Happy Pi Day
This is a celebration of the mysterious, mathematical constant that is so important in describing a circle – and therefore has applications to many branches of mathematics such as trigonometry and calculus.
Enjoy Pi today – I am going to have Key Lime Pi!
I blogged about colors earlier this month and then came across this delightful post on Hovercraft Doggy. Read the rest of the post here. It has bacon.
How about all of them?
For another perspective on color, see Zeitgeist in Design on the importance of colors in branding.
Daffodils yesterday, daffodils today, daffodil tattoos – I sense a theme . . .
The lyricwriter talks about the symbolism some attribute to daffodils and their depiction in tattoo art.
I mentioned earlier that I am knitting hats for the newborns at the county hospital. Here are some of the latest creations being shown by world-class models.
Below, Murphy models a snappy white cloche with a garnet bow embellishment.
And then Sam shows off a novelty cupcake hat.
Then in profile.
This modeling can be an exhausting business.
I am amazed at how calm these guys are during the photo shoot.
Just for fun – “tattooed” babies, and . . .
Tattoos about babies.
And now for something completely different, this is the opening of the 2012 Edinburgh Military Tattoo covered by the BBC
and supported by this flash
Thanks to Cynthia for this interesting story in the New Yorker about a historical perspective on women and tattoos.
Last week it was Science Tattoos – a whole new perspective on the STEM fields. This week it is, not surprisingly, Knitting. Who knew people would go to such lengths to portray their addiction hobby? And have a ball; and pursue a thread; one cannot gauge these things; or look for purls of wisdom here; or one becomes a wrapped up in a skein of stories; and then needs to send a cable – to Kitchener. Okay, I’m done needling you.
If you look really closely, you will see alpaca is not spelled incorrectly.
This post on The Knitting Needle and the Damage Done. Thanks to Curtis for the reference.
A little something to do with that left over yarn – or go to: Beardo hats and other accessories by Jeff Phillips.
Firearms, fibers, any news or behaviors that make me say, "hmm, let me take another look at this."
I still miss my man, but my aim is getting better.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 