thoughtful thursday

henry james:

she feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.

whimsical wednesday

we're chopping up magazines and catalogues for whimsical wednesday! gather magazines and catalogues that you are finished with.  as you browse through, cut out the words or images that make an immediate impression.  gather at least a dozen; definitely more if you wish.  look through the words and images you selected.  do they follow a theme?  eclectic?  throw them away or save them for an art project like a collage.  share what you found with the whimsey project!

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all things trivial, factual or experiential. bring it on!

bell peppers. these little gems are actually fruit.  that's because they have seeds and come from a flowering plant.  vegetables, on the other hand, are parts of plants. such as:  roots (carrots), leaves (lettuce), stems (celery) and buds (broccoli).

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all manner of what strikes the fancy. share!

cats amaze me.  one aspect of their amazing selves is that space between their leap and landing. watch closely.  they seem to hover, almost stop, momentarily, before they complete the action. how do they do that?  amazing.

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! gather up magazines and catalogues that you are willing to cut up. we'll be looking for items that appeal to us.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book.  any book will do, however, consider those books that have been waiting a long time to be read.  share your book!

having read the "beginning" of clifton fadiman's the lifttime reading plan, today i read about the authors of the middle ages: st augustine (considered literature's first autobiography) dante and chaucer, whose canterbury tales i recall from english literature in college.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! share your silly stuff today!

joke from the oatmeal:

Q: what do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin with its diameter?

A: pumpkin pi!

photo friday

lil mouse mounts the mushrooms!

thoughtful thursday

theodore roosevelt:

courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength.

whimsical wednesday

it's garden planning time for whimsical wednesday!  today we are thinking about gardens, any type, large or small, container or huge plot of earth.  design a flower garden, look at seed catalogues, seek out new plants to enjoy.  whatever gardening activity you choose, enjoy the whimsey of gardening. share your gardening activity at the whimsey project!

we are currently redoing the house foundation landscaping.  the look is minimalist and sculptural; featuring succulent and grass plants, stones and special features. much time was devoted to looking in gardening catalogues and on line for succulents and ground covers.  my head is swimming from all the varieties and choices i reviewed.  now we have to decide what to purchase!

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project. our day to share all manner of trivia.  you have it, bring it on!

my trivia:

deipnosophist!  a person who is a master of the art of dining.  

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share lots of whimsical stuff.  you know you have miscellaneous to share; please do!

this is about as whimsical an art installation as it can get.  london artist, slinkachu, has created the most amazing miniatures in settings he found in london.  the article is interesting and the photographs of his work are awesome!  enjoy!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/03/31/slinkachu_photographs_miniature_scenes_in_london_in_his_exhibition_miniaturesque.html

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's time to think about a garden.  begin to plan your garden whether a tiny container or a large plot of land. research new plants to enjoy.  start seeds.  craftin' with suz has a great gardening idea on her website today:  http://www.craftinwithsuz.com/  we are all things garden!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. any book will do, however, consider reading those books that have been waiting on the shelf for a long time.  share your book!

the lifetime reading plan by clifton fadiman.  this book is an introduction to western literature and thought.  called the classics, each author's work is given a summary by mr fadiman; along with his recommendations for further reading. this morning i read the introduction as well as the summaries of the works of homer, herodotus, thucydides, plato and aristotle.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw. what say you?

joke:

Q: why did the cookie go to the hospital?

A: it felt crummy!

photo friday

when a half zebra face will do!

thoughtful thursday

elephant health and wellness:

life is about moments.  don't wait for them; make them!

whimsical wednesday

we're writing poetry for whimsical wednesday to celebrate national poetry month! poetry writing with a twist because we're writing a group poem. here's how: a beginning sentence will be followed by fellow wim-zees' sentences in the comment section.  later tonight or tomorrow, i will post our poem in the body of this post.  get creative and participate! let's begin:

if there was ever a time to wonder.....

being careful not to make a blunder
is when i am most apt to over wonder and mistake.

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all manner of trivia; factual or experiential. all welcome.  bring it on!

we are at the time of year when america focuses on the end of the civil war.  my trivia is from this event.  the word deadline. andersonville in georgia was a prison for captured union soldiers. within the walls was a perimeter of posts.  these posts, about five feet from the walls, was the line prisoners could not cross or they would be shot.  the line became known as the deadline.  

