Christmas Snow Cone Ideas

 

The A B C of Buoyancy

Stone is curiously light.

A-  Because a stone can often seem quite 'buoyant'

B- 'Cause its density, if it is less than the medium it is emerged in, will cause it to float rather than sink.

C - Did you know boats made of stone, and concrete (a kind of manmade stone) will actually float ?

D - Even deep down in the ocean, there are places where certain kinds rocks will stop sinking,

E -  Floating somewhere below, just above the sea bed, it has no weight at all!

F - Getting a stone out of a river, it often feels when you carry it onto the shore, not lighter, but,

G - Heavier. What's going on here?

H- It's possible that we are merely feeling the effect of a displacing of its gravity, as if  it's  

I - Just waiting to climb to a higher plane or energy level ?

J - Keep in mind, if you work with stone, it can be very enlightening too.  

K - Lightness is not just a relative thing, somewhere in the universe it is absolute 

L - Might stone be affected, not so much by gravity, but  ..  

M - Nearly or merely the other way round ?

N - Obviously, aesthetically pleasing, well made edifices of stonework, can look almost 'weightless'.

O - Perhaps, their weightless appearance is the real reality?

P - Quite impressively, floating on top of (and above) one another, the stones in good stonework, are all

Q - Resisting gravity, (displacing it) and so are able together to magically rise to a loftier plane.

R - Stand back and admire the unsurpassed loftiness of mountains, and the many manmade structures throughout history that are built with stone . 

S- Take for instance a dry stone bridge.

T - Under the arch, (not above) water can't help but flow below the tons and tons of perfectly fitted stones. 

U - Virtually, and by comparison, if you think about it, most other things seem far heavier than stone.

V - Double your bet, anything else made by man to resist the downward pull of gravity, will not last as long as stone.

W -  X cept for light itself, stone soars lighter and higher and feels more constant, than the rest of creation .

X - You can sense this raw creativity just waiting to flow out of stone, if you're patient 

Y - Zero in on its 'lightness', experience the 'Zen of Stone' and feel its transcendental quality. 

It will always keep you buoyant . 

  

 

 

Every Snowday is just another ‘stone’ day .

We cant stay home just because it’s freezing  cold and snowy!

We are enrolled in an institution that demands we get going in the morning despite the weather.  

No lazing around playing in the snow for us. 

No having fun skating on the pond 

We stonemen are NOT making snowmen.

It’s not a ‘play’ground 

We’re often searching the ‘frozen’ground for rocks. 

Usually, on the first snow day, (in the school of dry stone walling ) were groping around in the thick blanket of snow searching for our material. 

Today, while others stay warm on their cozy iPads, there are frigid heavy blocks of granite and limestone waiting to be moved and arranged in some new terrace, bench or table of elements .

Because... 

We work in the elements just about every day 

 

But today we stayed home. 🤷