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Something in the Air

Last year, every time I enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife stalking during my morning walks along the greenway, I longed for the day Lizard would be able to join me and enjoy these same amazing sights and experiences.

He retired in December, but persistent pain and Parkinson's prevented him from joining me for morning walks and even bike rides for months. New medication in September enabled him to regain some of the things Parkinson's had stolen from him, and by the end of September, he was walking with me almost every day. At first, he'd walk just a block or so, but each week he tried to extend the length of his walk and his endurance.

He's walking up to four miles a day now, and still trying to build back what he can.

The day before my biggest adventure this year, the Raptor Photo Safari, Lizard and I were walking along the river together, marveling at the pink clouds reflecting in the still water when a bird dove from a nearby tree like a bullet straight into the pink water, right before our eyes! We both assumed it must be a kingfisher because we'd seen one very near the same location doing the very same thing twice in the previous couple of weeks. Must be good fishing in this river!


The bird was completely submerged, and we could see movement in the water. Suddenly wings appeared, and both of us gasped because these wings were far bigger than what a kingfisher might sport. The wings flapped against the pink water a couple of times, eventually lifting the bird airborne, and we could see it was an osprey!


Just the day before, I was walking from the train to our car after work when four aircraft circled overhead. The Broncos football game was about to begin, and the pregame show often includes a flyover from the Air Force Base just south of us. We often get to enjoy the aircraft circling overhead in a holding pattern as they await gametime, and this day was no different. I didn't recognize the aircraft this time, and I was juggling to get my camera out of my backpack without spilling my crochet all over the sidewalk when Lizard excitedly approached me to ask if I'd seen the "A-10 warthogs" and if I'd managed to snap a photo. He fervidly described the history of the aircraft as we scanned the sky together, hoping we'd get to see more.

I successfully removed my point-and-shoot without spilling tangles of hand-dyed crochet thread and was zipping the backpack closed when the A-10s made another pass. The point-and-shoot isn't only slow at starting up, it also isn't very good at focusing on moving targets. I wished I'd had the good camera, and I have regretted not carrying the extra weight every day more than once. The A-10s zoomed by without me firing a single shot, and together Lizard and I began searching for a better viewpoint, hoping the aircraft would return one more time.

The next time they approached, the pilots seemed to be trying to get into formation. Lizard commented they were showing off for me. I managed to get a couple of shots, and we could see they were making yet another loop instead of heading downtown toward the stadium. We made our way to higher ground so we could see them again without trees and buildings blocking our view, and I got them in formation on their final pass. Lizard and I made jokes all the way back to the car about the pilots showing off (which, of course, they really weren't).


As the osprey took to the sky, I quickly turned on my point-and-shoot (dang, I hadn't learned my lesson the day before and toted the real camera!!!), but the point-and-shoot wasn't fast enough. To our surprise, the osprey circled, not once, but twice! He (or she) finally found the perfect perch and landed in a nearby tree where we could watch and take still photos. Not a single shot of the fish-toting bird in flight turned out, as expected.

Lizard quipped the osprey was showing off when it circled, trying to make sure we knew it had triumphed over the fish and was going to thoroughly enjoy breakfast.

"I think he knew I didn't bring the good camera, and he was trying to make sure I got a good shot," I teased right back.

"That counts as showing off," Lizard noted.


Later that day, Shaun Wilsey, one of the photographers in one of our online birding groups, posted an awesome shot he'd snagged in Waterton Canyon just hours after our experience. I really need to start carrying my good camera every day!!!

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Heartflake Monday

Pink hearts for Halloween? Is my calendar off?

