A slow week in the kite room.

So work got in the way of the work this week.

On Monday and Tuesday, the day job kicked my butt, and kept me late. So, there was no way that I was going to come into the kite room and tear something up, or try to write in gibberish.

Eventually I did manage to get this gem finished, and cut out all of the kites from this napkin that I posted about last week.

I even made time to post it as a Flyday post on Facebook.

The weekend wasn’t much better. I decided that I really needed to get my steps in on Saturday and a good stretch afterward meant that even though I started the day early enough I didn’t get to work very early. Also some family obligations, struggles with materials, and more calls now that I’m on call again, kept me from getting far.

I stole a moment in an interesting space to record my next Flyday post with a classic kite, but once I made it back home I was out of energy and didn’t push through the fatigue to get back to the kite room.

Sunday wound up a bit better, I got another (and maybe better) stretch in, but skipped the steps so that I could get some work in. In the few hours that I had before the phone began ringing, I overcame the materials issue, and glued framing to the balance of the Hibiscus sails that I had cut from the first napkin and also a bundle of these candle sails.

2 inch miniature shield kite from cocktail napkin

I ran out of energy again before I got any further, and even put off writing this brief update until Monday morning.

Here’s hoping that this week lets me get more done, while my mind is dwelling on the fact that the Washington State International Kite Festival is being held this week, and so many of my friends and chosen family are gathered and filling the air with color.