Miniature Food Rings

How cute are these miniature food rings handmade by Sofia, a Canadian artist living in Japan! Dig in!


Nabe Pot - Nabe is a delicious healthy meal where meat and veggies are boiled in a broth and then eaten after being dipped in a sauce.

Toaster With Toast And Strawberries

Milk Coffee In A Can And Croissant Sandwich

Gourmet Dessert - a beautiful plate with 3 different gourmet desserts. One even has a chocolate cat on top!

A Kid's Lunch - a hamburger patty with sauce, noodles , rice with peas, some veggies and a fried shrimp.

Gyudon Ring Beef And Rice - a bowl of "gyudon" which basically means beef over rice, complete with a pair of chopsticks.

Fried shrimp lunch - A cute red plate with lettuce leaves, tomatoes,corn and potato salad and fried shrimps!

Japanese traditional food - There is a little bowl of soup with some veggies and a cherry blossom shaped piece of "kamaboko" ( made from fish), a dish of eggplant and pink "onigiri" (rice ball). It is pink from "umeboshi" (pickled plums). There is also a miniature spoon!

Basket of bagels and jam

A Box Of Assorted Chocolates

Bread People

Bread People is a website that puts famous faces on bread-inspired puns. A great site to visit if you're in knead of a smile.
Let's roll!

Christina Ricci

Stevie Wonder

Robert De Niro

Osama Bin Laden

Benicio Del Toro

Demi Lovato

Robert Downey, Jr.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley

Rihanna

Dostoyevsky

Kelsey Grammer

Russel Brand

Patti Smith

Bow Wow

Which one do you like yeast?

Erika Simmons - Tape Portraits

I've shared Erika Simmons' aka IRI5 creations in one of my earlier posts. Here are more from her flickr stream.

John Lennon

Michael Jackson

Bob Marley

Melora Creager

James Taylor

The Beatles


Traci Lords

Debbie Harry of Blondie

Santana

First Graders

Here's a cute forwarded e-mail to share.

Enjoy!

A first grade school teacher in Virginia had twenty-five students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the first half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are 1st graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

1. Don't change horses...........until they stop running.
2. Strike while the............................bug is close.

3. It's always darkest before..............Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of ...................termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but........................how?

6. Don't bite the hand that..........................looks dirty.
7. No news is.........................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a....................................Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new...........................math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll .....stink in the morning.

11. Love all,trust................................ me.
12. The pen is mightier than the...................... ......pigs.
13. An idle mind is........................the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's.......................pollution.
15. Happy the bride who.....................gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is ..................................not much.
17. Two's company, three's ...................the Musketeers
18 .Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and..... You have to blow your nose.
19. There are none so blind as.......................Stevie Wonder.

20. Children should be seen and not.....spanked or grounded.
21. If at first you don't succeed................get new batteries.
22. You get out of something only what you ...............see in the picture on the box.
23. When the blind lead the blind................get out of the way.
24.Better late than.......................pregnant.

Wordless Wednesday - Night Safari

If you're visiting Singapore, one of the attractions not to be missed is the award-winning Night Safari - the world's first dedicated night zoo. Housing over 1200 animals of 110 exotic species, the Night Safari gives visitors a unique opportunity to view the animals up close in an open-air zoo after dark. The night zoo is divided into eight geographical zones, which can be explored either on foot via three walking trails, or by tram.
Traipsing down a trail in the dark, I felt like I was in the movie "Jurassic Park". It was kinda unnerving being eyeballed by glowing eyes that darted between trees in pitch-black darkness. And creeping me out even more was this sudden maniacal laughter of a hyena, followed by a howl and then growls.... and the fluttering of wings. A pterodactyl? I was quite sure it was a fruitbat or a giant flying squirrel.
Being in such close proximity with the animals, I wondered about the possibility of us ending up as dinner but Hubby assured that there are cleverly disguised barriers to separate the predatory creatures from us.
Sorry, pallies but I've no pictures of the animals to share as flash photography is not allowed and my compact is totally useless in the dark.
These pics were taken at the entrance of the night zoo

Cousin J, my sister J, me, Josh, cousin L, cousin C and my dad with the two boys, Rodney and cousin B in front.

Josh

The spectacular Thumbuakar performance

Don't miss these incredible human torches

and their fire-eating stunts!

A reminder - Spray on lots of insect repellent if you don't wanna be a walking smorgasbord for mosquitoes.

Gwen Murphy - Foot Fetish

Artist Gwen Murphy turns old shoes into works of art by giving them faces. She uses ash clay and acrylic paint to create those bugged-out eyes ,dreary lids, pouty lips and long faces.

"I see a shoe as a kind of fetish, because it has a presence and the power to protect and transport us. Since I was a very young child, I have looked at shoes and found them looking back at me, each pair with its own personality and facial expression. When shoes are lined up near a door or in a closet, they are trusty steeds waiting to serve. Mouths yawning open, they sometimes look sleepy or grouchy. Sometimes they look like they are singing. They are like a better species of beings made entirely of pairs of identical twins. This series of sculptures is my way of bringing forth the presence I see in each pair of shoes."
– Gwen Murphy