photo friday

what's going on?

thoughtful thursday

unknown:

i must stop starting at the beginning.

whimsical wednesday

we're exploring wabi-sabi for whimsical wednesday.  wabi-sabi is a japanese philosophy that embraces the imperfections in life.  (for more information see links posted on monday; get ready for whimsical wednesday).  many sources i read discussed "practicing" the art of the imperfect. that was confounding to me as we don't need to practice! imperfect is inevitable.  then i realized that the practice was in the acceptance of the imperfect. whimsical wednesday's activity is to apply wabi-sabi to the "imperfect" that is important to you. share your whimsical wednesday wabi-sabi with the whimsey project!

the floor.  in the realm of wabi-sabi the floor in my home is my nemesis! when i sweep and mop the floor, the outcome i expect is clean.  very clean. completely clean as in getting all the debris when sweeping and all the spots when mopping. that never happens. i can never get it all.  it's a major grrrrrr.....   the bane of my housekeeping existence!  i often feel i could live with the debris, dirt and huge dust bunnies with more compatibility then missing some of it when i attempt to clean the floor. thus, the floor was my wabi-sabi activity for whimsical wednesday. armed with my broom, i dug in. with great concentration i endeavored to capture that which did not belong on the floor. the floor got a thorough sweep then a second once over.  whatever was left (hiding from me; laughing, laughing, laughing) just had to be the imperfect. the post-sweeping inspection revealed that the task got more dirt than it left behind. i see what was missed but i'm ok with it. sort of. now the mopping part? that will have to wait for another day of practicing wabi-sabi.  i used up all my patience with the sweeping!    

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all manner of trivia; factual or experiential. we want your trivia! share!

a salute to summer!  watermelons, which are 92% water, originated from the kalahari desert in africa!

miscellaneous monday

there's only so much time in a day, week, month, year. time is filled with musts and these have to be addressed.  but how many musts are there really?  recently i decided that the limitations of time and body alone influenced how much a person can accomplish.  my solution to these limitations? eat dessert first!  (not literally, although that sounds good too.) instead of giving the best of myself to all the musts, i have been altered my daily routine. the pressing chores like feeding the fur will be occur. thereafter, i sit down to work on art projects. the table is strewn with projects and supplies. i don't put it away. i want to be able to sit down and immediately create. if the table is needed for another purpose like eating a meal, the supplies get moved to the side. after focusing on art projects for awhile, i'm actully more ready (and willing) to attend to some of the chores. allowing myself the freedom to do create on my terms has done wondered for my art and my person.

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! we are exploring the japanese concept of wabi-sabi; the acceptance of the imperfections of life.  consider how you will practice wabi-sabi for whimsical wednesday. here are a few links to further explore wabi-sabi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wabi-sabi

http://www.wholeliving.com/133628/wabi-sabi-your-life-6-strategies-embracing-imperfection

http://nobleharbor.com/tea/chado/WhatIsWabi-Sabi.htm

https://experiencelife.com/article/the-wabi-sabi-self/

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book.  any book will do. just read! maybe read a book that's been on a shelf a long time waiting for you!  share your book too.

having finished the lifetime reading plan last sunday, i picked up another book the same day. it's very absorbing so i am already halfway through it. the devil in the white city by erik larson is an accounting of the 1893 chicago world's fair. it is a parallel story of the main architect of the fair, daniel burnham and dr h.h. holmes, america's jack the ripper who used the fair and chicago at large as his hunting grounds. an amazing true account that reads like the best fiction of crime and mystery.

silly saturday

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

moving can make a person silly!

photo friday

recently discovered tucked in a closet at mom's: sister in watercolor by brother.

thoughtful thursday

elephant health and wellness:

of the dandelion in seed stage;  some see a weed. i see a wish.

whimsical wednesday

whimsical wednesday at the whimsey project. today we are preparing for father's day.  create a card, make a simple useful item, make a coupon book of activities or services you'll perform. find out dad's favorite meal and make preparations to prepare that on father's day. collaborate with siblings on a surprise.  if you have no father to honor, find ways to continue to do so. remember those guys who have been like a dad to you.

my father is no longer living so my father's day honor to him will be a donation to the vfw honor guard that he serviced for 50 years.  

