Weekly Challenge #215

How was everyone's week?

Here are some Canadian Geese

It sure has been nice to be walking to and from school again, finally  Chewie was thrilled to see these geese in the pond near his elementary school.

cheese!

Artoo and i have enjoyed the fresh air and the bumpy wagon rides...we are so glad it's spring.  FINALLY....

BUT WAIT!!!

then this happened....

REALLY??

Saturday morning it started raining, which then turned into freezing rain, which by the afternoon had turned into full blown snow... which continued overnight.  leaving us with 30+ cm (12") of heavy wet snow everywhere.

so sad.

The snow was so heavy it snapped about 8 feet off the top of one of our trees.  :(

BUT, we decided to make the best of it, and after pancakes on Sunday morning we dressed up the family and went out to make this wicked awesome snowman.

My boys

 Saskatchewan doesn't often get primo snowball makin' snow.  it's often too dry and too cold for the snow to stick to itself.  By the time we got outside, it was already 2 degrees C (35.6F) so it was warm enough to play for a good long while.

Sitting in the SnowMan Throne

By suppertime, the snowman had already fallen over from melting.  Me and the boys are very ready for summer, so hopefully that's our last big snowfall.

Weekly Challenge #215: "Labyrinth"
I've been taking a year long course on Mandalas with the amazing Scottish beauty Julie Gibbons, this is my third year exploring the Great Round of Mandala with her.  And it just so happens that Stage Three (which corresponds with the month of March) involves labyrinths.  I've been thinking about tangling a labyrinth ever since.

I had wondered how well a labyrinth would translate into a Zentangle challenge, and then in my online travels i found a website which said:

A labyrinth is not a maze. Mazes are puzzles, designed to vex the mind, but labyrinths are contemplative designs, designed to focus the mind.  (source)

and i thought, that sounds much like tangling to me!  So i gave it a go.

Now.  I apologize in advance because this week's challenge does involve a bit more planning and careful thought than usual.  And in the end i found it to be very tricky, and i got quite frustrated at some parts because it wasn't "doing" what i wanted it to do.

and then, as i was shading my labyrinth, i was running my fingers along the graphite, along the path of the labyrinth, and i had my Ah-Ha moment.  There was my zen.  it was in 'walking' the labyrinth that i felt that soft focus i get when i'm in my tangling-zen-zone.

Here are a few sites to help you create your own labyrinth to use as a string.
how to draw a labyrinth
draw your own labyrinth 

Here's my tile:

Have a great week

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