miscellaneous monday

what do you think of this, fellow whim-zees?

a very different dwelling featured in dezeen: 

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/07/23/thayer-brick-house-brooks-scarpa-studio-dwell-chicago/

i like it!

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. my book is chronicle books' flowers in art, a bouquet of floral paintings. each painting is paired with a poem. a lovely read. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project.

silly saturday

 magnet from a friend; on the refrigerator!

photo friday

barley

thoughtful thursday

desmond tutu:

do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

whimsical wednesday

we are counting telephone poles for whimsical wednesday! are you leaving home? count the telephone poles between home and your destination. if you make the return trip using a different route, count those poles as well.  are you staying home? go outside, walk to the street and count all the telephone poles within sight. are there more than you might have imagined? about the same as you imagined? or never gave a thought about telephone poles? share your findings with the whimsey project.

trivia tuesday

from merriam-webster:

a "snollygoster" is an unprincipled but shrewd person.

miscellaneous monday

an entry from my daily whimsical moments notebook dated september 4th: "our little buck sat down in the grass near the house for a rest."  there are a few mama deer that have and raise their babies on our land. our little buck, as we call him, is her yearling. he began growing antlers in the spring; just wee nubs at the beginning. he, along, with mama and her twins born this spring, come often to the yard to snuffle up cracked corn thrown in the grass for the birds. the day he sat down in the yard, so close to the house, he was alone sniffing for corn and then he sat! just hanging out in the yard the way a dog would. our little buck!

are you keeping a daily whimsical moments notebook? if not, today is a great day to begin. any notebook will do; develop whatever system works best for you. each day pay attention to those moments that catch your attention or take you by surprise or make you laugh or pause in thought. at the end of the day, record a moment in your notebook.  some days i have more than one so i record them all.  one cannot have too many daily whimsical moments, after all! this daily activity allows us to find a moment of whimsey in a day that might not have been as pleasant or easy as we would have liked. also, we can look back through our whimsical moments notebook and read how wonderful our days actually are amid the responsibilities of life.  

if you are currently keeping a whimsical moments notebook, share an entry with the whimsey project. 

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. i found the neatest book; tales from shakespeare by charles and mary lamb. first published in 1807, this volume of shakespeare's plays was written in prose to better introduce students to the works of the bard. for someone who does not read fiction i am finding this book very pleasant; perhaps because it seems more like a reference book than a book of fiction. one aspect of shakespeare i have discovered by reading the plays written in prose is that the stories are mere fairy tales! and there's always a moral to the story.

silly saturday

retorts!

https://uber-facts.com/18-responses-to-public-notes-that-are-absolutely-hilarious/   

photo friday

guineas home hatched/raised (photo by windy)

thoughtful thursday

dalai lama xiv:

a loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. 

whimsical wednesday

we're making homemade sprinkles for whimsical wednesday!

here's a link to three versions of the baking delight:

http://www.awwsam.com/2016/09/3-ways-to-make-your-own-sprinkles.html 

make sprinkles and share your experience with the whimsey project! 

*wednesday afternoon...

my homemade sprinkles have been made. having no piping bag i improvised with sandwich baggies. there wasn't a lot of control with this method but it worked well enough. some of the lines were too thick. the thinner lines dried quickly but the thicker ones took more than a few hours to dry. once the lines were broken up the sprinkles were decent. store bought sprinkles are so small i have never actually tasted them. i sampled a large piece of the homemade sprinkles; it tasted like cotton candy. the sprinkles will be stored in an air tight container until such time as a baking opportunity arises to use them.  yes, i will use them.  after all, i made them!

trivia tuesday

palindromes! 

for 10 days in september the dates are the same forward and backward:

9.10.19
9.11.19
9.12.19
9.13.19
9.14.19
9.15.19
9.16.19
9.17.19
9.18.19
9.19.19

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/palindrome-day.html

miscellaneous monday

an incredible building featured by dezeen:

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/03/04/john-pawson-wooden-chapel-germany-architecture/

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. i am reading chronicle books' monet's garden: claude monet's paintings from giverny. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project. 

silly saturday

chickens wearing tutus! 

https://www.boredpanda.com/adorable-chickens-tutus/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPTwitter  

photo friday

thoughtful thursday

ludwig wittgenstein:

if people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. 

whimsical wednesday

we are celebrating national "make your bed" day for whimsical wednesday! yes, there's a holiday for the mundane task of bed making; of which it is said there are benefits:  

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/make-your-bed-day

to celebrate, well, make your bed! if this is not your habit, perhaps doing so will cause you to discover the joys of bed making.  other ways to celebrate "make your bed" day might include washing the bed linens or changing the linens to refresh the bedroom decor. look through catalogs, magazines or online store sites and enjoy browsing the variety of bed linens. what would you select? would it be similar to what you already have or would it dramatically alter the look of your bedroom? do you prefer a particular type of sheet? maybe you'll discover something new! share your "make your bed" experience with the whimsey project. 


i won't just make my bed, i will wash the bed linens and then make the bed! sheets. when flannel sheets were first available i thought those would be grand. however, i did not find them to be grand. sleeping encased in flannel caused me to roast as if i were in an oven! knit sheets aren't quite as heat inducing, however, regular cotton sheets offer the best sleeping comfort.  there are plenty of beautiful spreads, comforters, quilts that could cover my bed and i have several in the linen closet. they are in the closet because nice bed linens and pets do not mix.  i enjoy looking at them on the shelves! i prefer pets to fine bed linens.

trivia tuesday

from uber facts:

a cup of coffee hydrates the body as effectively as a cup of water.

miscellaneous monday

from the mind circle; an amazing transformation!

https://themindcircle.com/stained-glass-windows-bathe-botanical-garden-cosmic-light/

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. my book is tom clavin's dodge city: wyatt earp, bat masterson and the wickedest town in the american west. gunsmoke, a television program i enjoy, takes place in dodge city. this book has enlightened as to the history of the town. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project! 

silly saturday

from ducksters.com:

Q: how many letters are there in the alphabet?
A: there are 11 letters in the alphabet!

photo friday

thoughtful thursday

thoughts of dog @dog_feelings:

gooooob morning. we are going to have a great day. whether you like it. or not

whimsical wednesday

it's the first wednesday of september so it's connections day! do what you wish to reach out to others; perhaps reach out to those you know need cheer and/or haven't connected with in awhile.

my connections include sending lots and lots of fall themed cards i made over the weekend and sending my monthly bunch of postcrossing postcards. 

trivia tuesday

from @uberfacts:

in a survey of 68,000 women from 180 countries, 88.9% said that kindness was the most important character trait when it comes to choosing a partner.

miscellaneous monday

fun photographs! a bored panda challenge: 

https://www.boredpanda.com/fun2019-photography-agora/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPTwitter

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. i continue with steven feld's sound and sentiment: birds, weeping poetics and song in kaluli expression.