Eye Candy Friday - March 30, 2007

Well, it's been a while since I've posted for Eye Candy Friday so I decided to make it a good one.

This is an old church reflected off of a new office building in downtown Dallas this February. I love how the reflection of the church is distorted but you can still see some of the design elements.

Have a happy Friday!

Eye Candy - Mardi Gras!

My amazing friend in New Orleans, Alison, celebrated Mardi Gras in fine crafting style this year. Check out just one of her costumes for the festivities. Alison is the one in the feathered headdress.


Gotta love the fleur-de-lis hot pants!

Eye Candy Friday - February 23, 2007

Eye Candy Friday - February 16, 2007

Howdy from Dallas! Visiting my mom gives me access to her photos for Eye Candy Friday this week.

On a crafting note, here is some beautiful Maasai beadwork she saw while visiting Tanzania and Kenya last summer.

And on a Hipp note, here are some hippos she saw in a wildlife park. She has some amazing zoom power on her camera.

Tomorrow we're heading to downtown Dallas to see dragons on parade. Happy Lunar New Year!

Eye Candy - Saturday This Time

How did I ever survive without the internet?

Our internet service has just returned after 36 hours. We had to find things to keep us distracted from our lack of access during this time: work, refrigerator bargain-hunting, a tennis tournament, and spending time with our Little Brother -- wait a minute, who has time for surfing the internet anyway?

But it is finally back. Woo hoo! Alas, Eye Candy Friday was again delayed.

So here's your candy for the week...as an epidemiologist, this sort of thing is tons of fun for me (click on picture for larger image):


It is a weekly morbidity and mortality report from an era gone by. I snapped this photo while taking the excellent tour of Plas Mawr in Conwy, Wales, last September. We do a similar report at my workplace that lists all of the reported infectious diseases for the week. While technology and knowledge in public health has advanced dramatically since this report was made, the same basic questions in epidemiology remain. When? How many? What caused it?

Notice the high number of plague cases (all deaths). What gets me are these two causes of death:

Broke her skull by a fall in the street at St. Mary Woel church......1

and

Suddenly......2

Cracks me up every time!

Eye Candy Friday - January 19, 2007

Just five weeks after setting an amaryllis bulb in a sunny spot with some water, you get these beautiful flowers. If only all things in life were so easy and satisfying!

Eye Candy Friday - January 12, 2007

What could be better for Eye Candy Friday than a picture of two people in love?

Here are my brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law at Las Vegas when they got engaged. You can see the ring on her finger!
May we all feel this happy today!