new projects

neil is showing me how to stretch canvas - so we got to go the lumber store and use his power tools, fun! i'm not a great painter, or even a very good one, but i do have something in mind which should be easy enough for me and be fun to do.

neil getting the saw ready...



sawdust...


me in goggles because safety comes first...

favorites

hexagons are my favorite shape!



hexagonal origami found on flickr

1962 yearbook

maybe this isn't the best look for me - what do you think?

yearbook yourself

one of a kind

can't remember where i found these, but i love these wall hangings by frazier & wing

days with my father

an absolutely beautiful photo series by photographer Phillip Toledano about his widowed father and their way through his disability.


via hello bauldoff

the mathematician

print by how now design

second time around

i didn't even realize, but propercandy was sweet enough to include me in one of her beautiful treasuries again! i was checking my shop and happened to click on the front page and there it was!

"By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel."
-Giacomo Casanova

thanks propercandy!! the front page is just as exciting the second time around..

double exposure

absolutely beautiful. scratch the surface on flickr

best of

so many great posts today from swissmiss... here are some favorites.



beautiful photos of dissasembled appliances at swissmiss

look up at swissmiss

silhouettes at swissmiss

and... a fun word quiz from joanna goddard

ferns

i love these so much, i have no words.



floating ferns at RianRae

need one of these

except i need one for cat poop instead. love it.



via bb via modern cat

bernie mac

heard tonight on fresh air, a Terri Gross interview from 2001 with Bernie Mac

"my mother began to laugh and cry at the same time. when i saw that, i started laughing with her. and i told my mom... that's what i'm going to be, mom, i'm going to be a comedian. so i never have to see you cry again.

at that particular time i thought comedians relieved my mother of her pain, and that's something i always wanted to do."

bernie mac remembrance

wasted space

Figure 2.6: Amount of space required to transport the same number of passengers by car, bus or bicycle.



Thank you Ritik Dholakia

shared names

ishi 592
oil on canvas
by Marie Mella

personal digression

there is cat poop on my purse!!!!



dear basil.. you sure are cute but please don't make this a habit.

if only...

What I really wanted when I started this experiment, I now realize, was to be one of those crazies who functions well on just five hours of sleep.


a fun read at slate found via not martha

because i love lincoln

found another lincoln via thelooksee! i think i might have a crush on abe.



hand typed portrait by nathan veach

food for thought

swissmiss posted an article from scientific american that reminded of of a show i heard on KERA a few months ago. the podcast isn't available anymore, but kris boyd interviewed the author of generation me and i really enjoyed the show. you might enjoy reading these also.

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever Before