Type O
Illustrated from an old cover of the O Magazine
Mood for Mode #2
Vouge chimes in on the Alexander McQueen / Sarah Burton Pre-Fall 2012 collection
Photo source: Red Carpet Fashion Awards
TGIF TGIA: blooming!
I can’t believe it’s time for another TGIF TGIA.
WHOOSH! That’s how time flew this week. But let’s trace the passage of time not with worry beads but with flowers instead. If that makes sense.
Daffodils are abundant in NY right around now- sold at almost any deli and a cheap thrill too for $3 tops for a bunch.
But don’t mistake abundance and affordability for ordinariness. Daffodils bring it! They come in little sleepy-head green buds that overnight wake up into big yellow suns, instantly brightening up any room, any mood.
They are such unassuming and humble flowers, asking for so little, just water and sun please, so low maintenance, the opposite of The Little Prince‘s rose … you definitely don’t have to build a bubble for your daffodils…
and yet you will still come to establish a tender relationship during the tenure of their brief yet steadfast cheerful life – the few days whilst they bloom confidently and without a hint of arrogance.
Have a blooming and animated weekend!
For Mama Earth!
These lentil sprouts are among some of the many (MANY) batches of sabzeh (wheat or lentil sprouts that grow up to be grass) I made this past Norooz as part of a fun experiment to unearth (pun initially not intended then totally intended) the easiest most efficient way to grow sabzeh. And by jove, I did find it. A cheerful pictorial-tutorial DIY sabzeh-growing-bonanza posted at Fig & Quince.
What is Fig & Quince you ask? Why, it’s my new raison d’etre. I blog. Therefore, I am.
Digressing here from the main point that: grass is green, green is apropos since Earth Day 2012 is around the corner, growing sabzeh is a cheerfully optimistic process, and it will do a soul and body good to do so and watch seeds sprout and grow up and they won’t even have any horrible teenage period.
So if you’re in a good or green mood and feel like undertaking a tactile sensual easy project, do check out the post.
Illustration Friday: Puzzled
For this week’s Illustration Friday
