"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Mar 5th, 2011
In 2002, the Hello Project Shuffle groups each performed and promoted a song based on the notion of “happiness My favorite of the three groups was Odoru 11, with “Shiawase Kyouryuu Ondo”…The Happy Dinosaurs March. About two years ago, I went fabric shopping with a friend – I was making some cushion covers for her, [...]
Posted in Other Bike Stuff, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Travel on Mar 2nd, 2011
Well, well, it took a few days to “come down” from our trip to Austin, TX to the NAHBS of 2011. Lots to see and think over…and a crap-ton of pictures to upload, edit, and pick through. I’m going to start out right off the bat with my favorite bike of the show. The wife [...]
Posted in Photo entries on Feb 8th, 2011
It’s booger-freezing cold outside, and it’s supposed to snow today/tonight, so here’s a picture of a rain-soaked peony. Hope this helps.
Posted in Photo entries, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 27th, 2011
I work on the Plaza these days, as a secretary for an architect. In all of my time in living in Kansas City, I have always worked downtown. Down in the financial center or the government district. Even when I worked for the Metro, I was still in the downtown-ish area, east of the Crossroads [...]
Posted in Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 23rd, 2011
Guess what I saw on Wednesday? Holy crap! A robin! Dude, some more of them! No kiddin’! January the 18th and the holly trees* outside the building I work in were teeming with robins. There had to be a good 15-18 of them circulating around. Now either these little dudes are crazy-go-nuts vanguards, or else [...]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Photo entries, Urban Photo Highlight Rides on Sep 9th, 2010
My favorite abandoned house in Kansas City is no more. It was demolished back in May. I’m kind of bummed. It was built in 1888. On the other hand, my second-favorite abandoned house: Is currently under rehabilitation, and it looks like whoever’s doing it is doing a nice job of it. I’m going back out [...]
Posted in Cats, Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Houseplants, Photo entries on Sep 8th, 2010
Joel built me a shelf across the windows in my sewing room so that the “Swiss Cheese Plant) (pictured at right) and the Madagascar Dragon Trees (at left) have a safe and secure home in my sewing room. Now, they’re above the level where I might accidentally crash into them and bruise their leaves and [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Photo entries on Sep 4th, 2010
I’ve been gluing stuff to other stuff lately. For example: Sequins + button + hairpin More sequins, a button, a bead, and a hairpin. La, la, laaaaa…more of the same, but in a more subtle and refined color scheme. Kind of elegant for being a bunch of crap glued together. This is meant to be [...]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Family, Photo entries, Recommendations on Aug 31st, 2010
A squillion years ago, more or less, I graduated from highschool and my grandparents gave me a really, really, really, really nice set of pens (one ballpoint, one fountain). I, being the hamfisted mutant that I am, managed to break the ballpoint pen within a year. Moreover, being an ignorant cluck, I tried to “fix” [...]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Dumpster Diving, Photo entries on Aug 26th, 2010
Melissa and I were out riding around the other evening and I am so glad my friends are patient with me. “Dude, we’ve gotta stop,” I hollered out. U-turn was pulled, trash was picked. Someone down in Columbus Park was getting rid of some luggage. Most of it was lackluster and grubby, but not this [...]
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