Totally Random Thursday - Jayne Cobb is everywhere

If you aren't familiar with Joss Whedon's Firefly this post may be a bit lost on you. I'm also a tad concerned everyone is going to think I'm nuts after this one.

Jayne is:

He's wearing the hat his mommy made him, how can you not love that? And this hat has sortof become an unmistakable secret handshake for Firefly fans. I actually own one, knitted by my friend Judy. In any case, this hat and probably this photo I've seen floating around...

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I have no idea what occasioned this parade but I kinda wish I'd been there.

And this adorable amigurumi I pinned:

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Have me seeing Jayne Cobb everywhere I go.

Like in my shower:

What, that isn't glaringly obvious? Okay first of all, that is a blob of haircolor foam that escaped the shower wipedown after the fact. And it looks much worse than it is because I was playing around with shadows and color to try and make him stand out more so please don't think I never clean.

 And then I tried to outline it and I am just really terrible at these drawing things.

I don't know why he has monkey legs or is holding a piece of glass wrapped in tape or why his hat is so tall or why his goatee look like he has a donut on his face according to my brother. Or why he could possibly also be Toad from Mario Bros. or maybe a drag queen old-school Strawberry Shortcake. When I look at it, all I see is a cartoony baby Jayne.

Then there's the paint can in the bathroom at work.

Thanks to Karen who saw my tweet about this and texted me and reminded me to take this photo.

Tell me that logo doesn't look like a cunning hat!

Okay I'll go sell my loco somewhere else now.

Mosaic Monday - Apparently I like this tree

This little aspen ends up in several of my photos unintentionally. It just happens to be at the perfect angle for sunlight from sunup to sundown so I find myself using it to frame a photo. I just didn't realize how often!

See the tree again in these photos:

Funny. :)

Be sure to visit Little Red House to see all the beautiful mosaics!

Totally Random Thursday

I have a new favorite guilty pleasure show - Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet. I've always loved the unexplained and mysterious and had a bit of a soft spot for sasquatch. This program blends actual interesting research with odd characters quite well and despite their overuse of the term "squatch" and that ANYTHING to them is "totally evidence of nearby squatches" I'm totally hooked.

Personally I've experienced plenty of unusual things in the woods - the clacking rocks that had an actual rhythm I heard. Was it a raven trying to open a nutshell or....?
There was also an incident at my home but I think that story might traumatize you gentle readers.

The typical "squatch" proof involves large footprints...

Okay this could totally be a person track...EXCEPT there's no shoe tread. Also note the weird marks at the top like claws or toenails. So it could be a bear, but isn't a bear's foot shaped differently?

And as evidenced below, the track isn't much larger than my brother's foot...

But it still seems odd to me.

If you want to read an interesting "realistic" Bigfoot book try Wild Life by Molly Gloss, but do keep in mind my warning about her stories here.

What about you? Do you believe in strange creatures and the unexplained?

I'm thinking about making Totally Random Thursday a weekly feature - sound like fun?

Mosaic Monday - pastels

Funny enough Mary's post this week is about winter pinks and that was my plan too! Soft blues, pinks and yellows covered in water and sometimes ice have made up my landscape this week. Last Monday was snow and I slid all the way to work, passing cars in the ditch while I went by at the breakneck speed of 35 mph. Then the rains came and Thursday night my way home became a serious issue as part of the road collapsed and I had to take a huge detour. But there is still a beauty and softness in this time of year that I will always love.

Be sure to visit Little Red House to see all the beautiful mosaics!

A bit of a pane

My mom was given this old farmhouse window and it was in pretty rough shape but perfect if you like the junque patina.

However, there was a bit more dirt on here than was really desired. I did do a bit of cleaning and I definitely cleaned the glass but I didn't want to do too much to this because I was pretty sure this was lead paint.

After giving it a mild cleaning I added two coats of oil-based varnish to keep the paint from continuing to flake off absolutely everywhere. It was an enormous pain of a pane to varnish because of all those strips between the pieces of glass. I felt like I was never going to be done.

It goes great above her fireplace....tv stand....mantel....whatever. She actually rested it on a couple of small pieces of that grippy stuff you buy in a roll and put in shelves. It doesn't slide and it solves the problem of, how do you hang something this big and heavy without ruining the window or ruining the wall?

I think it has great character and goes perfectly with her style.
Oh my gosh I just remembered she has a fireplace DVD - I totally should have put that on while I shot these photos! :)