hand eye crafts

A twinnie.  If you don't have one already, getcha one.  They tell good stories, often punctuated by pretty pictures.  They grow things and love animals and marry good people.  They make things, and share them, e.g. Look at that snappy red zipper! And your twinnie will make you fabulous cards. And everything will arrive in a hand-crafted bag/envelope. 🩷

I have never been more glad to leave an age behind than 65.  Frankly, 2025 kinda wasn't a good year for me all around.  Still, the couple of times I've had to fill "66" in on forms today has been strange. This is a face I showed you a while back You know I can't stop with the "Make my pet human" button. This app is killing me.  In, you know, a good way. Shout-out to my fellow "12ers" (well, some of them): Lincoln, of course Charles Darwin (They were actually born on the same day, same year.  There's a wonderful book about them: Angels and   Ages) Christina Ricci Taylor Dearden (IYKYK) Bill Russell (HERO) Josh Brolin Michael McDonald (A favorite voice) Hope y'all have a good Friday the 13th.

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 ...