they might have a use this season after all. Picture if you will .... wait, first of all let me tell you each pot has a drain hole dead centre in the bottom. Now picture what would happen if you ran water into the top (tipped to the side) pot.  The pot would fill with water but only to the drain hole level. The water then drains from the top pot, down through the lower pots, and onto the flat base... where it then cascades off.  We will be hooking up the automatic water system to feed the top pot (and keep the water from growing stagnant).  

All you need is water and gravity... lots of that around :-)

That's it for today... have a great day everyone and stay safe, please.  We must all be careful not to relax too soon. There is too much at stake.

Isolation art work

Hello out there in fantasy land... yes, it's me. And I'm hoping you are all well, staying safe, and enjoying all the little joys each day has to offer. We have been busy, tidying up lonely Shannon's Spirit who sits quietly at her dock waiting for not just attention, but the chance to test BC's waters. She hardly knows the place and, now, we've had to cancel most travel and sailing plans for the summer at least.... sigh. Ah well, this time of staying home has popped up other opportunities instead... like working in the garden and catching up with friends by email, Skype, and zoom... marvellous stuff. And, as many of you know, we've been working on 'the book'. More about that later.

For now, today, your challenge is to figure out what the marvellously artistic, well balanced, and delightfully situated artifact in the photo is. It was created quite by accident but... so, what is it? Bye bye for now. CJ. 😀
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Laughter is one of our human gifts...

Hi everyone, I'm pretty sure you're all going through the same angst as we are with respect to our changing world. While there are hundreds of "this is funny" videos, jokes, and stories circulating at a furious rate, we have found one that is, for us, a great way to start the day... with advice from Pluto. If you don't agree, then just delete. If you're already a fan, welcome. If you haven't met Pluto yet, I suggest you start with the oldest one and I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. CJ and K

> Here's a puppy in isolation who shares some advice to help us all get through our days at home...
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> Pluto Living: https://www.youtube.com/user/NJWight
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So what does a Capricorn do while on C-19 ‘stay home’?

Long, long ago... when I was a little girl, we lived in a small and very old house. It was so cool, when mom came home from shopping and I was assigned to deliver the canned goods down the narrow stairs to the dark and spooky basement. There, at the bottom of the stairs, was a carefully laid out collection of cans, ordered and segregated according to content, nestled between the the studs holding up the main floor. It was so easy to see where things went and what we had. The whole set up was only wide enough for one row of cans so you could see exactly what was there.

I've often dreamed of replicating such a system and, voila, yesterday... using a few boards cut to size, it appeared on the wall of our garage (Kathy's side; mine is full). Now, with just a glance, we can select a can of choice, make up a grocery list, or empty a bag of groceries. An even better advantage is that we have now cleared out three cluttered and crowded shelves crammed with who-knew- what cans of food. Our pots and pans are happier in their new quarters.

Should you decide you want something like this, all you have to do is select your favourite Capricorn... and give them the green light!
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Maddie’s First Birthday

Nothing like a 3' chew and a fine leather chair to celebrate a girl's first birthday!
Oh, and a long walk on the river trails, a play at the park, and a visit to the boat, all of her favourite things.
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Graduation...

Who knew?? That cute little puppy in the lime green tunnel would actually graduate from her first course at 8 months old. Now don't get me wrong... she's still a rambunctious, mischievous, sock thieving, stuffy toy destroying, morning cuddler... and/but each day we see glimpses of who she'll be when she grows up. It looks pretty good. So for now... we hide the socks, stick with chew toys and rope dolls... and hang on to the sides of the roller coaster that is raising a puppy. We're also glad we had the summer to introduce Maddie into our life; she s been great.

On another note...you may have noticed I haven't been writing much. We've been working hard on 'the manuscript'. Yes, Vancouver's Women in Blue...is in the final push to completion and gobbling up most of our spare time. And then, of course, there's getting things ready for winter...brrrr. 🥶

So, there you have it... an update of sorts. hope all is well with each of you...and you're warm and cozy as the first winter 'freeze' heads our way. ❄️💨🌬☔️

Adios for now... CJ
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Email hiccups

Hi folks... many of you have been kind enough to subscribe to our blog and receive the postings via email. Yet again, an old posting was sent out via email yesterday. This is a problem with the blog-to-email service that we have been using for years (FeedBurner). We are looking for an alternative service and hope to have it fixed soon. Thank you for your patience. CJ

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