My Favorite Thing This Weekend

It's already Tuesday? Man, these weeks fly by.

So my new favorite thing might be hitting up the flea markets. We went to one on a whim this past weekend and ended up going home with this guy! Or gal, actually. Her name is Alice.

Alice is currently sitting in our hallway/entryway. I have an overwhelming desire to get the hallway painted immediately so that Alice has a nice place to sit. I haven't been this excited about a purchase in awhile.

Here's the website of the talented fellow who made Alice. I'm already eying up the dining table.

At the airport

I'm trying something new here. It's 4 something in the morning and I've been awake since 2:30am. I don't think it's even healthy to get up that early. But I do what I can to get home to see my husband and puppy!

So I got up at 2:30 for a 5:30am flight. Yes, no matter how early it is I give myself plenty of time at the airport. That's what happens when you're used to flying out of DC airports. You just never know. Apparently not all airports require such early arrival though. Anyways... The point of this story is to say that my flight was delayed as soon as I got to the airport. Which is funny because the airport wasn't even open yet. They just got off to a bad start i guess.

And so I'm killing time. And I'm trying out this Blogger app which I've kept away from until now. It's just not super user friendly, you know? Like I'm trying to attach pictures to this post and I have no idea where they are being inserted.

I was trying to share this piece of art that is part of some art display here at the airport. I get so excited when I see science-inspired art! Am I the only one?

There is actually typically a lot of art at airports. It's just hard to notice when you're sprinting by.

Berndnaut Smilde

Washington Post, you've done it again. You're always opening my world to new things. First, pink slime. And now, this.

Okay, you can skip the pink slime article but you should definitely check out the Berndnaut Smilde article. Smilde is a Dutch artist who can, apparently, control the weather.

Nimbus II, 2012, Berndnaut Smilde

Nimbus, 2010, Berndnaut Smilde

See, I wasn't kidding. A perfectly sunny room is turned into a cloudy day. Crazy. The video on the Washington Post link is also worth watching. It's not in English, but you'll get the gist.

 

I was also browsing his website and found this interesting piece.

Cumulus Beeekstraat 98, 2010, Berndnaut Smilde

The caption reads:

"Aerogel, also known as frozen smoke consists of 99.8% air and is the lightest solid material on earth."

Never having heard of this until today, I am intrigued.