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Origami #23 & #24

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November's Challenge keeps trundling on like a big lorry with the handbrake off on a gentle decline doing lots of trundling.

Again, two pieces of origami today. First up an owl….

Closely followed by a walrus….

If only Edward Lear had been doing origami….

The Owl and the Walrus went to sea,

In a beautiful pea-green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

Wrapped up in a five pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

And sang to a small guitar,

“Oh Walrus, Walrus, get off the boat,

You're a fat f***er, take the car!”

 

 

Origami #21 & #22

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Again, due to a busy night of meeting parents at school, the amazing gift of two pieces of origami at once.

#21 is a lovely swallow…

And for contrast and just to show that origami is not just all lovely pretty stuff, #22 is a badass ninja throwing star…

Also, running in conjunction with November's Challenge of origami is, of course, Movember. Cue the slightly worrying looking fella with a dodgy moustache…..

 

Origami or Kirigami….you decide!

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Today's piece of traditional Japanese paper folding, #19, a horse, required cutting *shocked face*. I was slightly perturbed by this, to the point where I nearly scrapped the horse idea. That was until I found out, thanks to Twitter, that origami with cutting is actually called Kirigami. So I thought, what the eck, let's give it a go….

The result was a rather funky looking horse….

 

Dragon Running

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Today….#18 in the origami challenge….and one of my favourites of the month so far. A rather 'difficult' but impressive looking dragon…

This came after another very muddy run round the woods on a lovely bright, if somewhat, cold and frosty morning.

And it was very muddy….

Also, a visit to Lincoln this afternoon means I have some new socks, as I think these ones have just about had it….

 

Origami #17 and some general wonderings….

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Over halfway through November's Challenge and it feels like I have been creating paper stuff for months. I'm also very aware that a blog post about a piece of paper folded up a ridiculous amount of times to create something that may or may not look like what it is supposed to look like may be beginning to get slightly tedious. So today's blog is being expanded into, to quote the blog's tagline, 'general wonderings'.

Firstly, let me get the whole origami thing out the way. Been creating a lot of animals lately so how about another box…..only 23 steps, but classed as 'difficult'….a starbox….#17….

The day started off with a run around Bourne Woods with the dog, left at about 9am, it felt pretty mild out for a November morning. I was ready for a lovely muddy run on the trails – and that was exactly what I got. At one point it was so muddy that the dog had to stop to check I was going to follow him. Came back caked in mud, trainers are on radiator to dry out, me thinks same again in the morning.

After a shower I had a walk into town to visit the Post Office to send a parcel. That was an experience. What is it with people that go to the Post Office? The people behind the counter are slow enough, but the people going up to the counter are worse. They go to the window with what seems like a letter to post and end up filling in a form, asking endless questions, counting money, paying by card, and then you hear them say “just one more thing my love”…..argh! I needed a visit to Costa just to relax…..

This evening I donned my wellies for a short stroll around Elsea Woods before it got to dark. I was greeted with a lovely early evening sky…..

For the rest of the evening I will be avoiding 'Strictly Come Dancing' and eating beef!