Category Archives: Thoughts

Exhibit from the outside world. AMNH: Dragons: Mythical Beasts. Interesting dragon facts. ~~~ YouTube tutorial, Love Origami, Dragon Process Notes. Basically a modified crane. Tried a different version first, but there was that Here A Miracle Occurs step. Science Cartoons Plus Another dragon, Ryujin 3.5. by Satoshi Kamiya, was voted the hardest of all origamiContinue reading “Origami Dragon, Paper Art”

The books are fantasy. The post is non-fiction. ~~~ Narnia The story I tell is that my mother lured me into reading on my own by reading aloud the first two books of the Narnia series. When I wanted to know what happened next, she handed me The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and toldContinue reading “Memories of Personal Relationships With Books, Non-fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. Feb 14, 1849. On This Day: Oldest Photo of a Serving US President. The White House Historical Association: Daguerreotypes: James Knox Polk. ~~~ Shelby Iron WorksJanuary 2024 Technical Details No meta photo since this was taken as a flyer while doing something else. [Passage To Elsewhere] Colors. f/4.5, 1/100 sec.,Continue reading “Strange Growths, Fantasy Photography”

Our parade reporter is back for a double hitter this year. Welcome, Michelle. [Parade Art] Slow motion Budweiser Clydesdales video from Endymion Mardi Gras parade. Links Good Morning America: Budweiser brings back Clydesdales in 2024 Super Bowl ad, YouTube Irish Sport Horse: Our Top Ten Budweiser Clydesdale Commercials [Even The King] with links to previousContinue reading “It Was A Clydesdale Kinda Weekend, Guest Video”

Awareness of the outside world. Pray Tell: Ash Wednesday: Remember You Are Stardust, 2021. ~~~ We have been taking the horses for morning hand walks daily since last spring. We get out almost every day, missing at most one or two days a month. What stops us? Rain. Light mist is fine. Even predicted rain,Continue reading “Walk Parameters”

Awareness of the outside world. Acadiana Profile: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, History of a Problematic Expression, Cheramie 2021. Mardi Gras World: “Prenon du bons temps!” (Say what?) ~~~ Final set of beads from a work convention in New Orleans. Previous Beads [Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler] with commentary[Mardi Gras Beads II] [Mardi Gras Beads III] withContinue reading “Zebra Beads”

Awareness of the outside world. Vox: The Puppy Bowl, explained, Pai and Koski 2020. ~~~ Rodney has had his feed ration reduced. It is an ongoing balance of keeping weight on without having the calories bubble out his ears. He’s been due for a while, but you hate to cut feed going into winter. TheContinue reading “It’s A Herd Thing”