My number one feeling today is felt.
Actually that was yesterday. My number one feeling today is Holy Goddess it was snowing in SoHo. They've told me its supposed to be Spring. I'm beginning to think, however, that the blossoms in Central Park were put there by the National Parks and Wildlife to make us believe its spring. Mother nature, that wily c-bomb, ain't fooled though.
Back to felt, oh mysterious and wonderous stuff that it is.
I went to the Cooper-Hewitt museum of design and the only floor that wasn't closed for installation was the felt floor. It was A-mazing!! They had chairs made from felt!! I was so moved by the awesome powers of felt I bought this:
It's an egg cosy. Of course I don't actually have any eggs to make cosy and so, have no idea what to do with it. But look at it. Just look. Did I mention it's made from felt.
I then continued on my merry museum way to the natural history museum. what is wrong with the American education system when the poor kiddies don't even know what taxidermy is. Yes children, these are real birds. They were once alive. They are now stuffed. Not fake, stuffed. Speaking of taxidermy (and if I haven't told you already, let me just say it is one of my favourite crafts. Second now, only to felt.) check out this very fine example from the halls of mammals:
It has drool (sorry its actually a little dark). How do you even taxiderm that? Genius.
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