Showing posts with label nursery rhyme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nursery rhyme. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

Having Fun with my Food

Mmmmmm.....
Mmmmmm.......good!

"Summer Cake"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Food!
We all love it.  We all eat it.  We all think it.


"Little Miss Muffet"
original Collage Paper Painting using all recycled junk mail
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"A hungry stomach makes a short prayer."

- Paiute Proverb



"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater..."
original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired
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"I go running when I have to.
When the ice cream truck is doing sixty."

- Wendy Liebman


Ice Cream for dogs
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American and Russian space flights
have always included
chocolate.


In addition to other documented health benefits,
 dark chocolate may help sharpen the mind.
Why?
Researchers say that it's possible that flavanols (found in cocoa drinks) 
may improve blood flow to the brain.

- REALSIMPLE.COM April 2013



"Time for an office snack"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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In 1875 Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams
making a declaration about chocolate's superiority over tea or coffee 
for both health and nourishment.


"Coffee Run"
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Going on dates usually include some sort of food.
A restaurant is a 'safe'  place to meet with someone you don't know well, and it is informal enough you don't have to feel pressured.
Here is a date with food involved, 
Horror Stories:

“I had a first date with a recent divorcé at a lovely Italian restaurant on a Saturday night. 
I proceeded to order eggplant Parmesan. 
As soon as I said it, he started choking, even though he had nothing in his mouth. 
Apparently, that was his ex’s favorite dish — and as I was about to find out, 
he was still hung up on her. 
I offered him water, the waiter whacked him on the back... but he wound up having a full-blown panic attack, so I called an ambulance. 
Since I couldn’t ride in the ambulance because I wasn’t a relative, I had to meet him at the hospital, where doctors determined that he was still so upset 
that he was committed to psychiatric care. 
By the time his paperwork was processed, my date couldn’t remember my name. 
Even so, he asked me to go to the store and buy him cigarettes, underwear, and deodorant. When I returned to the hospital, I suppose that was our second date, 
because it was already Sunday... but it was also our last.”
— Sherry Davey, Brooklyn, NY

from Date Night Disasters, Laura Gilbert
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"Call Me"
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sparkling cookies
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'Polly Put the Kettle On'
vintage song sheet graphics
c.1870
courtesy Indiana Music Libraries


"My mother's menu consisted of two choices;
Take it or leave it."

- Buddy Hackett, comedian, actor



"Horse Food" with pomegranate
original Collage Art Doll using all recycled junk mail
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Snacking on a mix of strawberries and blueberries
may lower your risk of heart attack.

from a study published in the journal Circulation
REALSIMPLE.COM  April 2013

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired


"Vegetables are a must on a diet.
I suggest carrot cake,
zucchini bread and pumpkin pie."

- Jim Davis


Mother Says 'Eat Your Vegetables'
original Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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"Plant a radish, get a radish,
never any doubt.
That's why I love vegetables,
you know what they're about!"

- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt


"Santa Monica Diet"
original recycled junk mail Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Well, that's it for today!
I hope you will see your food 
in a little different light now!!!

inkspired

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Summer's End

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Summer is coming to end so soon....
let's enjoy some last-minute summer fun
before the weather gets cool
and the days get shorter....

Rocky Mountains
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Here in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains,
we look forward to the aspen trees changing color.
They provide us with colorful splashes of yellow,
gold and some flames of russet.

But, before that happens, 
I think we should take a last visit to the beach...
(of course, not here in land-locked Colorado....)

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starfish, unknown source
Do you know? Let me know so I can credit!


silly stamped fish on a kirigami cut out blank note card
by inkspired

Here are some charming bears, ready for late 
summer activities:


I believe I got these from origamibears
They are from sheets of wrapping paper.

Next is one of my Collage Paper Paintings.
I use all recycled junk mail and upcycled magazines to create my  one-of-a-kind paper collages.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, is checking on her 
last flowers of the season:


"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"
original Collage Paper Painting using all recycled junk mail by inkspired
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I like to include "FUN FINDS" when I list each Collage Painting. With Mary, the 'fun find' is
her bottom skirt is made from a Q-tip ad!

Now is the perfect time and temperature
 to get lots of dog walks in!

"Walkin' the Dog" Collage Art Doll
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"Sashay With Dog"
Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Or, er, rabbit walks?