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to talk trivia. personal or experiential, bring it on!

i've got two trivia tidbits today!
*from atlas obscura:  edinburgh, scotland had the first fire brigade in the world.

*somewhere on twitter:  guinea pigs (or guinea hogs as we call them) are natural swimmers. however, they must be slowly introduced to water so they won't panic.

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share stuff in the miscellaneous category. interesting stuff, unusual stuff, unique stuff.  share your stuff this miscellaneous monday!

a friend recently moved to reading, pennsylvania. besides the railroad in the game monopoly, reading is famous for a pagoda.  yes,  a pagoda.  she visited this unique landmark recently then sent the following link to share with fellow wim-zees! enjoy:

http://www.readingpagoda.com/history.html

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday.  gonna be preparing for father's day.  think about making dad something and complete the project on wednesday. go shopping. think of different father's day ideas to share with dad come father's day sunday.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. enjoy any books but pay particular attention to books that have been waiting a long time to be read. share your book with the whimsey project on solitude sunday.

the lifetime reading plan by clifton fadiman is coming to a close. reading the poetry chapter today enlightened me about donne, milton, blake, wordsworth, coleridge, yeats, eliot, frost. of all of these poets, frost intrigues.  

silly saturday

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

when i was a kid i liked dot-to-dot, color by number, paint with water and color appears, puzzles such as mazes, find the difference, find-a-word. my sister and i would have a color book between us and color a page side by side. for christmas my sister gave me a homemade book filled with all these activities, including a simple version of chutes and ladders!  one is never too old to play and be silly! here's a photo of my busy book, as she entitled it:

photo friday

sweet cher, first child of amanda and michael.

thoughtful thursday

sock monkey on twitter:

i think i'll give up should, guilt and feeling like i'm not good enough at least for the summer....

whimsical wednesday

it's national ball point pen for whimsical wednesday! we are playing a game. look all around your house, office, car, wherever you are to discover all the places you keep pens. how many places did you find? did you count the pens you discovered? what was the most unusual pen? a favorite pen? one you thought you lost? did you discover something you weren't expecting at all while looking for pens?  report your findings here at the whimsey project!

trivia tuesday

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

from the daily planet:
GOLDFISH!!
*goldfish can't close their eyes.
*goldfish can see infrared radiation.
*goldfish will lose their color is kept in a dark room.

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the stuff we want to share. we enjoy it all so share your stuff this miscellaneous monday!

from facebook's smashed peas and carrots: the plight known to all who love to create and handcraft!

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's national ball point pen day! to celebrate, let's play a game. look all around your house and/or office.  make note of the different places you have a pen. how many places and where?  the most unusual place? what type of pen is your favorite?

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. any book will do, however, pay particular attention to those books that have long waited on the shelf to be read. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project.

having completed the narratives section of the lifetime reading plan by clifton fadiman with dostoysvsky,tolstoy, nabokov and solzhenitsyn, it was time for the next chapter. in the philosophy, psychology, politics and essays chapter, i read about hobbes, locke, hume, mill, marx and engels, nietzsche, freud, machiavelli, montaigne, descartes, pascal and tocqueville. of these thinkers, locke would be one to pursue further.

silly saturday

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

signs, signs, signs:

*london department store:  bargain basement upstairs
*in a field:  the farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free but the bull charges.
*in an office: after tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining rack.

photo friday

my young friends petting their passion: horses!

thoughtful thursday

d. g. haskell:

when laughing children chase after fireflies, they are not pursuing beetles but catching wonder.

