31 October 2009

it's this



Delicious bacterial process.

Please, write a color. The most popular color here and in Lirio y Lili will decide next week's mystery.
Extra challenge for me!!!!

29 October 2009

Breathing white


If there wasn't so much to do, I would return to the woods to breath white among the trees.

I would find the druid of these old forests and ask him for some light; to see beyond my doubts. I would ask him for the brew that would let me fly crossing the ocean to the ever green country where my valiant women live, because today I need to see them and tell them some things.

28 October 2009

What's this?


Tell me,what is this?

If you saw last week's answer, you have a clue.
The answer on Saturday...or Sunday...

26 October 2009

24 October 2009

it's this



I like afternoons with sun and wine.

Great answers given by my Spanish speaking readers: they imagined stones, caramel, ice, water, breath...

Next week there will be something delicious to guess.

23 October 2009

The Archimedes' Drill

Syracuse, 3rd century BC.
Archimedes, the famous mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer of this Greek colony is faced with a big challenge: he has to find a solution to remove the great amount of water that enters the hull of the Syracusia, a mighty luxus ship he has just designed for his King.
And so was the Archimedes screw born. A simple yet revolutionary mechanism: a screw shaped blade that revolves inside a cylinder and was turned by hand. With this device it is possible not only to evacuate water but also to extract liquids and solids from lower planes and transport them to higher places.
Among many uses, the application of this mechanism allows the body of this drill to turn while a drill bit perforates the metal. The Archimedes' drill. Elegant.



This beauty is 10 cms long and arrived by mail some days ago



Practicing. By pushing and releasing the spring, the screw turns and with it the drill bit 


Please notice that I am not holding it very straight.  I'd better practice with old drill bits.....
I will report on my progress. For the moment I am fascinated by the simple mechanism, the fact that it is very small and it doesn't require electricity. Another member of my nomadic studio.


21 October 2009

What's this?



What is this?  Who can guess?  Write the first thing that comes to your mind, come on, the strangest the better!
I will post the answer next Saturday.

18 October 2009

it's this




It wasn't that easy to guess after all.

I didn't post the answer yesterday to give you more time to guess, also because I got a box of tools that caught my attention for a long time and because we were celebrating Diwali so I spent a lot of time looking at the flames and laughing.

Next week a new mystery.

16 October 2009

What's this?



Hello.  Who is going to guess what this is?   This week is really easy to get it right.

Last week they guessed at Lirio y Lili.    I will post the answer tomorrow.