thoughtful thursday

happy 10th anniversary to the whimsey project! for ten years the whimsey project has been a pleasure for me. everything about it has been something i have enjoyed so much. and now it is time to say goodbye. thank you, fellow whim-zees, for taking this whimsical journey with me. 

whimsical wednesday

a few whimsical wednesdays ago we drew half of a picture then gave it to someone else to finish. my drawing was mailed to my favorite four year old and his mom sent a photo of his half'. it's awesome! wouldn't it be whimiscal to see this butterfly fluttering about in nature?

for today's whimsical wednesday, we are browsing the whimsey project blog. perhaps you will enjoy reading all the trivia from trivia tuesday, or looking at all the photos from photo friday, or the variety of offerings from miscellaneous monday, or laugh at the fun stuff on silly saturday. if you find something that you particularly enjoy, share that with the whimsey project. 

ttrivia tuesday

from uberfacts:

brain scans have revealed that humans do not experience the world continuously, but in rapid snapshots. 

miscellaneous monday

covid-19 stay at home doings:

creating new spaces (photo by sarah)

observing sahara desert sand cloud (photo by libby)

hanging out (photo by windy)

sending funnies (from amanda)

morgan's portrait of himself and me (photo by amanda)

ribbit bread by dash (photo by dash)

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book.  my book continues to be eric larson's the spendid and the vile: a saga of churchill, family and defiance during the blitz. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project. 

silly saturday

living rural on many, many acres filled with water, trees, meadow, much flora, nooks and crannies, there are amble opportunities for creature encounters; of which some are quite silly, such as raccoons looking in the window at me, deer with cornstarch on their nose after eating cracked corn out of the bird feeder and turtles walking along the sidewalk!

photo by libby

photo friday

lil mouse

thoughtful thursday

KEEP TRYING is a common theme throughout life.  it's an important lesson but one that requires discerning when it is worth the effort and when it is necessary to say no more. 

take plants for example.  for years i have attempted to root and grow an avocado pit. except for one tiny shoot with a single leaf that quickly withered, there had been no success in growing an avocado plant from a pit.  until recently. finally! one avocado pit sprouted roots, a shoot and when there were two leaves, the pit was planted in soil. it continues to thrive. 

every time i look at the plant i am filled with giddy pleasure at having a successful KEEP TRYING.  keep trying and know what to try for and what to let go.

  

whimsical wednesday

it's learn something new for whimsical wednesday! what will you learn? continue with something already undertaken or begin something new?

i have no idea what i will learn today.  but i will definitely learn something. 

*my learn something new for whimsical wednesday was to delve into american history. i spend a few hours, with a cup of tea, delving into what we consider american history. however, i read sources uncommonly used in presenting the narrative. enlightening.

trivia tuesday

from merriam-webster:

contranyms or "janus words" are words that are their own opposites. some examples include: sanction, oversight, cleave, clip, fast. 

miscellaneous monday

from the mind circle, the passage of time:

https://themindcircle.com/things-being-worn-down-over-time/

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. my book continues to be, because reading is slow these days, eric larson's the splendid and the vile: a sage of churchill, family and defiance during the blitz. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project. 

silly saturday

from uber facts:

reincarnation is forbidden in china without government permission. 

photo friday

chicago sights

thoughtful thursday

marian wright edelman:

if you don't like the way the world is, you change it. you have an obligation to change it. you just do it one step at a time.

whimsical wednesday

we are creating a mandela using natural items for whimsical wednesday. what is a mandela? a mandela is a representation in art in the form of a circle.  it can be created via any medium: painting, fabric, chalk on a sidewalk, rocks, just to offer a few examples.  

gather whatever natural items you would like to use in your mandela. you can take a walk and gather your items or use items you have at home. then enjoy the process of arranging those items in a pleasing circular pattern.  

*this early morning i was outside wandering about the farm as i  picked up several feathers from the ducks, geese, guineas and chickens; as well as picked queen anne's lace blossoms to create the natural mandela. here's the result of my gatherings:

trivia tuesday

from shannon the shenanigator:

it takes a photon about 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to its surface, but only 8 minutes to travel from the surface to earth. so that light you are seeing: it's 40,000 years old.  

miscellaneous monday

from the mind circle:

what people are doing at home during the covid19 quarantine:

https://themindcircle.com/covid-projects/

solitude sunday

solitude sunday at the whimsey project. our day to spend time with a book. my book continues to be eric larson's the splendid and the vile: a sage of churchill, family and defiance during the blitz. what are you reading? share your book with the whimsey project.

silly saturday

from bored panda:

our animal friends sunbathing!

https://www.boredpanda.com/animals-enjoying-the-sun/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPTwitter