For a person to blog well, she needs, of course, to have some writing skills. That’s fairly obvious. She also needs to be observant and receptive. She needs to have her eyes and ears and mind open and be ready to receive once THE IDEA presents itself.
I was reminded of these things this week as I readied myself to write the blog you’re about to read. Let me explain…
Several days ago, on the evening of December twenty-first to be more precise, I attended a “Winter Solstice” party that was organized by John, a colleague at AUC. The social gathering was to be held outside, in a large garden area behind a building that is owned by the university. Before joining the group in the backyard, I needed to drop my backpack off at John’s place, so I climbed two flights of stairs and then saw, much to my delight, that his young son had decorated the door leading into the flat with several paper snowflakes, the sort we’ve all made with a pair of scissors and folded paper. Standing there and looking at all those wonderful creations, the thought suddenly hit me: I could write this week’s blog about snowflakes!
A couple of days later, I discovered SnowCrystals.com, a site put together by Professor Kenneth Libbrecht who does research for the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. As you’ll see below, a part of what he does at CIT involves the use of all sorts of high-tech gizmos to take pictures of individual snowflakes. He allows embedding of these images, so I’ve given you a sample of what’s available at his site.
Not to be outdone by Mother Nature, Les Barker makes an adult version of what I saw on John’s door the other evening. A thumbnail gallery of some of his work can be found here. Happy viewing!
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