They say a photo speaks a thousand words …
Public domain photo courtesy of Goodreads
Enough said?
Well, alright, I’ll add a tidbit of explanation, as given by one G.D. Falksen on Goodreads: “Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, travelling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor. The scooter was a birthday present from her husband, the journalist and Liberal politician Sir Henry Norman.”
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My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Carla Crawford!!!
Carla Crawford (Farmgirl Sister #3366) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning an Intermediate Level Quilting Merit Badge!
“I joined a group that was teaching beginner quilters, and we did a row quilt, learning how to make a new block each week. We then went home and made more of the same block to complete a row. We added sashing, borders, and a backing. A friend machine quilted it, and I finished with binding.
At first, I was pretty sick of the colors after working with it so long. But now, I enjoy how it turned out.”
Snow quilts?
Well, not exactly, but “quilts” are exactly what I see in the mind-boggling artwork of Simon Beck.
Take a look:
Snow art by Simon Beck via Hoax-Slayer.com
Snow art by Simon Beck via Hoax-Slayer.com
The delicacy of the designs, the precision of the lines …
Incredible, right?
You’ll be even more bamboozled, as I was, when you realize the scale of these “quilts.”
Snow art by Simon Beck via IBTimes.com
Snow art by Simon Beck via IBTimes.com
Snow art by Simon Beck via IBTimes.com
We’re talking landscapes here.
Blanketing snowy slopes in the French Alps, Beck’s exquisitely ephemeral works are to mountainsides what crop circles are to farm fields.
Photo by FuturePropulsion via Wikimedia Commons
And even though the creator of the snow quilts takes full credit for his work (unlike those pesky “alien” crop circlers!), it’s still a marvelous mystery to me how he executes them so flawlessly with just an orienteering compass and a pair of snowshoes.
Photo of Simon Beck via the artist’s Facebook page
What marvelous meditation it must be.
Needless to say, the next time I’m pecking away with needle and thread, I will be thinking of Simon Beck’s feet stitching perfect patterns in the snow.
You can learn more about Mr. Beck and his unique art form on his Facebook page.
Howdy, you ‘uns!
Last Cabbage Night,
Photo by JR Conlin via Wikimedia Commons
Farmer Jane was sitting out on the veranda
Photo by Carl Tashian via Wikimedia Commons
chewing on a homemade grinder
Photo by jeffreyw via Wikimedia Commons
when she heard the spine-tingling scream of a catamount
Photo by Art G via Wikimedia Commons
tearing through the timber.
Photo by IvoShandor via Wikimedia Commons
The sound caused her chickens to pile up in a real gawk block.
Photo by Katie Brady via Wikimedia Commons
Feathers ruffled as the girls gathered to gabble about the clear and present danger.
Jane fled to get her faithful old flintlock
Photo by Andrzej Barabasz via Wikimedia Commons
in case she would need to defend her flock.
But when she returned, all was quiet.
Still prickled with goose bumps,
Photo by turtlemom4bacon via Wikimedia Commons
Jane decided to stand guard a while longer.
She tucked her hair into a horsetail,
Photo by Evil Erin via Wikimedia Commons
popped a PEEcan
(peCON?) into her mouth,
Photo by Judy Baxter, USDA, via Wikimedia Commons
and counted the peenie wallies
Photo by Daniel Schwen via Wikimedia Commons
as they began to flash in the shadows.
Just another night on the farm!
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Jest dabblin’ in the dialects that pepper various regions of the country. Even though we all speak the same language, nuances abound!!!
To pin down your own dialect, take this fun quiz, published recently in the New York Times.
Were you surprised at your results?
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