Paper Christmas Trees

Little paper trees I've been learning how to make.

This one is my favorite

From the top, they look like snowflakes!

The Beatles - The REAL First Chord of "A Hard Day's Night"

Chording coolness.

Cuckoo's Nest

A Morris Double Jig performed by Bill Quern and Cameron Higby-Naquin outside the Colonial Theater at the Phoenixville Firebird Festival on Dec. 10th, 2011. Rik Bourne plays melodeon. The dance was written by Gary Undercuffler.

Stringcycle

Holiday Shopping? Check out Stringcycle on Etsy.
Beautiful handmade jewelry and ornaments.

Would you like to buy a monkey?

 From The (very funny) Bloggess a hilarious recounting of a thrift store purchaese:

"Last weekend at a thrift shop I found a small, stuffed monkey, which seemed to have some sort of snout leprosy and would probably murder us in our sleep.
I named him “Copernicus”."
 
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Santa Venn

Stephen Wildish is brilliant.
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Mac on... the rehearsals for the Olympics opening ceremony | Mail Online

Morris dance hilarity

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Hey girl. I like the library too.

Ryan Gosling, library and librarian lover.

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Cooking Tips That Really Work: Storing Tiny Seeds

I've started keeping chia and flax seeds in salad dressing cruets. It's easy to pour out the amount I want to use and the bottles look prettier than ratty plastic bags clipped with clothespins.

Anna and Jesse accompany Keith and Aidan jamming with Lissa jamming with...

War Horse Puppet at Sandown

Joey, the Warhorse puppet.

Cooking Tips That Really Work: Peel Garlic in 10 Seconds

I store the unused cloves in a glass jar in the fridge. They'll keep for quite a while.

Tumivut - Inuit Throat Singing - The Competition Song

I've been watching videos of Inuit Throat Singing. One of the things I like best is that it almost always ends in laughter.

Paper Trees

A first attempt at making the the little trees like the ones we saw at Winterthur.

Grandmother Tips

Grandmother Tips on the Behance Network

East Anglian Film Archive: Spectrum - Out Of Town - Squeezebox: Concertinas, 1985

For squeezebox enthusiasts: a 1985 BBC video about the English concertina featuring Steve Dickinson.



East Anglian Film Archive: Spectrum - Out Of Town - Squeezebox: Concertinas, 1985