Apr

23

George Washington Embroidery

  I finally finished my George Washington embroidery. Here are the pics!        

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May

21

locals and tourists

  To understand what is happening in these maps, click here. But if you’re like me and you’d rather just look at colorful, abstract pictures of the world’s cities without understanding, then view below. New York     London     Paris     San Francisco     Berlin     Tokyo     More [...]

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May

18

remember the little people

  1890, by Smithsonian photographer Thomas Smillie    

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Apr

13

house beautiful

  Pretty in love with these. Courtesy of the collections of Rikki Nyman at American Vintage Home      

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Mar

01

everything under the rising sun

  This 1868 Japanese print spoke to the Gear Geek inside of me – that OCD hoarder who could happily spend her life’s savings buying every pen in the world in every color and size.  

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Feb

22

swept away

  “A new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners.” – Irish proverb  

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Jan

19

poquita

               

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Dec

08

and a partridge

  Merry, merry!  Birds from Guangdong Province, 1850-1900, gouache on pith paper. Asian Art Museum.            

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Jul

31

Pakistani Sign Board

  I love this metal signboard from Pakistan that Sebastian Meyer gave to me. You could seriously nerd out and write a whole dissertation on this thing.     More on honor killings in Pakistan here.

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