Perhaps. I didn't have any more scary ideas, and we are near the end of Pink October. I was making a bunch of pink hearts when I realized I had not made a simple crocheted heart motif into a snowflake. I've designed two snowflake heart frames, my Frame Full of Love Heartflake and my Amore Snowframe, and I've designed snowflakes with heart picots, heart buttons, heart openings and heart motifs: Full of Love Heartflake, Heart Strings Snowflake, Accidental Heartflake, Medallion VI Snowflake, I Heart You Heartflake, Hardy Heartflake, Charge of Heart Snowflake, Medallion III Snowflake, Cupid Snowflake, Savannah Snowflake, Heart on My Sleeve Snowflake, Be Still My Heart Snowflake, Queen of Hearts Snowflake, Ambitious Snowflake, and my most popular snowflake ever, Century Snowflake. But never a flake starting from a crocheted hearty center.

Until now!

Plus, the heart motifs may be made in Halloween colors for any Halloween-loving friend or relative.

Perhaps I should make a heart from every color of thread I've dyed...

You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!

Finished Size: 4.5 inches from point to point
Materials: Size 10 crochet thread in two or more colors, size 7 crochet hook, empty pizza box, wax paper or plastic wrap, cellophane tape, water soluble school glue or desired stiffener, water, glitter, small container for glue/water mixture, paintbrush, stick pins that won't be used later for sewing, clear thread or fishing line

Heart Me Snowflake Instructions

With pink or heart color, make magic ring.

Heart Motif

Round 1: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 11 dc in ring; sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2. Pull magic circle tight.

Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), sk next dc, 9 dc in next dc, sk next dc, 1 hdc in each of next 2 dc, in next dc work (1 sc, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, 1 sc), 1 hdc in each of next 2 dc, sk next dc, 9 dc in next dc; sl st in same ch as sl st; bind off. Weave in ends.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.

Round 3: With white or flake color, 1 dc in 2nd to last dc finished in 2nd Round of heart motif, sk next dc, next sl st and next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, sk next dc, [ch 3, 1 dc in next dc] 2 times, [ch 3, sk next st, 1 dc in next dc] 6 times, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, 1 dc in top of starting dc to form 12th ch 3 sp of Round. Count to make sure you have 12 ch 3 spaces.

Round 4: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), [in next ch 3 sp work (1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc) (V-st made)] 11 times; in next ch 3 sp work 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc in 2nd ch of starting ch 2 to form 12th V-st of Round.

Round 5: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 2 dc over post of dc directly below, [ch 2, in next ch 3 sp work (1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc ((ch 3 picot made)), ch 2), in next ch 3 sp work (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc, ch 2] 5 times; in next ch 3 sp work (3 dc, ch 1, 1 dc in 2nd ch of starting ch 2) to form 6th ch 3 point of Round. If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.

Round 6: Ch 5 (counts as 1 dc and ch 3), 1 dc over post of dc directly below, [ch 10, 1 sc in 5th ch from hook, ch 5, [sk over next ch 3 picot, in next ch 3 tip work (1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 5, 1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc)] 5 times; ch 10, 1 sc in 5th ch from hook, ch 5, sk over next ch 3 picot, in next ch 3 tip work (1 dc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 5), sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 5; bind off. Weave in ends.

Finish: Tape wax paper or plastic wrap to top of empty pizza box. Pin snowflake to box on top of wax paper or plastic wrap.

If using glue, mix a few drops of water with a teaspoon of glue in small washable container. Paint snowflake with glue mixture or desired stiffener. Sprinkle lightly with glitter. Wash paintbrush and container thoroughly. Allow snowflake to dry at least 24 hours. Remove pins. Gently peel snowflake from wax paper or plastic wrap. Attach 10-inch clear thread to one spoke, weaving in end. Wrap fishing line around tree branch (or tape to ceiling or any overhead surface) and watch the snowflake twirl freely whenever you walk by! Snowflake also may be taped to window or tied to doorknob or cabinet handle.

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Off Track

Today I celebrate 200 consecutive days of walking and keeping track of my mileage. The first hundred days were recorded on Charity Miles. Changes in how that app and organization worked over the years resulted in me deleting the app and keeping track of my own miles. Today I hit 287 miles in the last 100 days, and I've decided I'm not going to keep track anymore.

