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Tuesday ~ February 1st

Wooh-hooh!  A brand new month & I am revved up!  I really like February because Chris & I celebrate our anniversary (tomorrow in fact) & it's also one of my dearest friend's birthday (tomorrow too) ~ Happy Birthday Lori!  I also like this month because quite often we sneak off to the mountains for a little mini vacation around Valentine's Day - I just love the mountains.  Maybe it's because I lived there for 6 months back in my early twenties & it was such an exciting time.  There's lots of transients that breeze through ~ British, Australians, Germans...etc. looking for a little work here & there.  When I lived in Banff, I met some amazing people from around the world & when I left I was spurred on to travel myself.  I also love the size of the mountains ~ they always give me a comforting feeling.  And of course the wildlife is so incredible!  I'm really looking forward to a little trip west.

I have pictures of the Corb Lund house concert - they don't do the night justice, but it gives you a little idea of what was going on.

I also pulled a name for the riddle contest - Victoria Sutton wins 3 hours of torch time with dark blues.  If you would like to be notified when I list new riddle contests please email me at carrie@beadtree.net & say in the subject line "riddle contest". 

Wednesday ~ February 2nd

Right now at this very moment, if I was stuck on a deserted island with only myself & a c.d. player (& a plug in & electricity) ~ the 5 c.d.s I would want to have with me would be:

1. True Love ~ Toots & the Maytals (Very fun album to get you in the groove while you're busy building your shelter & trying to start a fire ~ you need all the extra energy you can get.) 

2. American IV: The Man Comes Around ~ Johnny Cash (This particular album is one of Johnny's most depressing, but it's also really, really good & lets face it, if you're stranded on a deserted island you're going to get depressed so why not be depressed with Johnny?)

3. Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (This album has so many layers ~ Ani Difranko sings an awesome version of "Used Cars", I love the lyrics to "Highway Patrolman", "Mansion on the Hill" has a mystical resonance to it - it's all good.)

4. Has Been ~ William Shatner (I love this album because it borders on  schizophrenia.  I don't know how long I could handle this c.d. before chucking it in the ocean, but I'm willing to take my chances - "Real", "Common People" & "That's Me Trying" are frickin' brilliant! I CAN get behind that.)

5. Graceland ~ Paul Simon (I have to go with this one.  It's just one of those classic c.d.'s that you never get sick of hearing.  There are songs to sing a long too, songs to dance to and songs that just make you tap your feet without even knowing it.)

And you?

Friday ~ February 4th

Sunday ~ February 6th

Bee Facts...

Did you know that:

• bees have to fly 55,000 miles & visit 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey? 

• honey bees communicate by dancing!  A little waggle here & a little "bee"-bop there indicates directions & distance to food sources from the hive.

• beekeeping was practiced in Egypt as early as 2500 B.C.

• one pound of honey equals the life work of approximately 300 bees & a flight distance of two to three times around the earth.

• bees don't "create" honey; they are actually improving on nectar.  The honey we eat is nectar repeatedly regurgitated & dehydrated by bees...hmm, is that too much information?

Monday ~ February 7th

Holy Beads Batman!

Wow, I had an awesome day at the torch yesterday!  I think I worked for almost 10 hours.  I made just over 50 beads, which doesn't seem like much for that many hours but there was a lot of prep & some of the beads took a great deal of time.  It's more beads than I've made in one sitting for a long time.  I'll have 3 auctions up this week! 

Tuesday ~ February 8th

Disco Glitter

Thursday ~ February 10th

Click on photo to see something pretty created with these bead...

Saturday ~ February 12th

Aegean Artifact  

Sunday ~ February 13th

Rooster Facts...

                      Illustration by Amanda Woodward

According to the Chinese Calendar, if you were born in 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, or this year ~ You Are A Rooster! 

Characteristics that might describe you:

• flamboyant & feisty, outwardly confident & charismatic, hardworking & upfront. 

You may also be:

• loyal & trustworthy, overbearing at times but brave & romantic.

And you might like:

• Keeping fit, staying busy & focusing on your career.

You also share rooster qualities with:

• Eric Clapton, Mia Farrow, Rod Stewart (who kind of looks like a rooster, don't you think?) & Yoko Ono.

Well, cock-a-doodle-doo. 

Monday ~ February 14th

                           Take a peek inside...

Wednesday ~ February 16th

                                           Photo by Mark Tucker

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen

or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
                                                                           Helen Keller

Thursday ~ February 17th

Spidey Man

I've updated the Jewelry Grove. 

Saturday ~ February 19th

Mini Egg Explosion

Sunday ~ February 20th

Giraffe Facts...

                    Giraffe ~ Kenya, Africa 2003

Did you Know:

• A giraffe’s tongue can be up to 21 inches long & is prehensile, which means it can grab & hold onto objects (Giraffe's clean their ears with their tongues).

• A giraffe's average height is 18 feet.

• A giraffe's heart weighs 24 pounds!

• Giraffes usually sleep standing up because it can take too long for a giraffe to get back up on its feet if a predator should approach.

• Giraffes begin their lives by falling 6 feet to the ground.

• A newborn giraffe is about 6 feet tall at birth and weighs about 150 pounds ~ ouch!

• Giraffes are one of the few mammals that cannot swim, but they can run - up to 35 miles per hour!

• Early written records described the giraffe as "magnificent in appearance, bizarre in form, unique in gait, colossal in height & inoffensive in character."  I agree.