Thursday, June 11, 2009

ANOTHER ASTONISHING LABOUR OF LOVE

This dolls house took 15 years to make. The library has 1000 separately bound books.

AN ASTONISHING LABOUR OF LOVE



I got this on an e-mail so I don't know where it comes from, and google came up empty, so you'll have to make do with this pattern for your bicycle seat. Or if it has to be a motorbike, there's this one.

SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED


It's the limited edition Steiff Karl Lagerveld bear. However, I don't think that's Karl Lagerveld in the picture unless the Botox truck is standing out back.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

BIRD ATTACKS PEDESTRIANS

Shouldn't be laughing, but it's funny, a bird in San Francisco attacks pedestrians walking down the street.

FAFROTSKIES IN JAPAN

Fantastic word I've never heard before, fafrotskies are when things fall from out of the sky, fish, stones, and sometimes even blood and (gag) body parts! Then there were the tadpoles.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

MAKE SPACE IN THE FREEZER, THE SARDINES ARE READY TO RUN

Every year around June/July, millions of sardines strand themselves on Indian Ocean beaches, but nobody complains or tries to rescue them. Fish lovers descent on KwaZulu Natal to gorge on the bounty and fill up the fridge until next year. Dolphin, whale and shark all get their fair share.

Unfortunately, up here in Johannesburg, we have to be content with this ...

and watch it on TV.

CORNED BEEF

I didn't get this one at all. I was working on variations of cow+mealie.