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Oh Why-O, Part II

I found Ohio curious, but I enjoyed being there. Much of it looked like this:
So imagine my surprise when some of it looked like this:
That’s a manatee in the background. The Columbus Zoo has two of them and features some of the most impressive crowd control management techniques I’ve ever seen. Not that they were necessary today – there were about 200 people in the entire enormous zoo, and we practically had the baby elephant all to ourselves. Manatees! Who knew?

Why, Oh Why, Oh Why Oh

This post comes to you via some flaky wireless service at the lovely
Quality Inn in Tiffin, Ohio. It may be expounded upon at some later
date when I can type with more than just thumbs. But let me state for
posterity that not only have I just attended a beautiful wedding and
enjoyed the excellent company of my friends and neighbors far from our
usual locale, but also I have witnessed the unprecedented sight of my
husband dancing to pop music with our son. Which alone may have been
worth any stress accumulated over the past 48 hours. Because that was
AWESOME.

The Snowy Day, Redux

What I Made This Week



Thanks to Reading is My Superpower for this darling reversible pinafore pattern, and apologies for the crappy camera phone pictures. Clearly my next project will have to be a pair of matching bloomers from Amy Butler’s Little Stitches.

Otherwise: I just keep knitting around and around on a fine gauge sock. One origami box folded to hold rubber bands in the kitchen. And I’ve finally found the perfect pattern for the lovely handpainted alpaca yarn I received for Christmas (but it’s a secret, for now).

My son has discovered beads, and was so focused on threading them onto a piece of plastic string (the stuff we called gimp back in the 70s – I suspect that’s probably not PC any more) that he ignored the ringing doorbell completely. I’m going to have to get more beads.

The Missing Heads of Harrison Ford

A couple of months ago, Mr Apparently purchased a 5-pound box of Legos on eBay. The contents were said to be a mix of pieces from several Lego sets. Along with numerous wheels, about 200 little green L-shaped pieces, two plastic spiders and some random weaponry, the box contained the distinct trappings of an Indiana Jones set: a gold treasure chest, a bullwhip, and not one but three brown satchels. And, the headless figure of Mr. Jones himself.

We found it of particular coincidence that the other figure in the set, also headless, is clearly Han Solo.

Self-Image through Fontography?


Pentagram says I’m a courier type. I would have suspected myself to be a Perpetual Titling Light kind of person, myself, but self-identifying as progressive rather than traditional made all the difference.

Shoe Emergency?

Apparently can’t be bothered to post something witty tonight because she’s just realized that she hasn’t worn her black special occasion shoes since giving birth (i.e., when my feet grew half a size) and suddenly needs a pair available for purchase online and delivered to my home no later than Thursday.

Which one of these floats your boat?





Jellyfish

We spent the day at the NY Aquarium. I have some mixed thoughts about this aquarium, but the “Alien Stingers” exhibit is unquestionably cool. Did the branding people think that “Alien Stingers” would attract more people than “Jellyfish”? I don’t know about you, but I’m always up for a good jellyfish exhibit, regardless of what it’s called.

Modern Quilting

The Modern Quilt Guild has a post today about how every generation calls itself modern, meaning a divergence from past style(s)…and yet a photo then-and-now shows that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Or at least that’s true in quilting. My friend’s vintage-photography-mashup website, Sepiatown, launched today, and it shows that the more things change in architecture, they more they just plain change.
quilt begun by Vania and finished by me in 2008. You should know this: if you ever give me crafting materials, it’s likely that you will receive something made from them in return. I know this is not your intention. The cyclical nature of giving and receiving just appeals to me.

Another Finished Project

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