It’s terrible how I pick things up off the street, but I can’t help myself. Sometimes I find great things, like this booklet with paintings by Arun Bose. It found me like the way good music finds me- when I least expected it. His paintings are so familiar and gentle like a lullabye, like I’ve been here before, old friend.
you’re feeling sleepy…
So those heirloom lettuce seeds I gave my mother for mother’s day have arrived in leafy form!
card made with Ralph Lauren paint chips and scrap ribbon
me: Bee! (point)
jon: That’s not a bee, that’s a wasp.
me: How can you tell?
jon: It doesn’t have any hair.
me (smug): And whhhhhyyyyy do bees have hair Jon?
jon: Because they don’t shave.
(pause, blink)
me: HAHAhahaaaaaaaaaa
Found a few pigeon feathers on my jog yesterday. They are surprisingly very strong along the stem for being so light and, well, feathery. Also, they are simply stunning even coming from such a humble bird. I would exercise a lot more if I knew I could find feathers along the way. Promise. I would have a collection for a set of wings.
Did you know that Einstein’s brain was stolen at the time of his autopsy? Then it was split up between neuroscientists to study; chunks sometimes arriving in mayo jars? Crazy interesting! Especially the part about the genius section of his brain having large amounts of glial cells, which communicates across the brain, when only neurons were thought to do that. Once again proving that communication is key to any great mind/relationship.
We hung out on a few rooftops this past weekend. Big Bambú at the Met roof terrace was packed in more ways than one on Friday night. Photo by Jon Freeland.
G to the C and back (on loop)
(I know, terrible iphone picture, so let’s pretend it’s vintage). Last night, we went to a volunteer dinner by HFNY and all the hand-crafted details really made the volunteers feel special. I love the way they dressed up a drab, fluorescent-lit church hall with these paper puffs. The colors were just perfect against the light turquoise walls. Pom poms can be totally over-played as party decoration, but they work every time.