great day, cool thing

There were at least three good things that happened today. 1) I finally found supplies that I needed for my project 2) I went to lecture by a SCAD professor visiting DKDS only to find that another RISD professor that I knew and a designer from Ziba in Portland were there as well. Then we all went out to dinner. 3) I saw a great concert by Cocorosie in Christiania.  Good day after terrifically bad day. The world always finds ways to balance things out. 

bad day, cute thing

Sometimes when things are frustrating (ahem, Monday, I'm talking to you) I find it helpful to look at this picture.  I have never seen a live animal look so stuffed.  Cygnets (baby swans) in the lakes, copenhagen.

one eyed wonder

How strange, this cyclops building in copenhagen.  

Cafe Paludian

This is one of my favorte cafes here, not that I go out much because the coffee is so bloody expensive.  But this one is a bookstore/cafe, very hygge on a cold day, which strangely there have been lot of lately.

Silly Large Cat Art of Europe

"I just wanna be your friend!"

"Whatever, I didn't want you to accept my friend request anyway"

"you called?"

"y'all like my shield? It's extra shiny."

"my daddy was a golden retriever"

I've noticed an alarming trend in stupid-looking cats (and one bear) in old European art during my travels.  I mean, really.

Holga II

Another successful batch of 35mm Holga!  I'm never goin' back to 12omm...

use/reuse

So, one thing that I think the Danes could improve on is their produce packaging, not that the US is any better.  There are stores that sell produce in big bins with optional plastic bags, but then in some stores (ahem, Netto) just 8 Roma tomatos come on a styrofoam tray with plastic wrap and big sticker labels.  Seems a bit unnesessary.  I bought some kiwis yesterday and they came in a big plastic tub with some plastic netting around it.  Same with nectarines.  The netting seemed so cheerful and maybe useful, so I played around with it for a bit then made these hanging containers and a letter holder from the box.  Works for me!  And it seems like if you collected a lot of that netting you could make a cool patchwork system or even a textile.