Wonder and Wiener Dogs

The wonderdogs, Stella and Zoey.

And a funny (but real) news report involving wiener dogs, poop, and Jesus (via dooce).

Pining

I’ve shared photos by ladle before. Not only are her photos powerful, but she has great captions and titles. The caption of this photo was, “There are days when there is nothing but feeling. I wait for them to pass, but I know that I cannot just watch them go.”

Houses

Cool house by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects. (Found via Ffffound!)

We had a party at our house (not pictured) last night. It was fun! Did I tell you that my awesome sister is in town?

Heiko

Illustration by Heiko Windisch.

Childhood Beliefs

This is a cute site - it’s all about childhood beliefs. Here are a couple of my favorites:

I was travelling with my Dad in the car one day when I saw him throw an apple core out the window. Thinking this was cool I threw my packet of chips out the window as well. Dad then yelled at me about how it was bad to litter, so when I told him I saw him do it, he simply said “it’s different, it’s biodegradeable”. For years afterwards when my sister and I weren’t allowed to stay up and watch TV with Mum and Dad I would tell her “It’s biodegradeable” as I thought that meant something adults were allowed to do but not kids.

When I was about 4 or 5, I had (and for some reason loved) a children’s book about Louis Pasteur, which had illustrations of rabid dogs with white foam all around their mouths. One day, a family friend served me some blueberry pancakes with blueberries for eyes and a whipped cream smile, and I FLIPPED OUT. I cried softly at the table and when everyone asked me what was wrong, I told them that I couldn’t eat my pancakes because they had rabies.

I also had that Louis Pasteur book. Do you have any good childhood beliefs to share?

Patrick’s Sixth Time Getting Stitches

Patrick was mowing the lawn today and accidentally ran over a piece of wood. It flew out the back of the mower and gave him a big gash in the knee. He had to get stitches. Bummer. Let this serve as a reminder to wear pants while mowing the lawn!

An “awareness test” for you. It’s actually pretty interesting and amusing.

Zeebies

I love this photo. It’s been saved on my computer for so long that I no longer know who to credit.

Spread of the Bed

Design by Marimekko.

Lisa Neimeth

Lisa Neimeth makes beautiful tableware.

On Skin and Walls

Do you know that you can buy special paper that allows you to make your very own temporary tattoos? The paper works with ink jet or laser printers.

Temporary tattoos are kinda cool, but this is brilliant. It’s an animation created with paint on walls; you can tell that it’s the culmination of lots and lots of work and thought.