THIS!

Christmas Countdown 2015 - How many days until Christmas 2015

Christmas Countdown 2015 - How many days until Christmas 2015

Karmin - Baby It's Cold Outside (Holiday Cover)

Halloween lament

Awaiting tiny

ghouls and goblins and witches

but they never show

TOFU DOGS ARE PEOPLE!!

Profound thought for the day… Or as close as I can get.

I think we'd all get along, in this life, much better if we just realize that every word, every slight, every hurt feeling that we receive… Is an expression of the speaker/giver's self-worth.  Look at it from the position that they are expressing their own thoughts and feelings about themselves than about you.

Of course, I say that from the position of someone who does not like to create pain in other people. 

If you're one of those I can only say 'do unto others', 

or Get Psychotherapy.

Quantum headache...

I'm currently reading THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM: THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 

Although Quantum Physics (and physics in general) give me a Quantifiable headache... I'm finding His Holiness' book much more enjoyable and understandable than most in the genre.

Here is a well written synopsis of the book:

Emptiness, Relativity, and Quantum

Physics - by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Star Light, Star might... not...

I awoke with hope

early morn fascination

clouds only to view

#FindTheGirlsOnTheNegatives

I just love stuff like this.  These are gorgeous photos and everyone would love to know more about the photographer and the subjects.

Check out the hashtag all over social media: #FindTheGirlsOnTheNegatives

Find the girls in these pics!

Richeson Contest!

Check it out!!

Art Supply Contest 

Enter each day for a chance to win! 

• May 1: GREY MATTERS BRUSHES
• May 2: LETTE KNIVES ASSORTMENT
• May 3: RICHESON OILS ASSORTMENT
• May 4: RICHESON SQUARE PASTELS ASSORTMENT
• May 5: PAINTSTIKS ASSORTMENT
• May 6: RICHESON CASEINS ASSORTMENT
• May 7: TRI-ART ACRYLICS ASSORTMENT
• May 8: QUILLER WATERCOLORS ASSORTMENT
• May 9: UNISON PASTELS ASSORTMENT
• May 10: 11” PRESS PACKAGE ASSORTMENT
• May 11: BEST EASEL – YOUR CHOICE!
• May 12: LYPTUS EASEL – YOUR CHOICE!
• May 13: RICHESON PAPERS ASSORTMENT
• May14: BEST STRETCHER BARS ASSORTMENT
• May 15: GESSOED PANELS ASSORTMENT

Cute chihuahua dancing Flamenco

RIP Leonard Nimoy, I love you so.

Leonard Nimoy's Boston - Full

WIN WIN WIN

Wanna win some cool Plaid craft products??

Check it out here: Plaid Prize Pack Giveaway

Snowlight

Winter Storm Warning...

softly muted

seems all the world,

finally snowing 

Northerly...

Wind moaning... 

sad, sad sound

Then howling mad.

Okay, no 5-7-5

time heals all...

but do the broken become stonger,

a la Wolff’s law?

Haiku doodle

Daily haiku... Tuesday, February 10

Cold, rainy and gray

Looking forward to springtime, 

Novus tempestas

So, what IS NaHaiWriMo? And Feb 9th's poem.

You can check out NaHaiWriMo here! It stands for National Haiku Writing Month.  As it says on the site, "Write one haiku a day for the month of February! Why February? Because it’s the shortest month—for the world’s shortest genre of poetry."

Interestingly, the logo is

The reason for the No 5-7-5 logo is because, strictly speaking, Haiku have the 5-7-5 rule Only in Japanese.  And then, they are counting sounds Not syllables.
So why do I always write using the 5-7-5 blueprint?  Because I like having constraints which force me to consolidate my thoughts... it could as easily be 7-9-7 or 10-12-10.  I guess that's why I also like Twitter


If you follow NaHaiWriMo on Facebook, you will find that they give you a prompt word for each day of the month.    Try to write haiku every day and try to incorporate the prompt.

And so, today, the prompt word is 'Nuclear'.

And being the nutty, whimsical person that I am... I had to screw with it:

on a nu, clear day

I'm living the haiku dream

five, seven, five... Damn!

NaHaiWriMo... so I'm a little behind.

relaxing sunday

so much I should be doing

but... well... here I sit. ‪

National Write Haiku Month

brrrrrr...

Moebius strips and zentangles...

My contribution to Challenge #201 at I Am The Diva

This challenge is in honor of Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day.

Much ado about coffee...

It's all about dat milk, 'bout dat milk, 'bout dat milk... no frothing!

The Flat White has arrived in America and Australia is not handling it well

Me, the teacher... again.

I belong to a bazillion art/craft/doodle Facebook groups (which I have a devil of a time keeping up with, I might add).  Someone on one of them asked how I did a particular pattern on one of my gift letters I posted previously.  You will see I'm not the most proficient video producer/director/cameraperson but I shot a quick lil vid to show her and anyone else how I did it.  I don't know if it has a name as it's a conglomeration of several different patterns (cadent, yew-dee, well).  I just call it my

Cadent-esque Pattern

I originally got the idea for this from Carole Ohl and her Tangle*a*day Calendar.

In the (gifting & doodling) mood...

Here are some gifts I produced for Christmas '14:

Tangling the Zen...

Some of the ornaments I made for Christmas 2014:

And now, from our Antarctic Bureau...

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141117-why-seals-have-sex-with-penguins

Oh Snap!

Now seals are gonna hafta watch sexual harassment videos! 

And so it's a new year...

Have you made any resolutions for 2015?  I know the general consensus is: Why make them when we usually don't DO them???

I haven't Reeeeeally made any.  Well, I have promised myself to TRY to do some type of art each and every day. I can probably stick to that one. And as usual I promise myself I'll blog more but if you've been following (heh), you see that doesn't really work out, though I AM going to try again this year... No, REALLY!

And I've created a "Happiness Jar" to hold a note, trinket or other Memory for each day of 2015. I got this idea from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love (one of my all-time FAVE books) and many other great books!

Here is a glimpse of my 2015 Happiness Jar:

What are your promises for 2015?

Oh, this is SO me...

Seasonal Depression