The Clothespin Launch

I pushed through the screen door into the crisp morning air, eager to see what fresh props the patio had waiting. Lying on the grooved cedar planks was a classic wooden spring clothespin with a gleaming steel coil. Bracing firmly on my pink pompom heel, I brought my yellow sneaker down onto the angled lever! With a snappy click, the jaws clamped open and catapulted a dry magenta blossom petal straight up into the breeze. I lunged forward, catching the petal squarely between two fingers before it could touch the ground!