Artist: Arne Quinze

Welcome to another Friday Gallery Showing on my blog. This is a photo of Arne Quinze, an installation artist. Here, he is working on a piece called Cityscape, installed in Brussels on September 14, 2007, and I don't know if it's still there. I imagine it is. This must have taken forever to construct and probably cost beaucoup bucks, so I'm sure the city of Brussels plans to get their money's worth out of it.

I am amazed by this because it looks so random, but you know it can't be. It had to be meticulously designed or else it might collapse. This bird's eye view allows you to see how huge it is.

And I am suddenly wondering how they kept the birds from soiling it.

I know. I'm weird.


If you'd like to see more of his work, go to the Arne Quinze website, or here where I got these photos.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday 3: Valentine's Trivia

Only two more days until I Love You Day. I still haven't bought a Valentine card for The King. I think I'd better get one today before all the good ones are gone.

In the meantime, here are three little known facts about Valentine's Day that I thought were interesting.

1. In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

2. Only the U.S., Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the U.K. celebrate Valentine's Day.

3. In the 17th century, a hopeful maiden ate a hard-boiled egg and pinned five bay leaves to her pillow before going to sleep on Valentine's eve. It was believed this would make her dream of her future husband.

What I Did for Love

I was at See's Candy this morning to buy a little something for The King. OMG. You couldn't have fit any more people into that tiny shop. There were, no lie, 15 people in line ahead of me, and that was for prepackaged candy. There was a whole other line for custom boxes.

The lady behind me had no sense of personal space, because she kept touching me every time the line moved forward. I had to keep taking a tiny step away from her after we'd settled. Sheesh! This must have happened at least seven times.

So, all I can say isThe King better appreciate his molasses chips. I do not like being stranger-bumped over and over. Bump me once; I can forgive. But after that, lady, you should, you know, get a CLUE.

Two Choices #1

It's coming up on Valentine's Day. What would you rather get...

Flowers

or

candy?

Funny Love Story

What follows is an analysis of a Woman's World story with suggestions and observations for people who want to sell stories to WW, peppered with some personal opinion, too. :) If you truly want to get the most from this weekly blog feature, it's best to have your own copy of the story to refer to. (And no, I don't get a kickback for pimping the magazine here!)

Funny Love Story by April Knight

Tagline: Emma's new neighbor had a sense of humor. She liked that in a man.

In A Nutshell: Emma is forced to hang her laundry out to dry when her washer/dryer go on the blitz. The next morning she spies her nightgown hanging in the tree. Her new neighbor helps her get it down. A few days later, they see another item of clothing up in the branches. It's a t-shirt that says, "Will you go out with me?" Of course, she does!

This was just a darn cute story. I'm a gal who appreciates a sense of humor, too, and this guy had a clever one. Emma's witty comeback is just as quick.

Woman's World Stand-bys: Emma is your typical cute, girl next door, somewhat naive and very old fashioned Woman's World heroine. I think the action that shows this the most is when she shakes her fist at her broken washing machine and says, "I lost my favorite nightgown because of you!" Also, she shyly "watched for him and hoped they'd bump into each other."