March 18 - Ostrich

sense sound of trouble
puts head and neck flat on sand
arrow lands on tail

~ Uncredited

I was first shown this Ostrich at the Bling Bling balloon jam in a session Eric Weinstein taught in 2015, you learn so much at a jam that it's somewhat of a blur at times - so it's nice to have a chance to build this again with the visual reminders.

This is a release from Eric Weinstein's Live Balloons #6 - he had some tips on keeping the distorted shape of the beak, but this was late and after popping my first couple attempts I just tied it in to see what would happen, it certainly poofed up some overnight - but by the third day it looked like he was blowing an orange bubble.  Lesson learned - follow the instructions!

Tall things are very tough to photograph!

	(from Bling Bling Jam 2015)
They found a cure for both the swine and bird flu ... You use oinkment for your tweetment.

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Other posts with Eric's designs:

• October 19 - Eric's Pumpkin
• October 3 - Eric's Alligators
• October 2 - Eric's Trolls
• August 30 - Eric's Mario
• May 28 - Cupid
• April 30 - Mordecai
• April 29 - Ostrich
• April 28 - Peacock
• April 27 - Sneetches
• April 26 - Sweet Cheeks Pig
• April 25 - Sweet Big Cats
• April 22 - Skunk
• April 21 - Ursula (Sweet Chicks #2)
• April 20 - Sweet Cheeks Fish
• April 19 - Sweet Cheeks Fox
• April 18 - Sweet Cheeks Hermit Crab
• April 17 - Sweet Cheek Husky
• December 29 - Celebrity Faces
• December 28 - Baseball Face
• December 27 - Redneck Face
• December 26 - Jack's Face
• September 27 - Sweet Beaver
• September 24 - Sweet Lion
• September 22 - Sweet Bunny
• September 15 - Sweet Angry Bird

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