Posted by Mitch on January 9, 2002, at 0:05:46
In reply to Re: Magnetic goldfish and Wind chimes » Willow, posted by IsoM on January 8, 2002, at 13:28:32
> hi Swaying-In-The-Breeze Willow...
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> Failing magnetic goldfish (I prefer the real fish) why not get some light-weight wind chimes & put them some place in the house where you can watch them flutter from the rising heat or from an heat register? You don't have to get the real nosiy ones, something with a gentle tinkling sound like Chinese glass chimes. Or even a silent mobile that moves. I used to keep a glass one hanging over my woodstove in winter - always had music.
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> Or how about a small fan turned on low behind some tall plants (for those who have them) blowing on them so they move. You can adjust the distance from the plant so it just moves a little like it was outside.
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> Your parents sound a bit like me - I was one of those hippies. I love Nature. My hair's short now but one son says he'll always think of me like that. I was delighted when long, flowing skirts again became fashionable.
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> As a little child, my Mom had trouble keeping me inside, even during lightning storms. I snuck out during one to play in the sandbox when a bolt hit a metal hydro pole (Ontario used to have them) close to where I was. I still *vividly* remember the glowing ball of fire at the top of the pole - like looking right into the sun! For a little while afterwards at least, I listened to my Mom.
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> > > I like these ideas- and the magnetic version wouldnt even require any worrying re keeping it alive...
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> > Magnetic goldfish? What will they think of next? I don't believe they've reached my neck of the woods yet. If they become demagnatized do you flush them still?
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> > At a Chinese restaurant they had some finches. The songs coming from the birds was mesmorizing. Perhaps they'll be my next project? Get a pair and teach the children about the birds and the bees! I could hang them up in the corner near the computer. If they begin to keel over I'll know I'm smoking too much and thus affecting the air quality.
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> > Whistling Willow
I have been thinking about this "movement" thing for a while now. I was trying to find a connection between the environment (other than heat or sunlight) and my seasonal depressions. I thought about this a few months ago and then "dropped" the idea. Well...the idea was that in winter it gets real dark (that makes sense), and in the summer (when I get my 2nd major depression), NOTHING MOVES. It is hot, stifling, and I have thought for many years this is the HORSE LATITUDES. --even before I made this seasonal depressive connection. Now the HORSE LATITUDES was where the Spanish got caught in the trade winds (16th C?) near the Equator and "lost their sail" right?? Imagine, oppressively HOT, HUMID, days on end on the sea, with NO WIND, NO MOVEMENT. I hear they tossed horses overboard to lighten the ships-hoping they would move into areas of the ocean that would have wind to pick them back up. I think the Doors made a song about it-I can't remember what it is like. But that is a good description.Maybe fun things that create a lot of visual/auditory movement would be therapeutic for summertime seasonal depressions as light boxes would be for wintertime ones??
Mitch
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