Windy Days

Green Valley

I love this time of year when the air is still cool and the sun is shining. Sure, pollen is in the air but after I take my allergy pill, I'm ready to appreciate the beautiful flowers and I'm ready to go fly a kite!

 I never flew too many kites when I was a kid but when I took a 3D design class in college I made my own kite. I had a professor who loved the engineering science behind kite flying. He made us all decorate a kite and then try to fly it on a windy day just like today. Mine flew! I airbrushed a painting on the front of a lightweight canvas that I found.
At first, I was afraid it was too heavy to get off the ground but with enough wind and enough running on my part, it flew. My new teacher walked over to where I was standing with the string in my hand and whispered "You get an 'A' on this project." I decided right then that I liked this new teacher and this new class.

It was a great idea to start a class like this with an interactive project that required each student to express, then test their skills in the sky. Ever since that one experience, I have loved windy days because they always remind me of flying my own hand-made kite. Now go fly your own kite!

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