30 Jun 2010

Japanese snails and hydrangea...woow!



What a meal!!!


Wow - snail and hydrangea


Papercut by Takashi Yamamoto

Purchase here


Sapphire sent me this more than amazing link to A LOT of stunning
Japanese snails enjoying the flower hydrangea..just now, at this time of year
Thanks, Sapphire....I JUST LOVE the images!

I can see that the Japanese snails are a bit different than Danish snails :O)

If snails were rollerskates...

by Thricia Tharp
Thanks for the link, Dsata!!

Neighbours...


Pretty...the snail, I mean!




29 Jun 2010

Snail netsukes...

Here is Snail on folded taro leaf netsuke, ivory,
signed Tomiharu, 18th century
Read about netsukes!

Snail with young, translucent buffalo horn,
signed Kamman, 19th century

Wooden netsuke by Sukeyuki
Snail netsuke, ca. 1900

Ivory netsuke ball carved with dragonflies,
butterflies, a tortoise, a frog, snails and crabs

Snail - tarot cards


Snail symbol meanings deal with steady footing (snails being psuedo pods which actually means "false feet"), and stability. Snails carry their homes upon their backs which is symbolic of carrying our security in our hearts security and happiness in this case is an inside job). Not only sure of foot snails are also symbols of slow (but steady) progress. Featured in the 9 of Pentacles (above), we understand that stability and success do not appear overnight. Rather, success usually comes at a snail's pace

Bathing...snail...

Thanks for the link Dsata!!!

28 Jun 2010

Holiday...

Ellen Beier: Snail Beach

Where are you going this summer?

'It's a Long Way to Rome' 1944
V&A

Snail shell beads

Purchase: Yakutum, Etsy

Felted snail cave

A snail is playing:O)

...made of organic materials...

This large cave hosts a variety of creatures and organisms
living in a harmonious environment: snails, a fox...a variety
of fungi and other plant life. Purchase it here: Felted Fuzzies

27 Jun 2010

A slow day in the woods

Made by knitalatte

...in good company...

luna the giant pink sea snail

Beautiful photos by knitalatte

update on art installation in a secret location

off to the land of sleep

surprise

leaf

evidence of alien snail life

still sea life with snail

Snails by Orlando Jewitt




Engravings by Orlando Jewitt, 1863

муравейник (Snail)

by Elena Chernenko also called Kassandra

Christmas by Ivan Parkhomenko

Running Out of Time by Joanna5549

Snail by Kulik Larissa

Hella Jongerius' snail bowl

I adore the 'gold slime'



so wonderful colours!


...and there are more animals...