Seussian Piano - Finished Piece

Someone asked for a picture of the finished Seussian piano, and I realized that I DO have one.  I tried to post it in the comments on the Seussian Piano post, but alas, I am falling behind in my blogger knowledge so I couldn't do it.  Hope this picture helps. As for the piano, I had intended to paint a black line around the white, and paint foot pedals as well, but I ran out of time.  I made the keys by googling a picture of a piano keyboard and copying that design with black and white duct tape.  Hope this picture helps!

Random Questions...

1. What the hell is with those teeny, tiny front pockets they now put in jeans?  Even if you are the owner of a pair of very small hands, you can only get, at most, half of your fingers in there, so just forget about carrying some cash or a shopping list in there.  Are people actually THAT fearful of getting the dreaded "pocket lines" across their upper thighs?  The only thing worse than this type of pocket is a completely fake pocket.

2.  When you die and your spirit leaves the physical world, and you go on to live in the afterlife, I've heard people speculating that you can present yourself as whatever age most appeals to you.  If this is so, I think I'd choose to be 28, but my big question is:  If I chose 28, does that mean I have to sport the hairstyle and clothes I wore when I was 28, or can I mix and match decades?  I'm not quite sure I want to get stuck wearing what I wore in the 90s for the rest of eternity.

3.  At the time of this writing, QVC is currently selling, for $28.49, a device that reaches for the toilet paper when you can't reach for it yourself.  Why is this even necessary?  If you have limited mobility, isn't it still easier to just remove the roll of toilet paper from the holder and put it in an accessible location before you sit down?  In my humble opinion, you still can't beat opposable digits. 

Gratitude... In the Moment

I am totally going for this living in the moment thing.  Living in the moment, gratitude, connecting to source energy, etc, etc. I get it, and I try to do it.  So, here I am in the beginning of January and I thought to myself, instead of waiting for the perfect photo taking opportunity, I'll just take photos of whatever appeals to me RIGHT NOW.  So this afternoon, when I was about to head out to the grocery store to pick up something for dinner, I grabbed my phone, walked into the yard and found a few interesting things to take pictures of. The picture above is moss growing on a rock on the side of our driveway.  

I know people who hate moss, but I love it.  It's like outdoor carpeting.  Moss doesn't love our summer weather, but in cool and rainy seasons, it looks great.  Since we've so far had a mild but rainy winter, the moss is loving it out there.   Check out this picture below... more moss:

I was happy to see that my pot of thyme is still looking good.  I should have used it in the chicken soup I made last week, but I didn't even think to check it - I just assumed it was dead for the season.

And then I found this marvel, right there on the ground. 

...and now I'm thinking, if a bird can make this amazing piece of fabric, basically, out of twigs and string and found objects and she has just a BEAK and not even opposable digits...

 ...then I can certainly do whatever I want with my life, can't I?