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| Log Cabin Quilt, Courthouse Steps variation/Nine Patch Double Sided Quilt |
Quilts by Holley Junker (photo above)
Wonder and Pleasure For almost 250 years, a mysterious pleasure park sat on the banks of Amsterdam's canals. Angela Vanhaelen leads us on a tour of the bawdy fountains, disorienting maze, and mechanical androids in the Oude Doolhof.
Headline of the day: Duck Wearing Bow-Tie Walks Into Pub, Drinks Pint, Fights Dog, Loses
This should be a fun campaign: Randy Rainbow announces his run for President with a song.
Quality of Life Index by City 2023 I post these rankings annually and always end up wondering how robust the results are.
Feeling crafty? Make a 3D cardboard model of a human eyeball
Severe airline turbulence has more than doubled over 40 years. Hang on it's gonna be a bumpy ride! (Turn volume on)
Can you guess what product this advertising video trying to sell you? (via WebCurios)
Frog Frog Frog Ramen is garnished with a large frog. It looks as disgusting as it sounds. I don't want to imagine what it tastes like.
House Envy Of The Week: Torriano Cottages is a bucolic oasis close to the heart of Kentish Town, London.
Facebook and Instagram Pull the Plug on News in Canada following the passage of the Online News Act.
Breathing new life into an old community hall in Brigus, a small fishing community in Newfoundland that has many examples of vernacular NL architecture. (A few years ago when we were walking around the town a local stopped his car to point out the roller doorstep on the Fowler House.)
For my fellow Wes Anderson fans: Asteroid City exhibition immerses visitors in Wes Anderson's film sets
Sweet story: Disabled Ducks Find a Lifelong Friend in Each Other
Everything is Alive is a podcast in which inanimate objects (a pillow, a lamppost, a bar of soap, etc) are interviewed as though they are human beings. (via WebCurios)
I learned what a 9 patch quilt is.
ReplyDeleteThe quality of life index is simply adding up the scores for each location and putting them in numerical order. But how do they derive the scores. Someone who has fond memories of canals in their home town is going to favor places with canals. Same for mountains or beaches. For those reasons I agree it is not gospel.
I’m still not sure what that commercial was about.
Frog Ramen? Hell no!
The Torriano cottage is only $5,446,772.50 Canadian, did you start a go fund me?
Blocking the news might be a blessing since 90% is bad news.
I hit all the links and links at the links but couldn’t find what Fowler’s roller step is?
Everything is Alive has 44 items, all but a handful being over 20 minutes. I bookmarked it.
xoxoxoBruce