Burdog
One day recently a friend was standing on the porch of The Beekman removing burdock burrs from his jacket—stragglers from an early-morning walk around the farm.
Not being from the country, he had no idea that trying to remove the burrs (which inspired the creation of velcro half a century ago) while wearing wool gloves would only make the sticky situation worse.
Michael Whaling happened by the farm at just the right moment to come to the rescue. Being both an artist and a naturalist, Michael never wastes an opportunity to create something from nature.
The result: charming little sculptures easy enough for any-aged child to make
After assembling the basic shape, you can fine-tune the sculpture by mashing in some of the burrs. Michael used some of the silky hairs from some nearby milkweed pods to create “fur”
We look forward to seeing what ideas you come up with.
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Oh, how funny. And cute!
Creative minds……
We used to play with them as kids, just stacking them as high as we could, and making balls – you could throw them at someone in a sweater and they’d stick. Not as much fun pulling/combing them out of horses’ manes and tails though……..
Hi, Linda
We haven’t even tried getting them out of PolkaSpot’s fur yet. That’s going to be a challenge
Just to say the book was a thoroughly enjoyable scamper. Wonderful slings and bouquets, terrific shadings on the facets that make up a relationship. One trusts that the beauty of differences still holds true and that the Partnership is still a mingling of spirit and verve. As we say over there,Bless your Hearts, a totally non-religious laying on of hands!
Thank you David! Very glad you liked it. You write very well yourself.
The Amish call them hitch hikers. Horses tails become Gladiator clubs.
The Amish call them “hitch hikers”. Horses tails become Gladiator clubs.