Got a buddy. He's in his 70s. Teaches developmentally-disabled children. He was in my watchmaking class. I referred to an "Elgin 3-finger bridge" as a "three-fingered Elgin" and he drew this:
Dave makes balloon animals. Helps with the developmentally-disabled kids. He also has a '67 Rolls Royce and a lot of watchmaking tools but right now is a time for balloon animals, I guess. He sent me this:
I've been chatting with him over text. He's stuck indoors, we're all stuck indoors. He sent me this:
That was last month some time. Every day I get a new balloon picture.
Easter started silly
And got sillier
And sillier
He's started getting kinda technical.
And elaborate.
While remaining a font of dad jokes.
He has ventured into trademark infringement.
And apparently this week it's sea creatures.
I argued that one was more of a nudibranch. I was rebuffed.
Apparently the mardi gras slug took 90 minutes. Not the sort of thing one gets at the Spaghetti Factory. I'm told it's called a "Tak-4 weave in the biz" and that the Chinese have really started to get ridiculous about balloon animals but that, dear reader, is left as a search for you to perform.
Dave is awesome. Dave should join Hubski. It’s people like Dave that are making this more bearable. A few blocks from me a homeowner put up signs that say, “begin dancing zone,” and then “end dancing zone, on their stretch of sidewalk. They’re continuously playing funk music. It’s the little gestures of creativity and positivity that are helping. I get the sense that Dave, if presented with my neighbors sidewalk might just get funky.
kleinbl00, the balloon animals took over your post but that drawing of Three Finger Elgin,” is amazing.
I'm trying to talk him into sharing more of his stuff.
KB, by the way, this particular subspecies of Orca is especially endangered because (1) they are so buoyant that they have great difficulty getting below the surface of the water to feed and (2) sharp bits of plastic floating in the water pose a constant threat.
