Days Forty-six to Fifty: 12/22/2020 to 12/26/2020 Ten Paper Cranes Flying With Butterflies

 


Days 46-50:  Ten paper cranes beaded & flying with butterflies = halfway through one strand.  There will be 20 to a strand, 50 strands in total = 1000 paper cranes.  A handful of paper cranes have flown away to new homes & new origami paper was given as a gift from Jeremy so some new designs will be popping up.  On day 49 I enjoyed stringing up a backyard light show.  The backyard is one of my favorite places to be with the sounds of children playing at the park, the birds that consistently fly over head & travel to our birdhouses or nest in the trees, and the daily fetch/tug of war with the pups.  It is not unusual to hear the neighborhood dogs talking, the stray cats hissing, and the view from the deck has been amazing. 





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