But the most delightful part is the "making of" video. Think of all those husbands, puttering around in their garages. Sometimes they come up with something.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Best. Christmas. Ever.
Both of my babies, together for Christmas in the Dollhouse. Lina, all the way from France. Ali, down from Canadia.
Bliss!Friday, December 9, 2011
Vashon Island Studio Tour: Fire-Fiber-Flower
Okay, I admit I didn't get very far. In fact, I only got to one studio. This weekend I'll hit a few more.
I got stuck admiring the Fire component (Shannon Buckner) and the Flower section (Mike Urban) and completely missed the Fiber (Green Hatter - my apologies!)
Shannon is a badass blacksmith/artist/designer that creates these wonderful Art Nouveau influenced pieces. I want them all. I am particularly happy about the ball bearings she has married to the tops of some of the wires.
Mike was a photographer for 20 years for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Now he creates these wonderful flowers that I am completely smitten with. I also want all of these. Permanent flowers. The best part about them is that he takes glass I have walked by in any number of second hand stores and creates something I totally crave.BUT.
He also makes upcycled dinosaurs. More badassed-ness. Check out his website for much better photos than I took.
A tree even joined the festivities - trees with weird stuff on them are always a source of surprise for a girl from Kansas. Lichens are my new favorites.
Waiting for the ferry I noticed that my favorite stand of madrone (aka madrona) is now sporting some festive red berries in addition to the tawny red bark. The bark color reminds me of the color of the earth in Oklahoma and Uganda.
I scored a front row seat on the ferry back.
Another peek of Mt. Rainier while driving off the ferry.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The Anthropocene Era?
I'm absolutely crazy passionate about maps. Love 'em. LOVE THEM. I don't know if it's because I spent a lot of time as a child looking at the National Geographic Magazine (boobies!!) and always got excited when one of them came with a map. I would unfold it, smooth it out, locate north, and start on my journey. I was always interested in looking at the waterways and mountains because you could see how cities came to be built, located at a nexus of potential transportation or stopped by some geographic obstruction.
And of course Saul Steinberg made me laugh out loud at his accurate portrayal of East Coasters:
How about this gorgeous (but sobering) animation from Globaia:
<p>Anthropocene Mapping from Globaïa on Vimeo.</p>
And from the so-on-point xkcd:
Wait a minute. What? "Bikini baristas arrested for allegedly exposing themselves for tips"
Seriously.
I don't know if this is a PNW thing, a West Coast thing, or just a Washington thing. Ali was ~ erm ~ exposed to this last summer when he unknowingly rolled up to a drive through coffee joint and found himself being asked for $3.95 by a buxom girl in a skimpy bikini top. He didn't mention anything about tipping.
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