While Sane People Sleep

Were you dancing on your deck and watching the moon this morning at 2:37?  Well I was and this is what I saw:

This website informed me that the halo is actually glints of light off of ice crystals.  It also gave this interesting tidbit of information, "The halos you see are glints of light from these ice crystals, which have to be oriented and positioned just so with respect to your eye, in order for the halo to appear.  That’s why, like rainbows, halos around the sun – or moon – are personal. Everyone sees their own particular halo, made by their own particular ice crystals, which are different from the ice crystals making the halo of the person standing next to you."

Did you know that we all see rainbows a bit differently?  I didn't.
I also didn't know the halo was formed by light glinting off ice crystals.  I believed what my Grandma Kring told me, "ring around the moon means rain soon."   Well, the above referenced website confirms that too because the high cirrus clouds that make the conditions right for viewing moon halos often come before a storm.  I should dance on my deck at 2:37 am more often.  I learn lots of really cool stuff. 

Never Go Through Life Saying "I Should Have"

I had no idea this happened.  It will leave you speechless...and so proud to be an American.

Radio Silence

You can make your own catalog cards here

Better Than Nothin'

The creative juices haven't really kicked in yet, but the challenge continues:

Give it the Old College Try

I suck at art challenges, just sayin'.  I've tried about a million and get behind and eventually quit each and every time.  I'm going to try this one anyway, you know give it the old college try.

I'm already 3 days behind now, but I'm going to just start today!  Here are the prompts for the first week if you want to play along.

And here is my first index card:

ICAD #4

Marking Milestones

Have you heard about Maya?  She set off on a grand adventure on May 5, 2012, the day she turned 40.  

She is riding her bike from Amherst, MA to Milwaukee, WI toting this fabulous aqua typewriter behind her and stopping all along the way in towns and communities and inviting others to contribute to her ever-evolving poem.  I have exactly 122 days left in my 40th year, and although I had all sorts of grand and romantic ideas about how I would mark the milestone, I've pretty much done none of them.  That's not to say that I haven't had a great year, just that I haven't done that one great milestone-marking thing.  Do you think my family would mind if I just took off to join Maya for a few weeks?  Because seriously, is this not the coolest idea ever?  You can follow her adventure here.

Makes You Want to Take the Back Road

You must have food in case you get lost.  First, stop for cider doughnuts and apple butter and strawberry-rhubarb jam.

Taking the back roads is ALWAYS a good idea.  You know the saying "getting there is half the fun..."

Well, in this case, what's waiting for you when you get there is the best part.