My great-grandfather, Emil Otto Gravert, immigrated from Germany when he was a teenager. He worked at the Heinz factory in Muscatine, Iowa. During WWII, there was a German POW camp near Muscatine and the prisoners worked on the Heinz farm, planting, weeding, tending, and picking the tomatoes used to make ketchup. Since my grandfather spoke… Read more »
Art
Beehive Hat
In celebration of Spring, I thought I would show you my photo of a beehive hat from the hat museum in Savannah, Georgia. I think it would be a fun art/school project to make a beehive hat.
Steampunk Art
Scrap metal art is another way to reuse materials creatively. I very much like steampunk art. I saw this giant werewolf at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in Branson, MO. Unfortunately, I don’t have the name of the artist. Another large metal sculpture had a sign that said it was made in Kenya.
Cassette Tape Art by Erika Simmons
I love art made from recycled materials. Erika Simmons makes portraits of famous people from old audio cassette tapes and video cassette tapes. She calls her project “Ghosts in the Machine.” I saw this picture of singer Lauryn Hill at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum in Branson, MO. Erika has a website which… Read more »
Cereal Box Sea Turtle
I saw this life-sized sea turtle made from cereal boxes at Piney Bay Coffee Company in Clarksville, Arkansas. The sculpture was made by artist Tyler Rideout and is a great way to make art of recycled materials.
Mountain Chickadee
This is artwork by Dorothia Rohner, author/illustrator of “A Wish for Twins” and author of “I am Goose!” She drew this picture while visiting Montana.
Fall Frenzy Writing Contest
This is my entry for the Fall Frenzy Writing Contest. The rules of the contest included picking one of the provided fall pictures, writing about the picture in under 200 words and posting it to a blog. https://lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingfrenzy-2022-rules/ The Pumpkin Gang When doors creak open on Halloween, Some sights can never be unseen. A hundred… Read more »
Peter Pan
This Peter Pan tribute car was parked on my dog-walking route. The lyrics on the car come from a song “Lost Boy” by Canadian singer, Ruth B.
Big Pencil
I saw this at a rest area on I-80 in Iowa.
Happy Saint Pat’s Day
No pinching this gal.
Shelley Jones Clark
