File No. 084

Cumulus

Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Grinder

"It's mostly weather in here. Don't mind me."

Found: Assembled overnight on the flat file, from parts nobody set out · Filed 2023

Quirks

• Predicts rain by tilting one degree to the west
• Hums louder near the wrench drawer
• Insists she is a sheep. We do not correct her.

Parts

• Rust-mottled steel cloud plate, head
• Yellow ignition contactor, face
• Blue-taped wire, neck
• Chrome combination wrench, shoulders
• Brass shell casing, torso
• Cast iron flywheel, base

Origin

Cumulus was not on the bench when the shop closed on Tuesday. She was on the bench when the shop opened on Wednesday. The door had not been unlocked in between.

She has never explained herself. Weather rarely does.