A peek at a work in progress. I'm crossing stitches/stitching crosses for the first time in years. It's been fun but not exactly leisurely cuz I need to finish by tomorrow and started kinda late. Cross stitch cramming.
2.22.2012
half-baked
work in progress
A peek at a work in progress. I'm crossing stitches/stitching crosses for the first time in years. It's been fun but not exactly leisurely cuz I need to finish by tomorrow and started kinda late. Cross stitch cramming.
A peek at a work in progress. I'm crossing stitches/stitching crosses for the first time in years. It's been fun but not exactly leisurely cuz I need to finish by tomorrow and started kinda late. Cross stitch cramming.
2.20.2012
sun worshipper
presidents' day
Maisie's recommendation for how to spend a sunny winter Monday holiday.
I wish you could feel the fur on her round, sun-warmed head. So soft and so cozy.
Maisie's recommendation for how to spend a sunny winter Monday holiday.
I wish you could feel the fur on her round, sun-warmed head. So soft and so cozy.
2.15.2012
2.09.2012
martha meets sleestak?
flashbacks to childhood television
The March issue of MSL arrived this week. This is the cover.
I find this photo totally disorienting. What's going on with the the gargantuan plants and oversized pillars?* Martha looks lilliputian. I think the effect is especially jarring because MSL covers are usually artfully arranged, gracefully proportioned glimpses of a perfect world.
My first thought: Martha's been sucked into the Land of the Lost!
Does anyone else remember that show? It came out in the '70s - actually, the year I was born, so I must have seen reruns. We didn't watch much TV when I was little (it was forbidden on school nights), but I remember loving Land of the Lost despite the facts that the sets looked fake even to my young kid eyes and I couldn't make sense of the plots. (I wasn't the only one.)
Just the first sentence of the Wikipedia synopsis gives you an immediate sense of what it was like:
Yup, not just dinosaurs and primate-like people, but hostile humanoid-lizard creatures, too.
And giant vegetation.
And mysterious stone ruins.
Which is why I wouldn't be surprised if a Sleestak was lurking behind that ginormous plant.
(LOTL image sources: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4)
* An article inside explains that Martha was photographed visiting Lotusland, "one of the most idiosyncratic gardens in the country." I took a brief tour of the website; it looks like it could be straight out of Land of the Lost.
The March issue of MSL arrived this week. This is the cover.
I find this photo totally disorienting. What's going on with the the gargantuan plants and oversized pillars?* Martha looks lilliputian. I think the effect is especially jarring because MSL covers are usually artfully arranged, gracefully proportioned glimpses of a perfect world.
My first thought: Martha's been sucked into the Land of the Lost!
Does anyone else remember that show? It came out in the '70s - actually, the year I was born, so I must have seen reruns. We didn't watch much TV when I was little (it was forbidden on school nights), but I remember loving Land of the Lost despite the facts that the sets looked fake even to my young kid eyes and I couldn't make sense of the plots. (I wasn't the only one.)
Just the first sentence of the Wikipedia synopsis gives you an immediate sense of what it was like:
"Land of the Lost details the adventures of the Marshall family (father Rick, his son Will, and younger daughter Holly) who are trapped in an alternate universe inhabited by dinosaurs, a primate-type people called Pakuni, and aggressive humanoid/lizard creatures called Sleestak."
Yup, not just dinosaurs and primate-like people, but hostile humanoid-lizard creatures, too.
And giant vegetation.
And mysterious stone ruins.
Which is why I wouldn't be surprised if a Sleestak was lurking behind that ginormous plant.
(LOTL image sources: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4)
* An article inside explains that Martha was photographed visiting Lotusland, "one of the most idiosyncratic gardens in the country." I took a brief tour of the website; it looks like it could be straight out of Land of the Lost.
2.04.2012
found
the kindness of strangers
Spotted this sign near work. I was impressed that its creator not only took in the lost kitty, snapped a picture, and made the sign (complete with the tear-off tabs), but even covered it in plastic. Which, as you can see from the raindrops in the photo, was a smart move.
Spotted this sign near work. I was impressed that its creator not only took in the lost kitty, snapped a picture, and made the sign (complete with the tear-off tabs), but even covered it in plastic. Which, as you can see from the raindrops in the photo, was a smart move.
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