Amazing Snail Kite

[botias]

A few summers ago, I was fascinated by someone's windsock, if that's what it was. It was maybe 20 feet long, very thin, and striped black and white. It moved in the breeze as though it were alive. After a bustling couple of days, I've spent today mostly in front of the computer; the wind has inspired me to see if I could find one of my own. No luck so far, but look! A giant snail kite! No really, it's cool.





There are many gorgeous 20 foot windsocks that make me want to go throw up a flag pole in the back yard, but they are hundreds of dollars and nothing like that serpentine banner I remember.

ETA: The banner was a 'tube tail'.

Comments

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, very cool! People do amazing things with kites. I wonder if your crazy-long windsock might hav been homemade? My mom used to do those with interesting results

[botias.livejournal.com]

Turns out it was probably a 'tube tail'.

Interesting, eh? I'm sure they would be simple to make. I wonder about specialized fabric, tho.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Fabric used to be tricky. Now days you can just buy on the internet.