Why? Because I walk every day. I've been walking every day for more than two years. Charity Miles didn't always keep accurate track of my miles if I didn't start a new day within 24 hours of the completion of my previous walk. I got pretty disgusted with the app back then and used it only for the charitable donations I thought it was making on behalf of my walks. When it finally began keeping track of streaks without that 24-hour fluke, I was ecstatic. Made it a whole 100 days before realizing no charitable donations were being made in my behalf because I didn't sign up for sponsor spam email advertisements. I ditched the app because I can make my own charitable contributions without stuffing my inbox.

My leisure internet time and access are limited, and I don't care to spend either deleting junk.

I started tracking my own miles, and I've never stopped making charitable contributions to worthy causes when I am able.

I'm still walking every day, and I'm not going to stop walking every day. It's good for me. It's good for Lizard.

I'm just not going to track walking miles anymore because, as I said, my streak now extends far beyond two years, and I'm not planning to stop. It is fun to see how the miles added up over time, but I'm tracking my cycling miles, and that's enough for me.

I'm tracking how many snowflakes I design. I'm tracking how many photos I take. I'm tracking how many times I do Ride the Rockies. I'm tracking how many visitors I get here. I'm tracking how many blog posts I've published. I'm tracking how many quilts I finish each year.

Who really cares about any of that except me???

I'd rather spend the time I spend tracking doing any of the things I'm tracking!!!

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Raptor Rapture

My goal Saturday was to download, edit and upload all my photos and then build my 2020 calendar before going to bed (after only one hour of sleep the night before because I was so excited).

I can't even begin to describe how hard that would make me laugh now, if I had the energy!!!

I left my house at 5:30 a.m. I got home at 8 p.m. after one of the most miserable metro drives I've endured in a very long time... mostly because I don't drive into or through the metro area all that much anymore. You could say I try avoiding the metro area like the plague, except for when I have to go to work, of course. The commuter train does that driving for me.

I thought perhaps I could at least get all the photos downloaded, edited and uploaded after church on Sunday. Of the 1,449 photos, 42 are uploaded as I write this post. That includes a short little movie featuring all of the birds but one. The plan was to begin working last night on my next pdf snowflake booklet to raise money for the fight against Parkinson's. Now I realize that probably isn't going to happen this week, and perhaps not even this month.

But, hey, it was such a fantastic day, and the photos are so incredible!!! It's worth every single minute I have to sink into them.


The Raptor Education Foundation did such a magnificent job of scoping out and providing suitable photography backgrounds that mimic the birds' natural habitat as close as possible. REF president Peter Reshetniak tried to cater to the 12 drooling photographers, letting us suggest alternate spots if desired, provide light angle suggestions and shoot as long as we still had room on our memory cards.

My excitement bubbled over upon arrival (the first photographer to arrive) when Peter recognized me because of a collection of peregrine photos I shot about 24 years ago at the building where I work. I met Peter way back in approximately 1995 when he presented a program (with a live peregrine!!!) that included, among other things, a few details regarding the history of peregrine introduction in Downtown Denver during the late 1980s by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. I had captured (via old-fashioned 35mm film) a peregrine enjoying lunch on a (31st floor) window ledge of our building. Our general manager at the time (since retired) blew up and framed three of my photos, which still hang in the office today, in spite of office moves, renovations and complete building overhauls. Peter had been impressed by my photos, and he was excited to see peregrines actually thriving in downtown.


I have fancied myself a photographer since I was about 5 years old, when my dad gave me my first camera. He learned very quickly that a film camera was better for a child than a Polaroid (which is what he used) because he didn't have to put actual film in the little Instamatic. I could shoot to my heart's content (which I did), and he didn't have to worry about processing the film. (It did have film in it when he gave it to me, and that lasted about eight minutes. I'm not sure a single shot turned out.)

