and the letter N is brought to you today by
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What nourishing concoction do you think is in those dessert cups?
My guess is Jello - the ultimate space age food :)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
inchie landscape
The inchies from the 99 inchie swap arrived in yesterday's mail.
I love to line them up in columns and rows like this:
and then pick out some favorites:
just gotta love Lucy!
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classic and elegant
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recycling at its finest
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and a tres cool cat
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just thought I'd share the joy :)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
literary tea
I love this shot of my tea today - the steam was rising up to fog the lens of my camera.
Today's tea is Red Clover tea - beneficial for symptoms of menopause - or so they say.
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I went to the library yesterday and found what I hope will be good books.
The one I started last night is Night Navigation, by Ginnah Howard.
It's about a woman and her adult son who is bi-polar and a drug addict.
It's a novel about their relationship.
I stayed up longer than I intended to. I guess I got sucked in.
The next book The Hidden, by Tobias Hill, is an archeological mystery/thriller.
I loved the cover of both of these books.
I say you CAN tell a book by it's cover - often :)
And this is Lawn Boy, by Gary Paulsen:
I read with kids at school and have discovered that if they read aloud with a Jolly Rancher in their mouth they do an amazingly excellent job with their reading fluency. I think reading out loud and sucking on a hard candy at the same time helps their brain not try so hard with each word. It all just flows better. Plus - there's the enjoyment factor of a good book and a yummy candy at the same time. Not quite so dry an experience.
I have more books from my library at the bottom of my sidebar. I recently updated it to include only the books I really really enjoyed. My favorite of all time being The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa.
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please visit these other tea on tuesday tea parties today:
Friday, April 23, 2010
playing along
Ale at Viola Violeta invited me to play a game.
Revisit my 10th post.
I was heavily into inchies in March '08
(still am I guess)
and I had just made this box to keep my inchies in:
Click here for the original post.
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and now I pick 5 more blogs to play along
eenie meenie minie moe
Thank you Ale for the fun :)
Your comments always always bring a smile to my face!
Like this one last week:
hola kimmie!!!!this is a party of inchies!!!!!they are more than beautifull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fugly button redux
You might remember the "fugly buttons" post.
These are some simple ones that I did just for fun.
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I happened to mail one to Dianne with her tea stuff and look what she made with it:
I just love love love it - don't you!!!??!!!!
She has 2 blogs:
Bits and Pieces of D where she blogs about "life in general according to me"
and Pieces of D where she shares her art.
Drop by and say hello .... if you scroll down just a day or 2 you'll find this brooch and you can tell her how cool it is :)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
happy earth day
In celebration of Earth Day
I just want to revisit some of my older projects using recycled stuff.
Like this Chili Cook-Off Trophy:
And this Garden Fairy named Mathilda:
And her friend named Betty:
And "Bicycle Dream Pie" .... something I made using a Fat Tire Ale beer carton and an apple pie tin:
Or the wall jewelry I made using an Alaskan Pale Ale label and a tin can lid:
Now doesn't that just make you want to go out and pick through your recycling bin looking for treasure?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
tea and happy mail
... my tea party today:
... a closer look at all this happy mail from Ooglebloops:
... inchies:
... a "tres cool" matchbox:
wabi sabi is a Japanese phrase and basically means "finding beauty in impermanence and transience."
Sabi is a Japanese word meaning rust
... "cool stuff" is Ooglebloops specialty:
... the tea is delicious:
... don't you just love my duck cup?
... and the lilacs?
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visit these other cool tea parties today:
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