It may look like a photo from the desert, but it’s Kim Korringa’s display of her blooming polymer cacti. Each year our group has a swap and this year we’re swapping “totems”, big beads which will stack up and be displayed on rods as sculpture or garden art.

Everyone receives one big bead from each participant to remember our event. Kim scooped up some gravel from the path to display her charming totems. Come back later in the week to see the resulting wild mix of polymer art on a stick.

The network is weak in the mountains where our group meets and then my mail domain had issues. Things are conspiring for a light online week social media-wise but the creative ideas are flowing so stay tuned.