Many have asked if a knitting pattern of the popular Michael Tea cosy (above) might be available.
Sadly Virginia, responsible for the much-loved woollen warmer, responds
Mostly the pattern is “in my head” and Michael ‘Tea’ turns out slightly different each time. I have never written down a pattern and certainly haven’t got around to trying that yet.
Which is something of a pity.
But before you drop stitch, Virginia promises:
There might be another tea cosy character in the making…
Thursday 10 am Mahon Tribunal report, now.Mah’n and boy.
— Village Magazine (@VillageMagIRE) March 20, 2012
And Kay Chips is our Marilyn.
Enda and Barack through the window of the Oval Office. twitter.com/popcornhack/st…
— Catherine Halloran (@popcornhack) March 20, 2012
Oh.
Hang on:
Enda and Barack in the Oval Office just a short time ago. twitter.com/popcornhack/st…
— Catherine Halloran (@popcornhack) March 20, 2012
That’s better.
Yikes.
Enda Kenny, Denis O’Brien and Democrat minority leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at the American Ireland Fund dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centre.
Before sitting down to dinner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, in an elegant Thierry Mugler jacket and pearl choker, huddled with Kenny and Irish businessman Denis O’Brien, while the Irish ambassador to the U.S., Michael Collins, made sure his table guests from both sides of the Atlantic were properly introduced.
Shudder.
Earlier: What Is Ireland Inc?
(Stephanie Green/Bloomberg)
Do not think that you can unsee it. For you can not.
Elderly Mickey made using latex, acrylic paint (with a few Photoshopped ‘tweaks’) by artist Darick Maasen, who sez:
Mickey was ‘born’ 83 years ago (November 18, 1928), and I wanted to explore how he may have aged. BIG thanks to Kosart Effects Studios where I recently took a mask-making class unlocking a whole new set of possibilities for my art.
Photoset of the construction process here.
Using rakes and, occasionally, a few helpers, San Franciscan artist Andreas Amador heads out to beaches at full moon (when his canvas is at its largest) to create incredible geometric and organic works of sand art which barely last long enough for him to take photographs. Sez he:
As the tide returns and the design dissolves, the beach returning to its unmarked state, I am given the opportunity to contemplate impermanence, to recognize that all things no matter how great or how large will pass.
Mmf.
(The third pic down incorporates one of many marriage proposals to which Amador has added a sandy sparkle)
And Grandpa Simpson US Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney at a St Patrick’s Day-ish breakfast at Joe Biden’s residence in Washington literally earlier.
