So... um... well... as they say... "the best laid plans..." [ click the pics for the bigger picture... ] That be the kite... in all her momentary glory. There was a bit of a blow going on out there... so I gathered up the kids, camera and m'darl'en z and headed out to a soccer field. (damnable golfers have reclaimed their golf course). The kite... I'm calling it The Hindenburg... had a maiden voyage of about 18 feet straight up... ... and then straight down in a massive, accelerating dive. So I'm thinking I need to rework the nature of the stuff that fills in the spaces in the frame. Tissue paper just can not take the sudden changes of heart that beset a kite of such epic proportions. :( It was fun while it lasted... and her next voyage will be... er... at an as yet unspecified time.