whimsical wednesday

it's national repeat day for whimsical wednesday! celebrate by repeating something for some part of the day.  a favorite song over and over and over again? the same doodle? shampoo.....wash, rinse, repeat? a treat to eat? watch the same movie more than once? then share your repeat, repeat, repeat with the whimsey project!

trivia tuesday

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

from real simple magazine:

in the united states, there are more pink plastic lawn flamingos than actual flamingos!

miscellaneous monday

another litter of kittens was spotted over the weekend! while not an accurate count, there seems to be six.  plus the two we found previously, that is eight kittens.  there are more out there. the census of spring 2015? already more than we can handle!!  meanwhile in chicago, my granddaughter's two guinea hogs appear to be male and female. the evidence that suggests this recently discovered fact? my daughter's instagram post:

sarah writes: that was unexpected!

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's national repeat day!  that's right, repeat day! repeat day! repeat day! what will you be repeating on whimsical wednesday? think, think, think, think.....

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.

continuing with clifton fadiman's, the lifetime reading plan, i was introduced more fully to hemingway, bellow, cervantes, borges, marquez, gogol and turgenev. some of what fadiman reveals about the authors discussed provokes a desire to read their biographies rather than their fiction!

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! there's silly in you! share it with the whimsey project!

my young second grader friend was in need of a reading tutor so i volunteered. our first session was this week; at my house. she looks in the candy bowl to see if there was anything tasty in it. she looked at me startled as she found the candy bowl filled with candy canes. "there's christmas candy in the candy bowl! it's not christmas!" i readily admitted she was correct. as we work on her lessons, i cheer every time she was correct. again, i get that look. this time she said, "please hold the cheering until we are finished!" okay then! fellow wim-zees, it took all my strength not to guffaw copiously while enjoying tutoring time.

photo friday

lil mouse enjoying the first strawberry of the season!

thoughtful thursday

emery blagdon:

art should take your breath away.

whimsical wednesday

it's national cellophane tape for whimsical wednesday! we're celebrating by playing with tape. we wont be limited to cellophane tape.  no! we'll play will any kind of tape one has available: masking, painters', washi, two sided, decorative, duct tape.  if it's on a spool and sticks we're playing with it. share your tape fun with the whimsey project!

there's an entire box of various tapes on a shelf where i store the craft supplies! so many i couldn't decide what to do with all that tape. then my eyes rested on the tape roller thingie. a continuous loop of tape, you holds it just over the paper and pulls it along.  supposedly a trail of tape is left behind. i qualify with the supposedly because i can't work this simple contraption! aha! a challenge for tape day! off came the cap and rolling began. with no outcome in mind, i rolled that tape all over a piece of paper. i actually had it functioning halfway properly because tape was all over the paper. now what? digging about in the embellishments box i came across a container of paper daisies. those were perfect for putting on the tape. now i have a piece of paper covered in tape that is covered in daisies! wheeeeeee......

trivia tuesday

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

from the national geographic bee:

which is the term. for the treeless biome in high latitudes that has permafrost?  tundra or isotherm?
if you selected tundra, you are correct!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project. our day to share miscellaneous, stuff that comes to mind, bright ideas and so forth.  share some of your miscellaneous here at the whimsey project.

it's memorial day.  typically considered the beginning of summer. people have picnics at memorial day. i attended one. the menu was standard american fare: hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans and potato salad.  watermelon, cantaloupe and brownies for dessert.  yes, brownies.

brownies seem to be the unofficial official picnic dessert.  my contribution to the meal was the brownies. it got me thinking about brownies; some like the soft inside, some like the balance between the soft and the crust (that touches the sides of the baking pan) and some just like the crust. some like chewy, fudgy brownies and others like them more like cake. there's a preference for icing or no icing. naked brownies or dressed brownies, which would be a dusting of powdered sugar or no powdered sugar. some like them plain, others like them with additional ingredients like nuts. some like milk chocolate and some like dark chocolate brownies. some like them with a scoop of ice cream or just out of the pan.

me? i like fudgy, chewy brownies, the balance between the crust and soft, no icing, naked (but won't quibble about a dusting of powdered sugar), dark chocolate with additional ingredients like nuts, chocolate chips, coconut.  with or without a scoop of vanilla ice cream. how do you like your brownies?

