WISHING YOU A BEAR BONES HALLOWEEN
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just for fun
stepping up to the plate with jimbobart
Confession: I am obsessed with have a penchant for dishes.
Oh, you noticed? 😀
I especially love novelty china and porcelain with drawings and words on them. Food simply tastes better on cool plates, in cheeky bowls, and sipped from nifty cups. Beautiful handcut crystal usually leaves me cold. But give me a fetching illustrated ceramic plate and I’m all yours. Yes to color, pattern, detail, and personality!
Several months ago, I was delighted to discover JimboBart, featuring the work of London-based artist/designer James Ward. I saw his “Eats Cake and Leaves” side plate on Liberty of London’s Pinterest board and was immediately hooked.
He mostly likes to draw cheeky animals paired with clever sayings. While Cornelius and I are crazy enamoured with his BEARS, we also covet his badgers, mice, foxes, penguins, and owls.
Seriously, how could you not love an artist who draws a big bear in a bathtub?
five, six, seven . . . (okay, nine) happy things on a tuesday
1. First things first! You’ve probably already heard, but this bears repeating again and again and again:
Colin Firth will be voicing Paddington in the new movie!!
I can’t even tell you how excited I was when I first heard about this last week — actually two lovely writer friends sent me a news link within seconds of each other with the same message: OMG! HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!
And I died because I’ve loved Paddington forever, have read all his books numerous times and own 30+ Paddington stuffed bears and visited Paddington Station and like eating marmalade sandwiches and want a duffle coat and give people hard stares and want to change my last name to Brown and, and . . .
I mean, I was excited enough when I heard P was doing a genuine-for-real movie, but then to learn that of all the actors in the entire world with nice voices it will be COLIN FIRTH saying all of Paddington’s lines! Paddington’s character will be computer generated, but as Colin said, “Paddington will have something of me in his DNA because I’m going to do some sessions wearing one of those helmets with cameras to capture my face muscles, and all that data will somehow be incorporated into Paddington.”
Holey moley, two of my favorite guys morphed into one! Colin Firth face muscles for crying out loud. Too, too much!
*faints*
One of my friends said, “It’s almost like Colin’s doing this just for you.” SCREAM. Oxygen, I need oxygen! We’ll have to wait till 2015 before the movie comes out. Sigh. And here I thought I couldn’t possibly love Paddington or Colin any more than I already do . . .
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20 good reasons to love colin firth
1. Exceptionally good at what he does
2. Looks good wet
3. Or dry
4. Intense
5. Disarming
soup’s on: a blog birthday and other delights
Hey Hey!
I’m back! You look different. Have you had some work done? Eating more fruits and veggies, maybe?
Well, something’s changed.
I swear you’re even more good-looking than you were back in July. Tell me, tell me — how is that even possible?
When last we spoke, 6lueberries were taking over the Alphabet Soup kitchen. Well, you’ll be pleased to know we polished off every last one of those indigo beauties and haven’t had any other grocery shopping mishaps — unless you count the time I asked Len to bring home a spaghetti squash.
Me: That’s not a spaghetti squash. It has a pointy end.
Len: Of course it’s a squash.
Me: It looks too small.
Len: Well, I found it next to all the other squashes and there was even a big sign.
Me: Imposter!
Len: Don’t be silly. This. is. a. squash.
Me: Hokay, if you insist . . .
Marinara sauce simmering, smells good.
Two hours later, a scream from the kitchen.
Len: OH NO!!
Frantic, disheveled writer comes running, expecting to see a gaping knife wound and lots of blood.
What?!! What’s wrong?!!
Len: Look! It’s a . . . MELON!
Writer displays admirable restraint.
Me: Is it a muskmelon?
Len: I don’t know.
Me: Well, I tried to tell you. This is just like Aunty Ella and her Chinese soup fiasco. Instead of winter melon, she got watermelon. So much for our low cal alternative. I’ll cook some penne . . .
Turns out the object in question is a canary melon, and it was delicious! I like it better than cantaloupe but not as much as honeydew. Canary melons are also called winter melons, but they’re not the same “winter melons” my aunt wanted for her soup, which are actually winter gourds. These guys are actually fruits eaten as vegetables. I swear it’s all a conspiracy. Squash espionage abounds. Henceforth, my code name is Melon Head. 🙂
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