Please Stand By ...

Thank you for stopping by ... you may have noticed that I am in the process of cleaning up my blog a bit, so please stand by as I do a bit of dusting.

Adapt

The much-debated mystery of what I could possibly be keeping in my large tote bag is finally revealed here.

I am adapting to an absence of clutter.

Beautiful Things

A portrait of myself, by an amazing young artist.

"Subtract"

I've recently subtracted from one of my older paintings (seen above, left) which resulted in the image you see directly below it.

(With a few new digital additions, as well - click on the image for a closer view.)

As inspired by Illustration Friday's topic, "Subtract."

And speaking of addition and subtraction, I add here several mathematically beautiful things:

1. "A Head With a Heart"

2. Adding one vegetable garden to the White House. "Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of the South Lawn on Friday to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden in World War II." - Marian Burros, March 19, 2009, NYTimes

3. Stumbling across Bob Dylan's Love Minus Zero/NoLimit on YouTube (full [slightly flawed] lyrics here.)

"My love she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire."

"Resolve"

Clandestine

Here is my contribution to IF's word of the week - "clandestine."

Happy New Year! (Today's beautiful things: sleep, bonsai gardens and large land mammals.)

The Perfect Gift

The perfect gift for the woman who has everything ...

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6329980*

( A "Nuclear Spring Beard" may be especially nice for this time of year.

Please also see "Dark Brown Lumberjack Beard.")

*I know what some of you are thinking, but no, the beard artist and I aren't at all related, nor are we one and the same.

The Very Definition of Charismatic Megafauna*

*charismatic megafauna:

n. Animals that have popular appeal and so can form the basis of conservation campaigns and fundraising drives.
- www.wordspy.com

I Spy The Great Blogbina

Off or on the road in The Great Blogbinamobile, there have been numerous recent sightings of The Great Blogbina ...

A Meeting With the President-Elect

About the meeting -- Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to repeat what was discussed.

Also - I'm pretty sure it never happened.