Western Hound's Tongue

Cynoglossum Grande
This is the only truly blue wildflower that I have ever seen in Northern California.
It is not widespread - I have only ever seen this one specimen locally.
It blooms very early in the spring, so some years I miss it entirely. We found it this year, though, and there is a kind of hope in that.

Merry Christmas

Das Neugeborene By Georges de La Tour (source)

Things I make...

A foray into Irish crochet. The border is traditional, the center is my own design. I thought that Irish crochet needed more actual interlacing, and Borromean rings followed naturally.
It’s about 7” across.

Things I Make

Filet Crochet runner.
I like the way this one came out.

I do not forget....

The memories grow stronger with every passing year.

Things I like

When I was very small this guy used to play for tips at our local farmers market.....I remember Mom bought a whole set of his CDs, even though we didn't have a CD player back then. I still listen to them.

He has a website now, and I hope he's stinking rich.

Because Nothing says "Christmas" like......

I try not to blog stuff here that contributes to the ugliness in the world. (maybe I fail, but the goal is still truth, beauty &goodness all the way.)

Every now and then, though, I find something I really need to share.


I work in a store that sells Christmas ornaments. I unwrap and price them starting in mid-July and hang them up for the world to see around the end of August. I kind of enjoy this, since I enjoy Christmas and cute stuff and I don't think that decorating a tree makes you a bad Christian somehow.

I have developed a high tolerance for the kitschy, the campy and the Just Plain Weird - though I am still less than fond of glitter.

But then I unwrapped The Monstrosity -  a nameless abomination that took the form of a high-heel platform shoe-thingy in colors such that it would embarrass even the most hardened trailer park elf /Elvis impersonator.
 

In short, It's ugly, it's fragile, and it does not appear to bear any relationship to any secular or religious holiday.

Scroll down if you dare.

"that which is seen cannot be unseen."