As Swiss Miss says "there are some serious Panda Loving People out there", and my mum is certainly one of them.
I don't know too many women who'd buy a box of cereal just because they're called panda puffs (or whatever) just because of the name and picture. Good thing my cat seems to love them because none of the humans in our house have been lured into trying them yet.
I found this cutie and thought about how cool it would have been back in the day for the playschool that my mum used to run. Of course ipods would have needed to have been invented 15 or so years earlier as well, but hey, if time travel existed then this would have been the perfect gift!
So this popped up in my reader today via TrendLand
What a great reference for practicing my drawing of hair - something I need to do more often. I'm trying to encourage myself, instead of obsessively doodling little arrows pointing North, South, East and West (yah I'm not sure what that's all about myself...), to try drawing actual things I see in meetings or on my desk while on the phone. So far I have a very rough brown pen drawing of an earphone. Not much but it's a start! I'm taking my doodling back from my subconscious... it's way too boring these days.
Braided Typography is the outcome of Teagan White’s semester-long research project on pre-Columbian Native American culture for my Ideation & Process class.
Crass, crude, but somehow still often charming – that's how I would describe the one blogger I follow called Coke Talk.
Honestly the things that come out of her mouth are like a shock and awe tactic on my brain. Most of the time though, I find myself thinking similar things and we do seem to share similar interests if you manage to minus the c-word etc from her posts
"Pahsties" and "Paysties"... That latter pronunciation has lead to several people being nearly chased out of our house. Mostly of course when my gran is visiting.
Having a Cornish gran and heritage is something I'm quite proud of. Don't get me wrong I love being South African, but I also love the culture, history and beauty of Cornwall. One day (holding thumbs it's soon! November maybe?) I WILL go there and see it for myself. It's a big one on my bucket list.
Pasties have always been a favourite in my family and it's a tradition passed down from mother to daughter even if my surname is very afrikaans. I can braai... and I can make pasties... watchout people. Elite skills these.
I wish I had time to make them more often just as I wish I could see my gran more often. She's such an amazing woman. Brutally honest, quick-witted, hysterically funny and puts up with all of her crazy grand kids only to a point and then you meet her sharp tongue. My mom does keep reassuring us that she definitely still loves us though. I like to think of Granny June as having plenty of gumption. I've decided on that word in the end to encompass all of the above.
Here now is some pasty love as a sort of dedication to gran's visit last month. Can't wait to have you visit us again!
OH and don't forget. It's PAAAAAHSTIES! ;)
I also managed to find this little guy via Pasties and Cream A great blog which manages to always trigger my dreams of a visit to Cornwall even more acutely. Meet Teddy Pasty!