When I began shooting for my first newspaper employer, I used a Pentax K-1000, and I had only the lens that came with it. I'd worked my heart out at the McDonald's drive-through and babysitting to pay for that camera. I still have it today. It always works. Even when the battery dies. The battery powered only the light meter. Batteries in the small town where I grew up were so difficult to obtain, I often shot without one after whatever I was using expired. I learned, via experience, how to judge the light quality of just about anything I photographed by bracketing, thanks to Professor Ray Kissiah at New Mexico State University. "Bracket like hell!" he would preach every single week in class.  BLH was his class motto.

I bought a Pentax ME Super while I was still working for a newspaper. It was so exciting to use a camera with auto everything back then! The excitement, however, was short-lived. The camera couldn't handle the desert heat, and the computer circuits fried while I was shooting a national event at White Sands National Monument just a little more than a year after I bought it. I sent the camera to Pentax, only to discover it could not be repaired. It would be cheaper to buy a new camera, the corporation wrote back. I made do with that manual Pentax body for many years. I converted to a Nikon FM at my second newspaper and actually bought my first big telephoto so I could shoot wildlife in Rocky Mountain National Park. That camera and lens were destroyed in a motor vehicle accident in 1994, and the Nikon was later replaced with a much nicer model (the camera I used last weekend).

I used that same Pentax K-1000 to capture my first peregrine ever on the window ledge at the office where I work. Although the company where I work often asks me to photographically document places, events and people, I am no longer a professional photographer. I shoot for the joy it brings me and for the joy my photos bring others. My job has enabled me to buy two Nikon D300s (released circa 2008), the first in about 2009 and the second a couple of years ago, and a host of lenses. I would like to purchase a newer Nikon model one day, but I'm doing just fine with what I've got, and I'll use both D300s (and my little point and shoot) until they can't shoot and can't be repaired.


One of the things I've noticed about some professional photographers is something common in the quilting world, too. Snobbery. I've told many a tale about the comments I've received from judges when I enter my quilts in competition. I try to roll with the punches and learn from the comments, but sometimes, the comments are just a little bit snarky and probably don't really need to be said.

While excitedly waiting for our first raptor last weekend, we photographers were huddled, asking who was shooting what. Many of the 12 photographers sported more expensive lenses than I will ever be able to justify. But that's always been the case for me, and I've always thought, "I just need to get closer than they do." And I often do. I once had a military guy rake me over the coals for getting too close to an oryx on White Sands Missile Range, after the fact, thankfully. I've even scared the daylights out of my brother with how close I was willing to approach a moose.


One of the safari photographers had a little point and shoot. I thought it was so cool that no one gave her a hard time. She was happy with her camera, and I was thankful the pros didn't try to voice their expertise and opinions. Especially after one did with me...

I had just stepped out of the car and was cradling my beloved D300 with fixed 300mm lens because Ray Kissiah had taught us way back in the '80s that you don't carry a big, heavy telephoto from the camera strap. Too much strain on the mount, he said. I always support the heaviest portion of my setup with my hand or arm.

"You're actually still using a D300??" one photographer balked.

"Yes, and very happy to still be using it," I truthfully responded. "It's still got another 20,000 shots to go, and I'm going to do my best to eke out every single one."

Another of the photographers quickly jumped to my defense, saying, "I bet you really love the manual settings on that camera.  The modern ones aren't as easy to use when you want to configure your own settings."

He is absolutely right.  I was very thankful for his presence and his courage to speak up.

The rude comment didn't really bother me too much that moment, but as the day wore on, I did let it get under my skin just a little. Perhaps because this guy was shooting 10,000 frames per minute and filling 256-gigabyte cards faster than I can devour homemade chocolate chip cookies and complaining the entire time about how long it was going to take him to edit his photos.  (In comparison, I filled three 4-gig cards.)  This guy also complained about having to shoot a bald eagle.  He'd been to Homer, Alaska, so he didn't need any bald eagle shots.

I spent eight years in Estes Park and often had elk in my yard.  I never tire of stalking the elk.


I had a motor drive many years ago with my ME Super. I used the motor drive and loved it... except it was such a power hog. It went through batteries as fast as the pro went through memory cards. When my ME Super died, I realized I could make my rolls of film last much longer if I shot one frame at a time. I also could anticipate the height of action and punch the trigger at precisely the right split second before I got the motor drive, and I had to redevelop that skill after I wasn't able to use the motordrive anymore.

