silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! let's have lots of silly!

it's halloween! a pumpkin in a cow costume!  guffaw!!!

photo friday

'lil mouse is a tahitian princess for halloween!

thoughtful thursday

zadie smith:

every moment happens two times; once inside and once outside, and they are two different histories.

whimsical wednesday

whimsical wednesday at the whimsey project! our activity for today is to prepare for halloween! carve or otherwise decorate pumpkins. create a costume for yourself or someone else. learn to make homemade caramel for deconstructed (cut up) caramel apples. decorate a window or a door. make a centerpiece for the table. send a few halloween cards. oh! the possibilities! later, share your whimsical wednesday fun here at the whimsey project!

trivia tuesday

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

weird history reported that in finnish an exclamation point is called a shout mark; in spanish it's a wonder symbol!!

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 on the miscellaneous.  miscellaneous. such a cool word!

there's nothing like a kitty sigh. one of my kitties has been a snuggler since she came here as a wee kitten. she gets in the crook of my arm, settles in and offers a long, contented sigh. this has been our routine for more than ten years now and it delights me still.

get ready.....

it's almost halloween! for whimsical wednesday prepare for the big event!  make a costume for yourself or someone else. make fudge or another tasty treat. learn how to make homemade caramel for deconstructed caramel apples on halloween. decorate something silly not spooky! be thinking of your preparation for halloween for whimsical wednesday!

solitude sunday

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

my journey with marston bates, the forest and the sea, continues. currently he's discussing parameters about meaning and definition in science.

douglas mannering, the paintings of matisse, continues to delight.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! what's your silly?


highlights magazine:

Q: why did the king go to the dentist?

A: to get his teeth crowned!

photo friday

kitten time captured by jovey!

thoughtful thursday

colette:

you will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm!

whimsical wednesday

it's whimsical wednesday! posting later today because google was acting up! but here we are and there's still time to enjoy today's activity. we are saying hi using social media. no doubt you have lots of people you are connected to on the social sites you visit. but do you ever speak directly to them? choose one person to say hi to and surprise them with a personal greeting!

trivia tuesday

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


i read somewhere that the greek word oikos means household. i'll never see a container of oikos greek yogurt the same again. it won't be oikos yogurt, it'll be household yogurt!

miscellaneous monday

miscellaneous monday at the whimsey project! our day to share stuff we don't share any other time of the week. what say you for miscellaneous monday?


einstein said the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome. there's something to that. however, with some things i've determined that some outcomes must be different with the same theme. for example, the movie king kong. there should never be another king kong movie made unless kong lives! it could happen and the movie would still be cool. what about you? what outcome do you want to be different?

get ready.....

get ready for whimsical wednesday. we are using social media to say hi. more on wednesday!

solitude sunday

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

with kabloona completed during the week, the next read is the forest and the sea by marston bates. another time-life special edition, biologist bates shared his insights; a look at what he called "the economy of nature and the ecology of man".

secondarily, i am reading the paintings of matisse by douglas mannering. the book is constructed in such a way as to lend itself to reading a few pages, examining the paintings offered and setting the book aside for awhile. matisse is my favorite painter from the fauve/impressionist era.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silly to make us grin, giggle, guffaw! let's have it!

life underwater via twitter presents! these guys make me guffaw!

photo friday

what?

thoughtful thursday

gontran de poncins in kabloona:

"together we spent hours like this, reading in the great book of silence. he learnt its lessons in childhood; i have come from afar to spell them out with extreme difficulty. they have taught me, above all, to discard things; haste, worry, rebelliousness, selfishness. it has taken me a year to learn these lessons and i see suddenly that my year in the north has not been, as i thought it, a year of conquest of the elements, but of conquest of myself....."

whimsical wednesday

put on your mona lisa smile for whimsical wednesday! how do we do that? become conscience of a smile on your face. it need not be a grin or huge smile, just a tiny smile. pay attention to how you feel as well. does the mona lisa smile make you feel better? more positive? check in later and share your mona lisa smile experience with us.

trivia tuesday

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

i love words! from the oxford english dictionary:
mouton enrage is the word for a normally calm person who becomes suddenly enraged or violent!

miscellaneous monday

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

doggie art that's awesome! courtesy of barkpost:

http://life.barkpost.com/minimalist-dog-breed-illustrations/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share-bar

get ready.....

we'll be putting on a mona lisa smile for whimsical wednesday! get ready.....

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. read anything but consider books that have been waiting a long time to be read. what are you reading?

treasure trove here at home! a box of time-life published classics was discovered. my first delve into the box is kabloona by gontran de poncins, co-authored by lewis galatiere. kabloona is de poncins' account of his life among the inuit in the upper reaches of the canadian arctic. wow! what an adventure.

silly saturday

silly saturday at the whimsey project! our day to share silliness to grin, giggle, guffaw!

highlights for children:

A:  how do turtles call each other?

Q:  on their shell phones!

photo friday

when curiosity gets the best of the kitty!

thoughtful thursday

shelley:

our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts.

whimsical wednesday

it's take it easy day for whimsical wednesday! me for recovery from illness. maybe for you the same or just needing a break. work a puzzle, watch an old movie, read, sit on the porch, color, cut out polka dots for later use. enjoy your take it easy day and share your (in)activity with the whimsey project!

trivia tuesday

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

my trivia is both factual and experiential. yesterday i visited the doctor and this is what i learned:
did you know that the antibiotics your doctor prescribes for your illness in only 80% effective? according to my doctor (who is also a trained pharmacist) an antibiotic will knock out about 80% of the bad stuff making you sick. the remaining 20% lingers in your system and easily brings on a recurrence of the illness you were previously treated for.  result? back to the doctor for another round of medication.  a heavy sigh, that is!

miscellaneous

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

from atlas obscura, one of my favorite websites: out of place put in place by a dude in los angeles:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/theres-a-man-scattering-very-funny-fake-books-signs-and-pamphlets-around-la

get ready.....

illness has reared it's ugly head again for me. let's take it easy on whimsical wednesday while i recover. do something restful: color, work a crossword puzzle, find-a-word search, hidden pictures, dot to dot, solitaire with an actual deck of cards! or just take a nap.

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. any book will do. however, consider spending time with a book that has been sitting on the shelf for a long time. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project.

a kim jong-il production by paul fischer is not to be believed. but it's a true story. a film maker and a film star from south korea are individually abducted and taken to north korea. they are put into prison. kim jong-il has plans for this former husband and wife. they are to be the future of north korean movies.

silly saturday

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

truck stop along interstate 57 offers visitors vegas of the mid-west!

photo friday

mini mike made this happy fall floral arrangement just for me!

thoughtful thursday

humane society:

saving a dog won't change the world. but for that dog, the world changes forever.