feather boa

Pearl's finished head-dress worn here as a boa.
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (octubre de 2016)

The above batch of feathers Pearl found during one session of "feathering" as she calls it. This involves combing through the tall grasses of the three pastures behind our house. Thanks to Dances with Wolves my daughter has a head-dress addiction. To make this one, she spent an hour looking at pictures on the internet of native American head-dresses, cutting handles off our re-usable shopping bags, feathers started flying in the kitchen, and silicone madness followed.

evening feathering

The wintered grass at our huerto.
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

Red cheeks & a fist full of feathers for the collection.
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

feathering in the huerto pastures

Freedom & Space
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

B&W
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

We call it "feathering."
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

Loica / Sturnella loyca loyca / Long-tailed meadowlark.
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)

Feather & Wood
Puerto Natales - Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (septiembre de 2016)