Artists, Bikes & Cats

(1) I have been enjoying the photographs and artistic vision of K over at Fog&Swell, and hope to direct your attention in her direction. I was the lucky recipient of a bookmark which she made; it now hangs beautifully in my kitchen. I adore artwork directly from the artist. Too often in this world, the creator is segregated from the creation.

Do you know who designed or built the chair you're sitting on right now? Me neither. But someone dreamt it, drew it, carved it, hew it, moulded it, or upholstered it. Kudos to those anonymous artists, all around us.



(2) For a week or two, we've enjoyed lovely snowy days sandwiched between lovely sunny days. Epiphany! I could get used to living in a climate that doesn't suffer from endless days of grey rain.

(3) Is it weird that I've posted photographs of my neighbors' cats on my Facebook page, alongside photos of my own family, friends and pets? In my heart, I think I've adopted them. I don't feed them, they never come inside, they aren't mine at all. But they loiter outside my office window and, and WhiteCat visits me if I'm sitting on the front step without any dog or child nearby.

Oh, WhiteCat and BlackCat. You aren't mine, but I'm yours.

(Well, as much as I can be, given the allergies.)


POST SCRIPT: Shawn has been working on the following video for North Island College; he did the editing and created the music. Today, the video was released upon the world, and the building opens on Friday. Watch, enjoy, share!