old wood

a few weeks ago, my dad took apart a small bench that was rotting in my yard.  so I salvaged the wood and made a small table.  the growth on the wood is quite charming. very rustic and homemade.

here are some shoes my mom gave me for my birthday. They are quite nice.

spring

we have posted new items: little crocheted hair bows! I do hope you like them.

Here they are.

ecosystems

Roaming around Barnes and Noble the other day, I came across "Charley Harper: an Illustrated Life," and was instantly smitten. I have always loved Charley Harper (and always believed I would have done better in science class had he illustrated my biology text book) and I do believe that this was the most beautiful coffee table book I have ever seen. And how playful! Children and adults alike might enjoy it! 

I do love  buffalo and other plains critters. 

These collages are some of my favorite images in the book: all these bugs and lizards and platypus swarm together so harmoniously. 

Alas, this book was out of my price-range, so I had to content myself with only a brief look. Charley has something quite interesting to say about art and ecosystems: 

"I regard the picture as an ecosystem in which all the elements are interrelated, interdependent, perfectly balanced, without trimming or unutilized parts; and herein lies the lure of painting; in a world of chaos, the picture is one small rectangle in which the artist can create an ordered universe."

Indeed! 

cats cats cats

Happy Birthday Edward Gorey. I am sorry I am a day late. 

darling scientists

I love looking at the adorable old scientists in my biology books.

(Alfred Wallace) (Charles Darwin) Both these stately gentlemen look so innocent and have beautiful facial hair.

Watson and Crick look like the kind of people I would want to befriend. I have named the feral cats living in my back yard Watson, after the double helix.