17 February 2008

I should be studying...

Instead I did this:



I blame Nicholas' recent posts.

I had brief anxieties when the wind and the cold really started.  Branches were falling off neighbors' trees and my working area was right under some suspicious branches.  I was ready to bolt at the first hint of a crack above me.

6 comments:

Shady Character said...

Hate the snow, love the temple. Winter can stop any time, thank you.

Wm said...

Winter can stop any time, thank you.

I agree. What alarms me most is that usually March is the month of really big snowfall.

Maggie said...

Dakota asked me to relate the following:"That looks really cool!!!" I must say I have to agree with him. Well done, William!

Nicholas said...

I love it! Was there any epigraphy involved? :)

Wm said...

Was there any epigraphy involved?

I did try to paint on some text in sumi-e ink, but the bricks weren't as frozen as I had thought. Most of it has smudged or, more mysteriously, faded away... somewhere.

The text: ΖΗΝΙ ΥΨΙΒΡΕΜΕΤΗΙ

Wm said...

On this day, February 29th 2008, jealous Hyperion Apollo destroyed the temple to High-thundering Zeus. The entire front face fell over, more or less intact, onto the ground.

Next year, I need longer bamboo garden stakes.