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share whatever strikes our fancy.  share something you fancy for whimsical wednesday!

fellow wim-zee, windy and her little family, did a fun for her brother for easter. while he was away from home, they hid plastic eggs all over his house.  in each egg was the part to a lego set. if her brother found all the eggs he would have a complete lego set and the instructions!  you can begin to plan your own such easter whimsey for next year!

whimsical easter surprise!

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! april is national poetry month.  let's write a group poem.  be thinking of a line you want to contribute to our whimsey poem!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. any book will do, however, consider those books that have been waiting a long time to be read. share your book with the whimsey project.

this week i have been reading "wildflowers of tennessee (the ohio valley and the southern appalachians) edited by horn, cathcart, hemmerly and duhl.  it is the official field guide of the tennessee native plant society.  while the majority of the book is photographs and descriptions of plants, the introduction was very enlightening.  i especially learned much reading about the geological terrains of the state of tennessee and how the variances influence the growth of the wildflowers.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw. bring it on!

joke from the oatmeal:

Q: why shouldn't you write with the broken pencil?

A: because it's pointless!!!!!

photo friday

thanksgiving 2014 bulb planting brings 2015 blossoms!

thoughtful thursday

elephant spirituality:

sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks.

whimsical wednesday

we're creating trading cards for whimsical wednesday! like baseball cards, a trading card is a mini-bio about a particular aspect of a person.  for whimsey, we'll be creating trading cards about any person, place, thing; real or imagined.  for example, you might create a trading card about your pet, a house, the beach, a character from a favorite book or movie.  use whatever materials you wish and make your trading card large or small.  share your card with the whimsey project!

my trading card: hummingbird!

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all manner of trivia. we like it all; factual, unusual, fun, experiential. bring it on!

according to "weird history" the word twitter was first used by geoffrey chaucer in 1374.

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share something about everything. your tidbits are welcomed so give us your miscellaneous!

i've read about rosa's fresh pizza in philadelphia in several publications of late. mason wartman opened a pizza shop in 2013, selling pizza for one dollar a slice.  he discovered that even at one dollar a slice there were those in the neighborhood that couldn't afford to buy his pizza.  however, he never turned away a customer for lack of funds. one day a customer asked to pay for a slice for someone else so they could eat.  mason agreed and that's how the shop became filled with colorful sticky notes. one note turned into more than 10,000 since then.  the first one was put on the wall and others followed suit. no one is unable to eat at rosa's fresh pizza. anyone can pull a sticky note off the wall and use it to pay for a dollar slice of pizza. there should be a rosa's fresh pizza shop in every community all over the country!

get ready.....

baseball season just opened!  that means trading cards!  for whimsical wednesday let's create our own trading card. a trading card is a mini bio about an aspect of a person; just like a baseball player. be thinking about what you'll place on your trading card; you, someone else, pets, places, things for whimsical wednesday.

happy easter!

the easter bunny brought a treasure!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. any book will do, however, consider those books that have been waiting a long time to be read. share what you are reading!

another borrowed book (it's interesting to be away from home and read what others have on their bookshelves).  st louis: then and now by elizabeth mcnulty. lots of photographs and lots of history about the city of my birth. dredd scott, the arch to mark the gateway to the west, scott joplin, the 1904 world's fair that later became forest park filled with amazing treasures (the jewel box being my favorite), fried ravioli, and what high school did you go to? that's the st louis i knew and the st louis i found in st louis: then and now.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! we want to enjoy your silly stuff so share!

mom's refrigerator sayings:

*lead me not into temptation, i can get there by myself!*

*apathy is our most serious problem today; but who cares?*

photo friday

best flowers ever! handmade for me by my sister!

thoughtful thursday

frank zappa:

a mind is like a parachute.  it doesn't work if it isn't open.

whimsical wednesday

whimsical wednesday should be a busy day! we are celebrating the birthday of sliced bread (1954). also, it's also national fun day. fun day can be described by a word i recently learned:  gammock! gammock means a piece of fun, a game, a jest, a frolic, antics or tricks.  perhaps this is from which april fool's day originated. have a fun day with sliced bread and a game or frolic or antics. we'll leave tricks to others.  share your fun with the whimsey project!