My D300s will shoot multiple frames in a burst if I set them to do that. My point and shoot will do bursts if I put it in sports mode. The point and shoot has a serious shutter delay, so sometimes the burst mode is the best way to try to get the shot I want, by shooting before the height of action and hoping it might actually capture what I wanted. So I am pretty happy without a motor drive, and I'm most happy with my "real" cameras that feature no shutter delay.

It's going to take a good, long while for me to edit all of my photos from this shoot, but I don't have as many shots to edit as some of those other photographers.  I think that gives me the last laugh. So I'm not uptight anymore.

For your enjoyment, here's the little movie of all the raptors but one. I know, I should have used a tripod.  If I ever get to do this again, I promise I will pack the tripod.

I silenced the clip because it glorifies the non-stop buzz of camera motordrives. I thought about adding some pretty music to the background but ultimately decided the silence helps me imagine what I'd be hearing in the background if I was out in the wild shooting these shots.

This was one of the best days of my life.  I hope my photos bring you the joy they bring me!

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Snowflake Monday

Pumpkins aren't always orange. White or "ghost" has been growing in popularity since about 2005. Red is said to have been the inspiration for Cinderella's carriage. Blue and blue/gray pumpkins, developed in Australia, were introduced to the US in 1932. Pink pumpkins were cultivated in Arizona in 2011, and in 2012 the Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation was created to help in the fight against breast cancer. A portion of proceeds from the sale of every pink pumpkin goes toward breast cancer research.

I had seen pink pumpkins a couple of times, but I had no idea! So of course, I have to make a pink pumpkin snowflake!!!


There's also Sisters of the Snowflake news in the wind. Anyone in a Yahoo Group learned last week that Yahoo Groups as we know them are going away. Autumn, Diane and Brenda have been moderating Sisters of the Snowflake since Autumn cooked up the idea. I'm not sure Autumn is around anymore; it's been at least a couple of years since I've heard a peep out of her. I didn't mention it then because I didn't want to embarrass her, but my Autumn's Last Stand Snowflake was named in her honor.

When Autumn started the group back in 2013, Ravelry was the only social media where I had a bit of a presence, and most of my activity was via Quilters Knitting group.

When I announced to the Sisters of the Snowflake group that the file-uploading functionality of the group will be gone after next week, I noted that many other interest groups are migrating to different platforms. I mentioned to our group that I try to at least check Facebook and Instagram on weekdays and that I post a photo to Instagram five days a week. I then listed the platforms I am aware of, including Ravelry (which has a Open Ravel, FiberKind and Facebook. (I'm hoping at some point I can list my snowflake patterns on Open Ravel and FiberKind, as well as update my own snowflake directory…)

When I posted the announcement, I was kind of hoping someone might volunteer to jumpstart and moderate the group in a new home. In the meantime, other Yahoo Groups I belong to (but also am not active in because the entire Yahoo platform - as well as all social media and personal email - is blocked from me five days a week, often more than 10 hours a day) were discussing options, and one person complained about the price tag of opening a group page on Facebook.

I'm a member of several photography, crochet and quilting groups on Facebook, and except for the groups moderated by businesses, I wasn't aware of any financial charge for setting up groups there. The next time I had access, I began the test process of setting up a Sisters of the Snowflake group on Facebook, just to see if it could be done. Within five minutes, it was official, and I was the moderator because I started it. It didn't cost a dime.

Sisters of the Snowflake
I was nervous about the prospect of moderating the group all by myself, but I thought I could give it a try, and ask for help down the road if the task becomes overwhelming. Or if I just stink as a moderator...

I posted the link in the Yahoo Group, and the next morning, I had 18 of my Snowflake Sisters in the new group! Talk about thrilling!!!

