Gardens of Glass

I love Dale Chihuly! What that man and his team can do with colored glass is intense. Twists of color and shapes create amazing, whimsical displays… I can stare at them for hours. He’s well known for his use of crazy colors and the sheer size of his designs. And I think he might be a little nuts, the eye patch doesn’t help that perception.

Of course, his chandeliers are incredible, but my favorite are the gardens. The spikes and spheres of color shooting out of the green leaves every so often. Then there will be a towering column of spirals reaching up towards the sky, right in the middle of the small trees and bushes or amongst a tropical jungle of palms.

I went to an exhibit in SA with my parents a few years ago and fell in love. If you've ever been to the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas, the ceiling in the lobby was done by him. Maybe one day I'll rich enough to own one of his pieces, just a small one of course...

http://www.chihuly.com/index.html

Useless Trivia #3

There are over 375 organizations around the world devoted to Sherlock Holmes. The largest group is the Japan Sherlock Holmes Club with over 1,200 members.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely most important. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Yes, a man CAN hate going to Home Depot

Jason and I planned a home improvement weekend, even took off Friday to begin - ah the joys of being a home owner.

We started by making the list - well, Jason did - and planning our attack. It took up an entire sheet of paper. It involved everything from fixing a door to cleaning out the garage to lawn care to shredding old paperwork. All those little things you say ‘one day we need too…’

But some how every project we planned either took much longer then it should have or more parts and tools than we owned or had to be redone because it just wouldn’t work that way. By the end of Sunday Jason estimated he took 8 trips to Home Depot - only one of which I accompanied him on.

What got done? We fixed the back door, planted some house plants and shrubs, and sold the china cabinet on Craigslist. The list is still sitting on the counter laughing at us with exactly three items out of 30 crossed off.

Next weekend is already booked with multiple evens on both days – only one of which is on the stupid list. I’m tired just thinking about it.

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? - Edgar Bergen

Useless Trivia of the Day #2

Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead.

Bonus trivia:
Bats are voracious insect eaters, devouring as many as 600 bugs per hour for 4 to 6 hours a night. They can eat from one-half to three-quarters their weight per evening.

"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." - Daniel J. Boorstin

The special someone

This is one of the cutest proposals I've seen.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo.com/feature/from-matching-gems-to-the-perfect-match/1204743

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I have fixed the comments. It used to require you to have an account to leave me a comment, but no longer :)

"There are times when silence has the loudest voice." - Leroy Brownlow

Warning: Serious Time Waster

I have an addiction, something I’ve been doing for years and I need to confess. It can be pretty severe at times. My addiction is… http://www.jigzone.com/ – oh the horror.

Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a puzzle addict.

I spend entire lunch hours finding patterns and connecting pieces. I even watch TV with the laptop perched in my line of sight to the screen. I’ve solved almost every puzzle in most categories. You can try the same puzzle over and over cut into different shapes, from only a few pieces to hundreds. They even let you upload your own photos. I find myself looking at random pictures thinking ‘hm, that would make a great puzzle picture’. The site also times you and compares that to others.

It’s an addiction I feel compelled to share with you. If you dare to try the site, be warned: You will find hours fly by with little done. Your eyes will be watering from staring at the screen but you can not stop. You will dream of patterns and puzzle pieces.

You may strong enough to resist the puzzle addiction, but if you don’t think you are… be wary.

"The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none." - Thomas Carlyle

One might call this an obsession

Millie Seaton Doll Museum - I lived in San Marcos for 5 years and never knew this was here.

I went to a baby shower this past weekend in San Marcos. The hostesses rented a historical home just south of the square known as the Doll House. It's a beautiful 3 story Victorian style home. It's also the creepiest and yet captivating places I've been for a baby shower. Everywhere you looked, in every room, in every corner of every room there are dolls. Every kind of doll ever made from antique to Raggedy Ann to Betty Boop to Cabbage Patch to Barbie. Dolls from the 19th century, dolls from foreign countries, dolls that looked like celebrities, dolls that I had as a kid. It was amazingly eerie walking around being stared at by thousands of eyes. They approximate about 5,000 dolls reside at the Doll House, all owned by one woman I'm told. I can just imagine the amount of money that went into this place and it's occupants. They don't have a website and I don't believe they are open to the public everyday, but they give tours. Next time I go, I HAVE to remember my camera.

"Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing."- Randolph Bourne