"Nantucket with Rabbit"
Collage Art Doll by inkspired
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Perfect weather for a little serenading too...

vintage song sheet cover, copyright 1921
courtesy Indiana Music Libraries



The Lamplighter's Serenade
words/music: Paul F. Webster & Hoagy Carmichael
recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940
found on www.traditionalmusic.co.uk


Laura Zastrow credit
www.postcardsandpretties.blogspot.com

I'd like to finish with a charming paper doll set
'Little Susan'
She has many darling outfits that will take her from Summer into Fall with a nice Autumn coat!





I believe I got this set from Origamibears

That's all for today friends.
Remember to step outside and breathe in 
the last of summer...

inkspired
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www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Nursery Rhyme Time with 3 Blind Mice

nyeinjanyei
or

Nrim-khyam-ye

'Peace' in the *Burmese language

*also known as Myanmar

'Burma's Defenders'
3 Burmese monks praying
www.hrw.org by Platon for Human Rights Watch

Welcome to my new Burmese readers!
For those of you who don't know,
Burma is the correct name of the country
that the news insists on calling 'Myanmar'.
It isn't.
It is Burma.
Myanmar is the name that guerrillas have called the country
that they have violently overthrown the government.
The UN recognizes the country of 'Burma'.
It does not recognize any country named 'Myanmar'.
The people call themselves 'Burmese'.

For more information,
google 'Aung San Suu Kyi'

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Oh, and just a quick comment here -
We should ask ourselves why the news media
newspaper, TV, radio, etc.
have been calling a country with such a rich, long history
by a name that violent guerrillas have given it,
instead of what the country is actually named.

It would be like calling Egypt
Rome-42
instead of 'Egypt'.

or should we say
'the country formerly known as Holland'
instead of
The Netherlands?

In case you haven't noticed,
an impartial news coverage is currently non-existent.
News publications and live 'news' have an agenda.
Just make sure it is your agenda, before you believe
everything you see written
or
everything you hear on the 'news'.

clip from toonpool.com


Okay, okay, I'm off my give-a-speech pedestal!!!
:0)

On to Three Blind Mice!!




from www.telugukidstories.com

This is usually the first song students learn to play
on new musical instruments in the United States!

a limited edition print www.zuill.us

So, what does the simple rhyme mean, if anything?
I mean, blinded mice...
mice chasing a woman...
a woman chopping off mouse tails...
WHAT????!!??

an 1889 illustration of the nursery rhyme

Gathered from




and


here's what I found:

The 'wife' in the verse may be Mary I, the daughter of King Henry VIII of England
and  Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.

Queen Mary I of England

Mary had a hard life, what with her father King Henry VIII naming her the successor to the throne, then declaring her illegitimate, then putting her back in the succession,
refusing to let her see her mother the last 5 years of Catherine's life,
being a devout Catholic in a country that was 'Church of England' territory...
and many, many unnamed injustices and slights she had to endure.

This led to her being, shall we say, grouchy?

www.etc.usf.edu

Mary I's nickname was 'Bloody Mary'.
She was very determined to bring England back to being
a Catholic country.
That meant being a Protestant, including Church of England,
was a big no-no.
So big in fact that if you were found to be Protestant
it was 'off-with-your-head' time.

an ebay listing by 77maddog   www.ebay.com

It is also considered a clue that Mary I and her husband King Philip II of Spain
owned large estates - thus she was a 'farmer's wife'.

From a 1911 'Our Old Nursery Rhymes' book;
illustration by H. Willebeck LeMair, arranged by Alfred Moffat.
courtesy www.mamalisa.com

The 'Three Blind Mice' in the rhyme may refer to
Bishop Hugh Latimer
Bishop Nicholas Ridley
and
Archbishop of Cantebury Thomas Cranmer.

Three Blind Mice ACEO Mouse Art by www.SteviT.etsy.com

All three of these reforming churchmen were Anglicans
and preached Protestant theology -
which is in direct contrast to many Catholic tenets.

Bishop Hugh Latimer found at www.clarealumni.com

Bishop Nicholas Ridley found at www.en.wikipedia.org

The three churchmen were convicted of plotting against the Queen.
Keep in mind Mary I was Catholic
and Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer were Protestant.

found on www.flickr.com - cindy4752 photostream


Bishop Latimer and Bishop Ridley were burned at the stake,
with Archbishop Cranmer forced to watch.
Cranmer was kept alive for other purposes....

Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, artist may be Holbein.

