Oklahoma's weather is predictable, notwithstanding humorist Will Rogers' witty quip about waiting around five minutes for a change from snow to overbearing sun. It is an inescapable fact that we will soon be experiencing bouts of soggy deluges. On those days, we are confined indoors while all of nature beckons beyond the rain-spattered window glass.
Now is the time to assemble a rainy day rescue kit.
Start by taking advantage of this current bout of heavenly weather to get outdoors and gather up some items off of the forest floor. Make an effort to select leaves of all shapes and sizes. Once back home, you'll need to wick away excess moisture by a liberal application of paper towels. Next, spread out the leaves in between pages of the yesterday edition of this newspaper. Position a large sack-o'-sand on top of the whole arrangement.
The chances are good that you already have a batch of crayons there in your home. If not, you'll need to make a special shopping trip in order to go buy some. Once you're back home, peel the paper coverings off of each one of the crayons. Set the crayons aside in yet one more of those ever-so-handy sacks.
Now is the time to pre-order an arts & crafts item called parchment tracing paper. You will need to obtain these paper sheets before the start of the rainy season.
You're all set. Come those days when death-dealing lightning bolts are crashing into the earth, you can retrieve your dried and flattened tree leaves, crayons and tracing paper. Lay out the leaves under the tracing paper and hold the crayons in a horizontal position as you do a leaf rubbing motion. You may not consider yourself to be an artist, but I can assure you that your efforts will be rewarded with some pretty nifty creations that almost all of your friends and family will ooh and ahh over as artful masterpieces.
Don't procrastinate. Now is the time to assemble all of the components of your rainy day art kit.
Neil Garrison was the longtime naturalist at a central Oklahoma nature center. His email is atlatlgarrison@hotmail.com.
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