One day when I was in first grade, I think it was for Valentine’s Day, we spent the afternoon decorating graham crackers. I thought they were the most delicious thing I had ever tasted. In my memory, they looked just like this.
Here is Mezesmanna on Instagram also on Facebook, via This is Colossal
Look here for videos showing how Swedish musician Martin Molin built his incredible machine – a hand-made music box that powers a kick drum, bass, vibraphone and other instruments using a hand crank and 2,000 marbles.
It’s got a nice beat. You can dance to it.
Today is the birthday of my nom de blog, Anne Bonney, born in 1702 in Kinsale, Ireland.
It is tattoo Tuesday:
Here, with a lot of help from Stephen King via Delancey Place, is an attack on the adverb. I read King’s memoir, On Writing, some time ago; this lesson stuck with me and I am happy to share this excerpt.
“The three latter s
Ukrainian glass artist Nikita Drachuk of Glass Symphony creates all manner of glass spiders, octopi, and other critters by hand. He uses a method called lampworking, where a lamp or torch is used to melt rods of colored glass. Once in a molten state, the glass can be formed by blowing and shaping with various tools and small movements. You can see more of their delicate glass critters here.
I want him
I do lamp work. This is hard. And they break.
I love these trompe-l’oeil chalk drawings by David Zinn (via Colossal). He has an interesting perspective on reality that the streets of Ann Arbor benefit from.
This post is for my friend Carol, who is participating in the “Color My World” challenge.
The folks over at Que Interesante created this clever sticker pack for crayons, effectively turning color names into the chemical compounds the correlate with each hue. The sets seem like a fun way to learn for a science-minded family and are available in number of different packs or in bulk for schools.
St David is the patron saint of Wales. March 1 is his feast day.
Saint David (Welsh: Dewi Sant) was born towards the end of the 5th century. He was a scion of the royal house of Ceredigion, and founded a Celtic monastic community at Glyn Rhosyn (The Vale of Roses) on the western headland of Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) at the spot where St David’s Cathedral stands today.
Many Welsh people wear one or both of the National symbols of Wales to celebrate St. David: the daffodil (a generic Welsh symbol) or the leek (Saint David’s personal symbol) on this day. The leek arises from an occasion when a troop of Welsh were able to distinguish each other from a troop of English enemy dressed in similar fashion by wearing leeks.
Source – Wikipedia
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