patterns

lovely pattern blog: http://printpattern.blogspot.com/

herve tullet

have you seen these books?  brilliant!  so much fun!

here's some images from inside the book with a hole:

swimming

Isn't this so lovely?!  It's from a 1960's guide to swimming safety that I found in a free box this weekend.

Hm...I think I just realized what's wrong with my life... I haven't been swimming in ages!  I need to remedy this... will keep you posted.

on being lumpy and wandery and eating well

Author Gary Shteyngart takes long ambling walks to eat good food and look at the city. 

He says: "NO HURRY I take it very easy. There’s no need to rush — I get up around 11."  and  " These Sunday walks are actually much more helpful to my writing than almost anything else." 

read the whole article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/nyregion/for-gary-shteyngart-hunting-food-and-ideas-on-sundays.html

maurice sendak in PA

Did you know this museum in philadelphia has most of sendak's original art?  including this mural.  let's go to there.

http://www.rosenbach.org/learn/collections/maurice-sendak-collection

andre carrilho

http://www.andrecarrilho.com/portfolio.php

do you like?  i do.

lotsa lovely books to read

For a nice list Go Here!

laura carlin

Ohh, I like this gal.  Have you heard of her?  See more here.  (and be sure to check out the other illustrators represented by Heart, there's some good stuff!)

play!

Jonah Lehrer on the virtues of "unstructured play" here.

"A 2007 study published in Science, for instance, compared the cognitive development of 4- and 5-year-olds enrolled in a preschool that emphasized unstructured play – they were using Vygotsky’s “Tools of the Mind” approach – with those in a more typical preschool. After two years, the students in the play-based school scored better on cognitive flexibility, self-control, and working memory, all of which have been consistently linked to academic and real-world achievement. According to the researchers, the advantage of play is that it’s often deeply serious – the best way to get kids to focus, to exercise those attentional circuits, is to let them have fun."

ahhh! the cuteness!

the best part is when she says, "One day I'm gonna whistle?"