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! it's national cellophane tape day so let's play with tape! create something, mend something, do whatever you wish with tape.  we won't limit ourselves to cellophane tape as there's duct tape, decorative tape, washi tape, painters' tape, masking tape, to name a few. just have fun with tape!

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 awhile to be read. share what you are reading with the whimsey project!

the lifetime reading plan by clifton fadimah continues. the works discussed during this week's reading session were written by poe, hawthorne, melville, twain, james and faulkner.

silly saturday

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

mini joke from the kid page in the newspaper:

Q: what kind of horses do ghosts like to ride?

A:  night mares!!

photo friday

just a chicken with her cat.

thoughtful thursday

patricia michaels:

sometimes when things seem to be falling apart they are actually coming together.

whimsical wednesday

we're reading the phone book for whimsical wednesday! select a page from the white pages section of the phone book at random. close your eyes and part the pages somewhere, anywhere! read the names. do you know anyone on the page? what names appealed to you? find any interesting business names? share your phone book foray with the whimsey project.

pages 108 and 109 were my random selection from the local phone book; listing from qualls to reed.
*the business that caught my attention was rapco limited.
*encountered the name of one person i am acquainted with!
*first names that were unique:  rosemma, peepers, ghazala, docia.
*last names that fascinated: quandt, radisic, rancilio, ratajezyk, reaka.

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all things trivial; experiential or factual. tell us your trivia!

from weird history:

sushi means sour rice; flavored with vinegar.  no fish necessary!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey  project! our day to share stuff that is gloriously miscellaneous! take advantage of the word and share your miscellaneous!  here's mine:

orderly physical items is an important component of life for me.  especially in the home, order creates a calm that is seemingly unattainable when chaotic clutter reigns. imagine my thrill to have discovered the work of the artist in this link:

http://onemorepost.com/things-organized-neatly/

amazing!  enjoy as must as i did.

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! we're looking at the phone book.  randomly select a (white) page from your local telephone book. read each name. did you come upon anyone you know? what was the most interesting name? any business listed on your page?  these are just a few of the details you might discover from reading the phone book.

solitude sunday

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

clifton fadiman's, the lifetime reading plan, continues with more authors read in the narratives chapter. my thoughts are now filled with austen, bronte, thackeray, dickens, eliot, carroll, hardy, conrad, forster, joyce, woolf, lawrence, huxley, orwell and mann.  i would say my brain is full!

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project.  our day to share all sorts of silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! there's silly in you somewhere so bring it on!

my grandchildren have a cat. and two guinea pigs. this should be cause for consternation. not with these guys.  the cat sits on the bed and watches over the guinea pigs.  they talk to her. sometimes she gets in the cage with them (large corral type arrangement with no cover) and hangs out.  they squeak and jump around when she comes to visit. they run to her and then away and to her and away. the cat is white and black.  the guinea pigs are white with a touch of buff at the ears. my grandchildren have monochromatic pets.

photo friday

Green, daffodils, and the hint of a sun-catcher!

thoughtful thursday

unknown:

don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can.

whimsical wednesday

we're looking for shades of green this whimsical wednesday! look outside at all the glorious foliage that spring has brought.  study it closely.  how many different shades of green do you see?  actually go outside if you are able to soak up part of the day.  tell us what you discovered.

my foray into the green foliage netted a count of about 25 different shades of green.  i could have become even more particular but 25 is more than enough. living where i do, shades of green are in abundance.

trivia tuesday

trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all things trivial; experiential or factual. let's have your trivia!

for spring allergy season, trivia from the national geographic kids weird but true book:
a sneeze travels 100 miles an hour!!!!!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday! our day to share whatever strikes our fancy.  we're looking forward to your offering on miscellaneous monday!

kittens! there are kittens! we have discovered the nesting area one of the mama kitties selected for her babies.  she did a great job with this nest.  the kittens are obscured; as they should be. from the house, we can look out one window and barely see them. we think there are two babies for this first time mama.  
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that miscellaneous was brought to you by tr kitty! i have no idea what he's talking about.

