miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we don't share the rest of the week. what say you?


over the holiday weekend, my daughters rearranged my bedroom to create a crafting area. it's wonderful! now i have a place to spread my projects and i don't have to put them away between work sessions. and the table in the kitchen remains free for normal kitchen activities, like eating dinner. now that the room is rearranged putting all the stuff in order is now the focus. everything is in odd boxes or box lids. as i have been dealing with stuff in boxes and box lids, a thought came to mind. remember velveeta cheese?  it is packaged in a very sturdy cardboard rectangle box. the lid is a thinner cardboard that slides over the bottom half of the box. the cheese has value for some recipes however the true value is the box! they make great organizers for drawers. they hold lots of items like pens and pencils, paint brushes, crayons, markers and on and on. dating myself, i still have velveeta boxes in the kitchen drawers, holding small kitchen utensils, that date back to 1972! besides taking care of them, the boxes last and last. they are that sturdy. do you have any velveeta boxes you utilize for practical use?

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! we're creating kitchen counter art with fresh fruits and vegetables. get your fruits and vegetables ready.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. what are you reading?


switching gears today, i read the paintings of matisse by douglas mannering. the chapters i read discussed the evolution of matisse's painting style as well as his endeavors in sculpture.

silly saturday

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


courtesy of holy cuteness, a hamster eating a carrot slice in bed:

http://holycuteness.com/2015/11/25/hamster-eats-carrot-in-bed/

photo friday

post thanksgiving celebration...

thoughtful thursday

happy thanksgiving!

whimsical wednesday

we're getting ready for thanksgiving for whimical wednesday! do what you do to prepare for the day of thanks. what are you doing? share with the whimsey project!


for whimsical wednesday i will bake a pecan pie. this evening we will have a pre-thanksgiving celebration with friend and her children. we always serve meatloaf on thanksgiving eve. after dinner will come a craft and a fire in the fireplace.  wheeeeeee......

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share trivia; experiential or factual. share your stuff!


according to statistics, more than 50 million turkeys are put on thanksgiving tables across america.

here's a link to more turkey/thanksgiving statistics:

http://www.statisticbrain.com/thanksgiving-statistics/

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we don't share the rest of the week. bring it on!


travel and leisure posted a neat slideshow of the 23 best american towns for the holidays. maybe there's one near you to visit. maybe you'd like to travel to a location. maybe you'll just enjoy the slide show.  link:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-best-towns-for-the-holidays

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's the day before thanksgiving so there's probably much to do! we'll use whimsical wednesday for that purpose. make your decorations, bake pies, get a craft or game together for company activities, select music to play, set the table. whatever you wish to do to make thanksgiving more whimsical!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. what are you reading?

lakes and rivers is what i'm reading about in bates', the forest and the sea.

silly saturday

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


from the astonishing school of gifted nerds:

which egg carton do you choose? share your answer!

photo friday

mom's refrigerator art.

thoughtful thursday

the wisdom of teabag tags.

whimsical wednesday

it's all about words for whimsical wednesday! select a word you really like then research that word in as many languages as possible. need a nudge? a few words to consider: love, happy, friend, peace, smile. share your word with the whimsey project!


my word search began with the word "whimsy" and came up empty. looked at the color "blue" and found that all of the languages use a riff on blue. next was smile, laugh, laughter. the word i finally selected was "smile" as the gesture itself is universal.

the best source i found online for reading about words in other languages was IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.  there is a home page.  following is the specific page for the word smile:

http://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/smile

also, my search revealed there are posters of words in different languages. the following image is from  www.pcwallart.com

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the trivia; experiential or factual.

from weird history:
the word TWININGS in the twinings tea logo is 300 years old; the world's oldest existing logo.

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we don't share the rest of the week. what say you about miscellaneous?

atlas obscura features the neatest stuff to share and enjoy. this feature is about the pysanka museum in in ukraine; the only museum dedicated to the ukranian easter egg. here's the link:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pysanka-museum

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! we are selecting a word then finding that word in as many different languages as our research allows. begin thinking of the word you want to use; some options would be hello, friend, peace, love, happy.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project.

my time with the forest and the sea, by marston bates, detailed life in the coral reef. i learned much reading about the variety of life amid the reef and how reefs are formed.

silly saturday

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

from highlights:
Q:  what do you call an old dog?
A:  grandpaw!

photo friday

the resident black cat wishes you a happy friday the 13th!

thoughtful thursday

walker evans:

whether he is artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

whimsical wednesday

it's national origami day for whimsical wednesday! fold paper! any kind of paper any way you want to fold the paper. and perhaps check out origami as an art on-line or in a book.

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the trivia; experiential or factual. what say you?

in my experience, teenagers have very BIG feet!!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we don't share the rest of the week. what's your miscellaneous for monday?

i was able to attend the performances of my daughter's dance company over the weekend in chicago. it was grand.

pre-performance huddle of the luna troop dance company.

get ready.....

it's national origami day for whimsical wednesday! yes, we are going to fold paper.  maybe you have origami paper, maybe you don't. think about what you want make when you fold any piece of paper on whimsical wednesday.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. what are you reading?

the open sea was discussed in the chapter just completed in the forest and the sea by marston bates. this chapter details the variety of life in the sea and how the environment shapes the different adapted to their environment.

silly saturday

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

silly creativity!

photo friday

happy fall!

thoughtful thursday

barkpost:

meditation is basically just a human's attempt to be a dog for ten minutes.

whimsical wednesday

it's holiday greeting cards for whimsical wednesday! it's never too early to being to address this task (hahahahahhaaha..... pun intended!). if you make your cards, get started. if you purchase cards, consider shopping today. if you have cards in progress, work on them. if nothing else, start thinking about your holiday greetings!

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the trivia; factual or experiential! you got trivia?

from weird history via twitter:
spiked dog collars were invented in ancient greece to protect dogs' throats from wolves!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we don't share anywhere else. what is your contribution to miscellaneous monday?

saturday was halloween. living in the country with no close neighbors, there are no trick or treaters. until this year! friends brought their youngsters over and they were so excited to knock on the door and say, "trick or treat!!".  my nephew and his wife were in town for a party so they stopped by to deliver a few items. since we knew there would be visitors, we created treat bags. only four but it was fun to gather candy and such to put in the bags. the treat bags were ready in the morning. they sat on the table all day, awaiting their recipients! we'd grin every time we passed the treat bags.  our first trick or treaters ever! it was a happy halloween.

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's not too early to begin thinking about holiday greeting cards. get started on these for whimsical wednesday!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. what are you reading?

as it's a lovely day, i was able to read a few chapters of marston bates' the forest and the sea. he discussed biospheres, evolution, the similarities between the forest and the seas.