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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Terrible Idea Tuesdays: dog beds
Sometimes it's just as helpful to learn what not to do, as it is to learn what to do in life. In that vein, here is the first in what may become a long series of Terrible Idea Tuesday posts. First up, a dreadful dog bed:
You see, while using things you've already got in new ways is admirable, like anything it can be taken too far. And here it has. An ironing board is not a good ersatz dog bed. The dog shown below seems to think it is, but she is mistaken.
You see, while using things you've already got in new ways is admirable, like anything it can be taken too far. And here it has. An ironing board is not a good ersatz dog bed. The dog shown below seems to think it is, but she is mistaken.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Black raspberries
Best fruit ever: black raspberries.
The very best way to eat them: fresh-picked, baby. But I would never turn them down in a pie or over ice-cream, of course. And if you have some in your kitchen, waiting to be made into a cobbler, I will probably snitch some, and then want a few pieces of the cobbler, too.
The very best way to eat them: fresh-picked, baby. But I would never turn them down in a pie or over ice-cream, of course. And if you have some in your kitchen, waiting to be made into a cobbler, I will probably snitch some, and then want a few pieces of the cobbler, too.
WASTE update
The sumac excursion, while poorly attended, was a raging success. Many varieties of sumacs were found and labeled, and many trees, aspects of the central Illinois landscape, and items of personal history were observed and discussed. A few fine photos, if you please:
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| "Tiger's Eye" Staghorn Sumac |
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| Leaf and immature fruit of buckeye tree |
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| Smooth sumac |
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| Kyle Schlie of WASTE |
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| Sassafras leaves |
Friday, June 24, 2011
WASTE is a beautiful thing.
Sometimes it is, anyway. For example, WASTE gallery. Their first show was in May, and you can read about it here and here.
Tomorrow morning, 25 June 2011, I will be joining WASTE for their second show, "Wandering, Anecdotes, and Sumacs: a Trivial Excursion," in East Peoria, Illinois. We will host an exploratory excursion through central
Illinois in search of sumacs. I will be discussing tree identification, dimensions of memory, natural phenomena, and other random trivia related (and not) to the sumac.
I'm very excited, and I think they are too. I'll try to post photos and links to more information (including a related publication to be made based on the results of the excursion) soon after.
Tomorrow morning, 25 June 2011, I will be joining WASTE for their second show, "Wandering, Anecdotes, and Sumacs: a Trivial Excursion," in East Peoria, Illinois. We will host an exploratory excursion through central
Illinois in search of sumacs. I will be discussing tree identification, dimensions of memory, natural phenomena, and other random trivia related (and not) to the sumac.
I'm very excited, and I think they are too. I'll try to post photos and links to more information (including a related publication to be made based on the results of the excursion) soon after.
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