I realized I could do something in the new group that hasn't been too successful here on my blog because blogging just isn't a thing anymore. Many viewers (not just here) don't take the time to read. They just scroll, looking for pretty pictures and free patterns.

I think contests and challenges could be much more successful via the new Facebook group. I'm not ready to walk away from my blog just yet, but it was exciting to think I might be able to garner the participation I dreamed of when I launched largely ignored contests and challenges here.

I still don't know yet how this is all going to work out in the long run, but I'm giving it a shot, and if I can't keep my head above water, I'll scream for help. I am Snowcatcher; hear me roar!


You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!


Finished Size: 5 inches from point to point
Materials: Size 10 crochet thread in two or more colors, size 7 crochet hook, empty pizza box, wax paper or plastic wrap, cellophane tape, water soluble school glue or desired stiffener, water, glitter, small container for glue/water mixture, paintbrush, stick pins that won't be used later for sewing, clear thread or fishing line

Pumpkin Motif (Make 6.)

With orange, peach or other pumpkin color, make magic ring.

Round 1: 6 sc in ring. Do not join. Pull magic circle tight.

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around for a total of 12 sc.

Round 3: [Sl st in next sc, in next sc work (1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc), 1 dc in next sc, 2 dc in next sc, 1 dc in next sc, in next sc work (1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc)] 2 times; sl st in next sl st; bind off. Weave in ends.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.

Stem and Vine (if not making snowflake)

Stem: With green or leaf color, start with a slip knot on the hook. Working from back of pumpkin and on either flat end, yo and draw up loop through sc right of sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw up loop through sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw up loop through sc on left of sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook; bind off here if all you want is a stem. If you want a vine, ch 8, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 2 sc in each of next 6 ch, sl st in stem. Bind off. Weave in ends. Pumpkin motif may be stiffened or left as is, depending upon personal preference.

Winter Squash Snowflake Instructions

With green or leaf/vine color, make magic ring.

Round 1: [In ring work (1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, 1 hdc)] 6 times; sl st in starting sc. Don't pull magic ring too tight.

Round 2: Ch 8 (counts as 1 tr and ch 5), [1 tr over next sc into magic ring, ch 3, 1 tr over same sc into magic ring, ch 5] 5 times; 1 tr over next sc into magic ring, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch of starting ch 8.
If you're not reading this pattern on Snowcatcher, you're not reading the designer's blog. Please go here to see the original.

Round 3: [3 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5 (leaf ch 5), 1 dc into 3rd ch from hook, in same ch work (1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, ch 3, sl st (leaf made)), sk next ch of leaf ch 5 (it's going to be pulled extremely tight because of all those stitches in the last ch anyway, so if you don't see it, don't worry), sl st in next ch of leaf ch 5, 3 sc in same Round 2 ch 5 sp, in next ch 3 sp work (1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc), ch 5 (vine ch 5), working from back of pumpkin motif and on either flat end, yo and draw up loop through sc right of sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw up loop through sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw up loop through sc on left of sl st, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook (stem made), ch 8, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 2 sc in each of next 6 ch, sl st in stem, sl st in next ch of vine ch 5, 1 sc in next ch, 1 hdc in next ch, 1 dc in next ch, 1 tr in next ch, in same Round 2 ch 3 sp work (1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc] 6 times; sl st in starting sc; bind off. Weave in ends.

Finish: Tape wax paper or plastic wrap to top of empty pizza box. Pin snowflake to box on top of wax paper or plastic wrap.

If using glue, mix a few drops of water with a teaspoon of glue in small washable container. Paint snowflake with glue mixture or desired stiffener. Sprinkle lightly with glitter. Wash paintbrush and container thoroughly. Allow snowflake to dry at least 24 hours. Remove pins. Gently peel snowflake from wax paper or plastic wrap. Attach 10-inch clear thread to one spoke, weaving in end. Wrap fishing line around tree branch (or tape to ceiling or any overhead surface) and watch the snowflake twirl freely whenever you walk by! Snowflake also may be taped to window or tied to doorknob or cabinet handle.

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