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Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
What am I shopping for?
December 22, 2016
I especially like the unabridged canon of English literature – pretty handy.
What am I Lego-loving?
December 21, 2016
One of photographer Andrew Whyte’s projects is a series of intrepid Lego minifigures who travel around the world photographing their surroundings and sometimes winding up in terrifying situations (see above.)
What am I sappy feathered star blogging?
December 16, 2016
I think this creature is really interesting. It is a crinoid. I have fossil crinoids. I thought they were extinct. Look at this one just swimming around. Sometimes they are on stalks and are called sea lilies. They are related to star fish and sea urchins.
Where am I living?
December 14, 2016
A Martian “Show Home” was on display at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on November 15. The home was designed by National Geographic and shows what Martian habitation might look like. We were in London in November, but missed this exhibit by a few days. Oh well, we can just look forward to the real thing in 2037.
What is Wednesday about? Freckles . . .
December 14, 2016
Who do we celebrate today?
December 13, 2016
“St Lucia was a young Christian girl who was martyred, killed for her faith, in 304. The most common story told about St Lucia is that she would secretly bring food to the persecuted Christians in Rome, who lived in hiding in the catacombs under the city. She would wear candles on her head so she had both her hands free to carry things. Lucy means ‘light’ so this is a very appropriate name.
December 13th was also the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, in the old ‘Julian’ Calendar and a pagan festival of lights in Sweden was turned into St. Lucia’s Day.” – Christmas in Sweden
Gunsmoke and Knitting 