d.Sharp Journal

fitting for today

M says: I made this. I call it.....

The Stock Market

Behold - Lovely Lady

I met a 70 year old hooker named Velvet. A rug-hooker. I like her name, because back then it wouldn't have sounded so porn-ish like it does now.  Anyways, I had quite a few hooked rugs and wanted to learn how to repair them - a friend wanted to do it as well, so we went to our first hooking bee and met a nice group of lady hookers. I still had my right arm in a sling, recovery from Carpal Tunnel surgery, so it wasn't the best timing. I will also admit that the rug I started is one of many unfinished projects lingering around here.

I like that hooked rugs are folk art -the geometric patterns, colors and naive, funky images. Over time, hitting estate sales,  I found a few that I really love and use. My husband also ended up with a collection of antique hooked rugs from his family.

The lovely lady, below, is so weird that I had to have her. Found at a garage sale I had with some friends - swapping stuff.

I love the fuzzy hair and the painted nails, the topographical boobs.  I love how m-m-m-my Sharona she is. I don't have her out in the house, because she is too weird and it would be even stranger to walk on or wipe your shoes on her. Plus, shoes might flatten her cleavage.

{Sometimes I picture my boys sorting through our possessions in preparation for our estate sale and I really feel for them.}

Q and A

LOVE this sweet video.

Over six years, StoryCorps put up booths where people could interview each other about anything. This one, animated by StoryCorps, is a twelve-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome interviewing his mom about what it's like to raise him.

you know who you are...thanks

Isn't it a blessing to have people in your life that can make you go from this

to this?

 

kühl

Love the look/feel of the Michelberger Hotel in Berlin. Their site, HERE, is a great trip.{via NotCot}

Bestow

Sometimes simple is nice - a sincere note paired with a blousy crepe paper flower in a vintage glass vase. Easy to make, instructions here. 

Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.

Best,

Denise

Mnemonics Neatly Eliminates Man's Only Nemesis - Insufficient Cerebral Storage

The other night the boys were watching some of the Here Comes Science videos {woke up at 4:30 with some of the songs stuck my head, ugh.}.  After watching Roy G. Biv, I was trying to remember some of the mnemonic devices I was taught in school {righties tighties lefties loosies} and found a couple of sites online. People submit mnemonics and some of them are, um, creative. {there is one about a man's testicles exploding.}

Anyhow, I typed these out for M to remember - click to enlarge. I probably misspelled something in there!

I made one up for me - insomniac

I Need Sleep Otherwise Mama Needs Intravenously Administered Coffee

Do you use or remember any mnemonic devices?

 

too good for words.

The photography work of Ruven Afanador is stunning, ridiculously great.

 

parenthood is fun.

Kids are awesome.

Last week, C {4} came up to me and started his sentence with "Okay, here's the deal....". That sums up his personality in under 5 words.

M {11} saw a musical last week for a school fieldtrip. Later that day he got on GarageBand on the computer and recorded a spontaneous, rousing {and long - 5 min.} showtune about the Chernobyl disaster and the town of Prypiat.  An article in National Geographic was his muse.

As I type this C is putting the finishing touches on his fort that he has constructed with 3 blankets, a coat rack, 8 pillows, a suitcase and a carry-on, a stack of books, a box of train pieces and 2 bins of toys. All at the end of my bed.

love these boys of mine.