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wedneday! suddenly the earth is covered in green.  green is the color of the month of may as the birthstone is the emerald.  if weather permits, be outside and look around. how many different shades of green do you see? if it's raining, look out the window!

solitude sunday

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

a portion of the chapter on narratives in clifton fadiman's, the lifetime reading plan, was today's reading.  i didn't get super far before falling asleep on the couch, however, i read about bunyan, defoe, swift and sterne and fielding. fadiman's take on defoe's robinson crusoe is different than anything i had ever read about sterne's narrative, tristram shandy.  fadiman posits that shandy is written with psychological theory as it's guiding premise.  he calls defoe's crusoe a stick. intriguing.

happy mother's day!

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly stuff to make us grin, giggle, guffaw. you must have something silly to share! do so today!

the following link is to a series of photographs called "dry dog wet dog" by pet photographer serena hudson.  she thought it would be neat to have before and after photographs of dogs at bathtime, she was right.  it is neat.  and very, very silly.  enjoy!

http://onemorepost.com/dry-dog-wet-dog/

photo friday

katherine, the potter, creates whimsical coasters!

thoughtful thursday

unknown:

"it's impossible" said pride.
"it's risky" said experience.
"it's pointless" said reason.
"give it a try" whispered the heart.

whimsical wednesday

we're getting ready for mother's day this whimsical wednesday!  make a card, a gift, a tasty treat to eat. write a poem, inscribe a memory of you with her from your childhood.  compose music or a song. do whatever you'd enjoy creating. make it yourself! should you wish to honor someone else or besides your mother, consider something for a favorite lady or female doggie or kitty.  share your mother's day offering with the whimsey project!

my children, grandchildren and i typically send flowers for our mom/grandmother/great-grandmother for mother's day.  in addition to flowers i will send a homemade card today.  on sunday, mother's day, all the mama kitties around the farm will receive a special treat.

trivia tuesday

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

according to weird history, the name for the city of los angeles is so much more than los angeles. the city's full name is:  El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula.  try putting that address on an envelope!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project.  our day to share all things that doesn't fit in any other category. share whatever you have for miscellaneous monday!

about a week ago, a canada goose began to hang out here at the farm's lake.  soon after another goose appeared.  over the weekend we saw five wee goslings!  they are sooooo cute! mama and papa goose marshaling the babies about the water and on the land.  a few other adult geese showed up to lend assistance.   we hung the hummingbird feeders over the weekend. hummers arrived the first day the feeders were in place! wheeee..... the hummingbirds have returned.  we are on the lookout for kittens. a few of the females looked very full and now they look empty. film at eleven!

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday! we're making gifts for mother's day. it matters not what you make; a card, brownies, homemade soap, write a story or poem about your childhood or a special memory. make coupons for chores or visits.  do whatever you wish that's best for mom.  don't want to make a mother's day something specifically for your mom?  do it for someone else or a doggie or kitty or any other mother you wish to honor!  

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!

clifton fadiman's, the lifetime reading plan continues with playwrights. he offers commentary on shakespeare, moliere, goethe, ibsen, shaw, chekhov, o'neill, beckett and the authors of contemporary dramas. i learned something new about all the playwrights i already knew as well as being introduced to authors i didn't know.  fadiman's commentary is often more fascinating than the authors featured!

silly saturday

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

joke from the oatmeal:

Q: what is the best way to carve wood?

A:  whittle by whittle!

photo friday

it's that time of year! go fly a kite!!

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!