29 January 2012

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!



25 January 2012

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

  

..... 






it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



22 January 2012

wear your heart on your sleeve.....

February
(just around the corner)






stitch it on…


or pin one on

with a free heart dress pin from



Be kind to your heart…



Stitchfork aka R.D. Registered Dietitian

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


20 January 2012

sign on the dotted line.....

idiom...
an expression whose meaning is not predictable 


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!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



18 January 2012

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





it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


12 January 2012

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


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!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


08 January 2012

blues and red.....


blue crabs
and
red crabernet cabernet





it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



06 January 2012

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




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



03 January 2012

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!