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What is tattoo Tuesday about?

June 11, 2013

I never get tired of looking at the moon and I found this “fun fact” on my iPad Moon app today:

How long would it take to get there?

Car ( @ 60 mph) – 5 months, 22 days, 15 hours, 56 minutes, 48 seconds

Plane (@ 600 mph) – 17 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes, 41 seconds

Sound (@ 761 mps) – 13 days, 18 hours, 39 minutes, 8 seconds

Saturn V (@ 17,432 mph) – 14 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds

Light (@ 186,282 mps) – 1.351 seconds

This is because the moon is at (or nearly at apogee) which makes it 251,673 miles away, or 1,350,546 Eiffel Towers away from Earth. The moon’s phase is a waxing crescent.

Here are some moon tattoos.

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What is tattoo Tuesday about?

June 4, 2013

This is not a tattoo. The model is wearing paper lashes from here.

I cannot imaging wearing these without rubbing them off almost immediately.

Or these.

This is makeup, not a tattoo.

But this one is a tattoo. I would like permanent eyeliner like this (I think.)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, beauty, eye lashes, eyeliner, fashion, makeup, permanent eye liner, style, tattoo Tuesday, tattoos, whimsey | 4 Comments »

What did I celebrate on Sunday?

June 3, 2013

The answer is that the first Sunday is June is traditional for celebrating the Day of the Rice God. From Chase’s Annual Events:

Chiyoda. Annual rice-transplanting festival observed on first Sunday in June. Centuries-old rural folk ritual revived in 1930s and celebrated with colorful costumes, parades, music, dancing and prayers to the Shinto rice god Wbai-sama.

Here is a lovely set of rice bowls from Halcyon Pottery.

Disclaimer: this is a totally self-serving plug from the author, Anne Bonney – pirate-potter.

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Last week we took a road trip – a voyage, actually – to one of the off-shore islands in Lake Erie’s western basin. Only a little over 4 square miles, Kelley’s is still one of the largest of the Lake Erie Islands. The island was settled by Native Americans and then taken over by white settlers. Signs of Native Americans still exist, such as Inscription Rock near the ferry dock, and mounds and earthworks on the island.

Inscription Rock purportedly designed by Native Americans on Kelley’s Island

The primary industries were logging, quarrying and wine making. I will never understand the logic of living on an island (an ISLAND!), then cutting off parts of it and selling it. This is, however, what people did and are still doing on Kelley’s. The quarries are impressive. We watched a osprey float on the wind along the edge of the larger quarry stopping to stoop now and then after some kind of prey. We never saw what he was after.

Here’s a view of the quarry.

Now Kelley’s is mostly a vacation spot. In addition to boating, swimming, picnicking and pubbing, Kelley’s is a geologist’s paradise. The limestone in the quarries is full of fossils. I was after trilobites, but came up empty handed. The trilobite, Isotelus, is Ohio’s official state fossil. And I felt silly writing that.

Isotelus

We did, however, find a bunch of horn corals embedded in the limestone giving a glimpse into live at the bottom of the shallow ocean that once covered this part of Ohio.

Horn coral in limestone

Also impressive are the glacial grooves that were almost lost to the limestone industry, but are now preserved as a landmark.

Kelley’s Island Glacial Grooves

The grooves were made during the last ice age when boulders at the bottom of the glacier scoured out these grooves out of the limestone as the glacier moved over the land.

Anyway – the topic of tattoo Tuesday is Trilobites. I found this interesting article in Discover about people who are combating extinction (or at least commemorating extinct species) by getting them tattooed on their bodies.

Here are some trilobites:

Here are some trilobite tattoos:

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, art, entertainment, geology, glacial grooves, horn coral, islands, isotelus, Kelley's Island, limestone, quarries, tattoo Tuesday, tattoos, travel, trilobite | 4 Comments »

What am I watching?

May 22, 2013

This reminds me of yoga class.

Reblogged from hovercraftdoggy.

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What is Tattoo Tuesday about?

May 21, 2013

Ever get a song stuck in your head? It’s like this.

(Thanks, C.)

The theme today is music. I thought these tattoos were quirky and cute.

This one tickles.

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What is tattoo Tuesday about?

May 14, 2013

GIRAFFES

Thanks to HMS Defiant for the video reference.

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What am I watching?

May 13, 2013

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, history, Holland, music, Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, The Night Watch | 4 Comments »

What is tattoo Tuesday about this time?

May 7, 2013

I think I mentioned the nest outside my front door. Here are some photos. The nest is in perfect condition, but the birds must have changed their plans because it does not look as if it was ever put to its intended purpose. Maybe the porch light was too much.

This week I celebrate the vernal appearance of birds and their nests.