3 blind mice figurines - www.happywadeing.com

...that would be the
 'let's torture him until he confesses to something we want him to confess to'.
A popular theme in Middle Ages history.

1917 illustration by Margaret Evans Price

Later (think torture), after watching his colleagues burn at the stake,
Archbishop Cranmer recanted
and repudiated (that means 'I didn't mean what I said')
Protestant theology. He rejoined the Catholic faith.
hmmm...
Still, Queen Mary I refused to release him from the death penalty.

On the day he was to be burned at the stake,
he made a dramatic announcement before the crowds -
who had gathered for the 'fun' of watching him burn -

He withdrew his recantation!
That means, he said 'I didn't really mean it when I said
I gave up the Protestant beliefs,
and became a Catholic.'
BIG doggy doo-doo on the face of the Catholic accusers.

Also a strong testament to the fact
that torture can make someone say anything.
Take note, US military creeps, that think torture
is an okay thing to do to prisoners.
Think Guantanamo Bay. Think Iraq.
A disgrace and a slap in the face to all true Americans.
oops, stepped onto my soapbox again!

illustration by Charles Folkard

So, let's recap:
The three blind mice were 3 Protestant churchmen (Latimer, Ridley & Cranmer).
Blind because they were not Catholic.

They ran after the farmer's wife, (Queen Mary I of England) -
'a plot to kill the queen' is the reason given.

The farmer's wife (the Queen) chops off their tails.
Or in the matter of history, burns them to death.

Such a gruesome little nursery rhyme!!

a closeup of James Christensen's Three Blind Mice

But then, Grimm's Fairy Tales were really gruesome!
I am currently re-reading them, in the original form.
Verrrry interesting!
Definitely not the Disney style of fairy tales!

We do tend to make things like nursery rhymes and fairy tales cute -
and how cute are 3 Blind Mice!

costumes for toddlers www.squidoo.com

That has to be one of my favorites!!
:0)

Here is a grown-up version:

www.jillspartyblog.blogspot.com

and that is my second favorit-est!
I just love it when people get creative with their costumes.
No pre-made Wonder Woman costume for me, no sir!
But then, of course, I'm not really Wonder Woman size either.
No amount of costume cleverness could disguise that...


Here is a fun scherensnitte pattern from an out of print BackStreet Design:

and here is my cutting:

cutting by inkspired, background by Dover books

Let's make some Chocolate 'Church' Mice!!
This recipe/directions are from FamilyFunMagazine, inkspired version:


You're going to need:

>1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
>1 Tablespoon vegetable shortening
>48 dried apricots
>wooden skewers
>48 M&M Minis
>Black shoestring licorice
>24 dry-roasted peanut halves

How to:
1.  Place chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl.
        Microwave on high for 1 minute.
2.  Stir, and microwave for 1 minute more.
3.  Stir again, until smooth.
 For each mouse:
Press together 2 dried apricots and squish to make a small point
for the mouse's nose.
Thread them onto wooden skewers.

Dip them into the melted chocolate/shortening,
and place on a waxed-paper lined baking sheet.

Use a second skewer to push the mouse off the first skewer.
Use your fingertip to smoosh the chocolate to cover the hole left by the skewer.

Add M&M minis for eyes,
shoestring licorice for tails
and broken peanut halfs or quarters for ears.

Refrigerate until hardened.
Makes 24

Now is that cute or what??!!

If you don't know, Family Fun Magazine sends out e-mails with lots of super fun activities for all age groups. I don't currently have any small children
but I still find fun things to do and make there.

Did you know?
The Three Stooges used '3 Blind Mice' as one of 'their' songs?


stained glass at www.pdqpatterns.com

Did you know?
Jazz Artist Art Blakey has an album by the name '3 Blind Mice'?


Did you know?
There is a movie named 'Three Blind Mice' that starred
Loretta Young and Joel McCrea,
along with many other stars like David Niven and Jane Darwell?


So, after all,
3 blind mice can be pretty entertaining!


I wish I knew where to give credit for this charming sketch.
It appears to be a 'rough' for a cartoon.
If you know who to credit, please let me know!

Well, I hear laundry calling,
and the dirty kitchen floor crunching,
and Tanner is chasing me out of the office with
incredible
stinky
gas.
Time to close!
See you soon,
inkspired

Big Dog Tanner, trying to fit in a little space...
Note the HUGE bottom with HUGE capacities for gas...
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