ice cream for supper

Bonne fête, Annie & Dad! I hope you have a fabulous day and nothing but excitement for the future.

Adam stumbled across something très cool today - how to create your own miniature-looking pictures! Have a look at the ones he posted on his blog today. Very neat. Everyone (more or less) likes miniature things.

allsorts

I laughed when I saw how this turned out - Virgil looks so abashed. I'm sure his mental state was somewhere else in the far-off regions of kitty land, dreaming of strings to chase and real mice rather than the lame-o wind-up one we provide for his entertainment.

On another note entirely, I think I had a bit of a remarkable thought on my other blog, which doesn't really have a focus other than it's more of my thoughtful bits rather than the pictures and daily fun around here on this one. I've been thinking about art and what makes it different from anything else in life, and I think it has to do with how art connects people across space and time. I still have more thinking to do about it, but I think that's a good start. I just started reading a book called Socrates Cafe, which is very interesting so far and is spawning all kinds of other things in my mind. More to come, I'm sure.

cactus

Since I seem to be into taking plant pictures this week, I thought I'd throw this one out there. I have a love / hate relationship with Christmas cacti... I think they are beautiful and I love their blooms, but I seem to be unable to sustain one long enough to get to the blooming bit. Actually, I seem to be unable to even get the buds on a cactus to not fall off when I bring it home. At least there are some new leaves on this one, so that's promising.

quince update