2/20/2009

Quilts: 19th-20th century


I like the one with the circle and the spikes that are coming out. I like it because it has my favorite color: blue and red. The designs also look cool, too. And if you look at it for a long time you can get hypnotized( that's only what happened to me... I don't know about you people.). that's why I like it.

2/19/2009

My Side of the Mountain Ch. 22

Summer was finnaly here. The warblers came back. They perched in the trees and flew around the forest most of the time. " Hey wild boy" called a voice. There were Photographers in the woods. They were taking pictures of Sam and Frightful. Then a reporter came up to him and talked to him. Sam didn't talk much though, then he went to his tree and rolled on his stomach and thought about something. Four days passed and Sam got in touch with many reporters and photographers. Then he heard a voice that sounded familiar, who could it be? that's it, it was his dad! "Dad!" he yelled with joy. As he was running towards his dad he heard twigs breaking, flowers being crushed and smooshed. Then he stopped and thought if he should run back or go to his father. He ran back, but he changed his mind and went back to greet his father and the photogrphers and reporters he saw with dad. Then he heard his brother and before he knew it he saw his whole family. He hugged everyone and they all hugged him. Sam reunited with the family now. Then the family said they were gonna live with Sam( I think only for a few weeks or mabye forever) in the forest and they did just that. Sam taught his brothers how to live on land and how to hunt food.

Now thats a happy ending People...RIGHT?

Migrant mother


I think the mother is thinking about what should she do to get a home and food for her children.I think she's thinking about that because if you look at the background you see no home and the kids are leaning on their mother. It looks like the kids are hungry and the mother looks depressed about something. That's why I think she is thinking of that.

Benjamin Franklin



These are the three reasons why you can tell this person was from a long time ago.

1. The first thing is that not many people have that hairstyle anymore.

2. He is also wearing old fashioned clothes that has a lot of buttons.

3. The third thing is that his shoes are from the old times.

I also wonder....how long did it take the artist to build the sculpture?....If anyone knows comment me......ok.

2/18/2009

My Side Of The Mountain Ch.21

Jessie never came by anymore because she was busy getting food for her babies. Now, she has a family. So was the baron weasel he wasn't around anymore. But Sam wasn't lonely just because The Baron Weasel and Jessie didn't come by anymore. Sam met a guy named Aaron, Aaron was hiking in the woods and he was a good hummer. Sam couldn't help it so he went and talked to Aaron. They became friends soon afterwards....but Aaron had to leave so they said their good byes and went there own ways.

On April twelfth at three-thirty Sam met Matt. Sam used Matt's handkerchief and tied it around Matt. Sam led Matt to his house and loosened the handkerchief. The second Matt saw it he screamed and shrieked with joy when he saw the tree house. Sam showed Matt around telling him about the inventions he made...everything Matt saw he shouted out with joy. While Sam was preparing dinner Matt told him about all the trouble around the world. The next week the spent there times fishing, hunting, trapping, and collecting plants that were edible.
Later that week they found Bando sleeping in the tree after a fishing trip. That night Bando and Sam played the reed whistles for Matt by the campfire. Matt and Bando also decided to build a guest tree for the people who were gonna visit. The rest of the week they spent their time building the guest tree. Soon after the they built the guest house Matt had to go back to school, but Bando stayed a while longer to help Sam build another guest tree. But Bando had to leave soon, but that didn't mean Sam was lonely he met Mr. Jacket while trying to fish out a colossal snapping turtle( it was just a huge one not a colossal turtle). Sam found out what Mr. Jacket real name was, it was Tom Sidler. Sam rafted to shore and invited Tom to help catch that big ol' snappin' turtle. About an hour later they caught it and cleaned it. Later that day Sam showed Tom where his house is and what it is. They made dinner and ate it all. That night Tom slept with Sam in the forest. Tom now came more often to Sam's house.... it was mostly the weekends that he came. After a long time Aaron came back and called Sam to come. He stayed a week mostly playing around with the willow whistle. Bando got a car and came more often since he has the car.

2/11/2009

My Side Of The Mountain Ch.20

It was finally the end of February. During the end of February Sam and Frightful saw the forest changing. It was melting slowly and animals were coming back. The edible plants that Sam had longed for returned. He grabbed all the edible plants he could find or get. Sam would never forget this day I bet.
One day Frightful spotted another duck and flew up to the sky and Sam said " Frightful...you can't leave me now!". Then Sam quickly held out a piece of meat, hoped Frightful would come back to him. Frightful looked the hawk for a moment and then she folded her wings and dropped down fast and landed on Sam's fist. Right after that a young man about the same age as Sam said " I saw that...your the wild boy, aren't you?". Sam spun around and saw him shivering in the cold. He told Sam his name was Matt Spell. Matt stayed with Sam for a while and asked Sam if he knew anything about the wild boy. Sam paused for a while and then said " Yeah I've seen him around here. Then Sam spent the rest of the time telling Matt about how the wild boy looks like and how he survives in the wilderness. After Sam told Matt about the wild boy they made a deal...the deal was that Matt wanted to spend his spring vacation with Sam then he won't print anything, he's just going to write the stuff down. That night Sam imagined Matt, Bando, and Dad. He was wording the article for Matt. When he went back to his tree he saw his old friend, Jessie Coon James the raccoon. Sam never saw him for months. He was laying on the bed. Soon he left and disappeared into the forest.

2/06/2009

My Side Of The Mountain Ch.15

The hunting season began early november. Sam decided to go to the library because he needed to get some exercise and he also wanted t go see how Mrs. Turner was doing. Sam didn't go to the library cause there were hunters all over the Catskills and he almost got shot by a hunter. It was like an inch close to his elbow and if he moved any closer he could've lost hi hand or broken a bone and go back to living in the apartment. But he didn't. The hunter who almost shot Sam wounded a young buck badly. after that incident Sam climbed up a tree and Frightful flew into the sky for a while. The man who shot the deer gave up because he couldn't find it, but Sam saw everything he even saw where the deer went. Soon SAm thought to himself.... he was going to use the hunters to kill deers and then Sam could cover it with stuff like tree limbs and bushes. Later that month sam caught two deers. Sam did not have to smoke the last two deer cause it was cold enough that it would just freeze. They were hard to tan because they kept on freezing.