hand eye crafts

It's interesting how algorithms work.  I shouldn't be surprised that lots of animal-related things show up on my Instagram feed.  This made me chuckle: Honestly, I know what a chicken saddle is, but, also honestly, it has been a minute since I've thought about one.  (First thing that inevitably comes to mind is "Who/What is small enough to ride a chicken?"  "How do you put on the bridle and the reins?") Those of you who might have gone a little naughty with the phrase "ride a chicken?"  Here's your pay-off. The fact that there are two names for this is tremendous.  Personally, I prefer "mating saddle."  "Chicken apron" is something that mama chickens in children's books wear.  Like so: So, you put the mating saddle on your hen because you have a rooster who might overmate. (Why do I find this so funny?  I'm having to stop periodically while typing this to giggle.) So you, as the chicken farmer, have to know 1) wh...

I have been goofing around with an AI app.  (Don't tell my son.  He'll LAUNCH headlong into a tirade.)  Still, one of the prompts available to me was "Turn my pet into a human."  Here, firstly, is my pet Tap.* Asking that he be turned into a human resulted in this. This thoroughly delights me, in no small part because it's sort of reminiscent of my daughter.  Also, there's a smattering of freckles across the nose.  I do like freckles. *This is another AI: "Pencil sketch."

 I, like many I suppose, am just kind of hanging around until the Super Bowl starts.  I did have a visitor a bit ago: "Mother, I have arisen from my nap.  It is time for you to brush me back into good-looking-ness." (I did.) Although we are often told that a journey is more important than a destination, sometimes the reverse is true.  Take, for example, the recent trip I took through animals' reproduction behavior.  (And NO, it doesn't matter why.)  You, dear reader, may wish not to learn what I have learned.  If you don't, scroll down the picture of a pier and a calm sea to resume your sure footing. Those of you still here are required to know that male ducks have corkscrew-shaped penises.  I assume many of you already did.  And have possibly searched for a photograph of said phalluses.  No judgment here. What I arrived at after my trip through animal reproductive behavior, much  better than what it took to get me there, was this: ...

I don't understand why criminals confess their crimes to their cellmates.  (Other, I suppose, than trying to sound big and bad.)  Cellmates go to the police.  Come on: watch a crime TV show, or a documentary, even. Has anyone ever seen "Dreary" used in a weather outlook before?  "I'd love to come to your pizza party, but the weather's due to be 'dreary' that day." How do you dress for "dreary?" Have any of you ever seen an animal capture your mood and personality PER.  FECT.  LY? Do you know about We Love Poppets on Etsy?  I've bought several prints to give as gifts, and gotten a few of the wee little sculptures for myself.  Here are the latest two to arrive: No, not Garth Brooks Poppet.  That is the Little Witch of Winter, and this is knitting Poppet, "Gathering in the Wool."  You can't quite see the delicate little needles, but they're wonderful. Did you know there's a new  protest hat  making the rounds (ha ...

Does the guy come with the wig? 'Cause I may have a little room on my Amazon card... Excruciatingly boring around here.  My visit to the car dealership went well;  all that needed to be done was putting a patch on one tire.  It was the back passenger tire, and for the last several months, it would lose air at random.  As in, I'd get the warning on my dashboard, put air in it, and then drive for however long without a problem.  Weird.  It never even looked that flat. Did you know that velvet is manufactured to catch light?  I didn't;  just found that out, and I think it's fascinating. (I know this looks like satin, but it's velvet.) Since I'm all caught up on "The Pitt," my TV time is now spent on "Broadchurch." Olivia Colman has never let me down.  (Thank you, crush on Hugh Laurie, for getting me to watch "The Night Manager" --- that's how I found out about her.)   David Tennant is all kinds of charming, even playing stern chara...

I forgot to talk about Friday, everything was kind of stirred up by the weather.  Still, it was another day to meet at The Arch to protest.  There was also a crowd at the UGA student center's plaza. It was also a day of economic boycott.  Not that I do a whole lot of spending anyway, but I did not spend any Friday or Saturday.  Nothing so far today, either. The snow is gone, save for those areas in front of the house that take forever to thaw.  It's super-cold still, though, and I have an 8 AM appointment for my car's scheduled check-up.  I usually take knitting along to help pass the time.  Tomorrow, it will be a book.  Not a great picture of my guy, so here: