capitol versus capital…..

The US Capitol dome:

8,909,200 pounds of cast iron

540 rooms

850 doorways

365 steps from basement to dome

Stories of murder, curses, demon cats and statues stepping down to dance minuets at midnight

couldn’t fit all of those Capitol capital bits

onto a 6x6 cocktail napkin

so...

the Capitol pulled in the capital columns...

III

of the third JBTC

Wonder if JBTC the third has any capital tales

to tell from the Capitol?

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

French + Gothic + Candy Canes.....

what’s CC.....

...to do with all those leftover candy canes?

French...

19th Century...

Gothic...

monogram

quite the rage in Victorian times

  

..... 

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wear your heart on your sleeve.....

February

(just around the corner)

is Heart Month

stitch it on…

or pin one on

with a free heart dress pin from

the American Heart Association

Be kind to your heart…

Stitchfork aka R.D. Registered Dietitian

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

sign on the dotted line.....

idiom...

an expression whose meaning is not predictable 

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refers to the line traditionally 

 indicating the place for one's signature

— early 1900s

line?   what line?

ANN and I didn’t see any lines!

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roadtrip + detour + peas…..

took an unexpected detour on my current road trip

scenery…

colorful

hospital food...

questionable

health care…..priceless

currently banning peas...

all’s good

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pink martinis, pearls & chocolate.....

       Pink...........in the highest degree possible

Martini......E. B. White called it "the elixir of quietude”

      Pearls.........gemstones and objects of beauty

put them all together and you’ll find...

Marilyn

at Pink Martinis and Pearls

with her artistic passion for

decorating cookies and other sweet treats

 

Marilyn says...

"life's too short to not have a little

pink umbrella in your drink!"

Cheers!

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blues and red.....

blue crabs

and

red crabernet cabernet

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

sledgehammer and sunset.....

another computer hard drive has ridden off into the sunset

but, the geek squad said...

patience, we will replace the hard drive

come home soon

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the oddest prime.....

Number 2

the smallest prime

the first prime

its square root the first known irrational number

the atomic number of helium

good things come in Twos

Two sits by Four...

so as not to be board bored

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!