Monday Browsing 02-25-13

Might be of interest to those who enjoy making miniature quilts:

www.greenmountainquilts.com  Paula Doyle – Mini Mosaics

http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/5445 Interview w/Paula Doyle

This is wonderful.  Are there US dog and cat pairs that can do this?

http://laughingsquid.com/tiny-dog-in-russia-gives-cat-a-piggyback-ride-home/

Futurist fiction come true:

http://www.gadling.com/2013/02/21/soviet-hangar-now-serves-as-a-sunny-escape-photos/

After lunch at Bowers a San Diego friend sent this.  I guess my diet is rather Mediterranean:

http://nyti.ms/YSnDXH

Quilting Lingo:

Try Googling quilt acronyms, and you'll find some like these (Not so familiar, but very clever) :
HSY Haven't Started Yet
PHD Project Half Done (yes - we all have PHD's behind our names!!!)
WIM Work In Mind
WIVSP Work in Very Slow Progress
TOAD Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust
PIG Project In Grocery bag
USO Unstarted Object
STASH Special Treasures All Secretly Hidden (!!!)
SABLE Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
FART Fabric Acquisition Road Trip ( so can we call previous trips old farts???)
WOMBAT Waste Of Money Batting And Time

Arabidopsis thaliana seedling
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/wellcome-image-awards-2012-science-images_n_1616148.html#slide=1130798