on the subway!
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
February 27 - Polar Bear Day
Pretty soon polar bears will need boats to get any food
a page from my 2013 calendar - everyone knows that polar bears are common mode of transportation in Russia
February 26 - Tell a Fairytale Day
Kurochka Ryaba (Speckled Hen) - Russian Fairytale
and a tiny video:
my old watercolor of speckled hen - now I see, it is not speckled.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
February 24 - Birthday of Wilhelm Grimm, the younger one of Grimm brothers
There are characters from 6 Grimm fairytales in this picture - Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Fisherman and His Wife, Rapunzel, and Town Musicians of Bremen
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
February 17 - Presidents Day
I am not well versed in American history. The only book I read about it is "And the pursuit of happiness" by Maira Kalman (I highly recommend it). But here is my vision of the first president of the first president of the United States - George Washington and his wife Martha with their dog Tipsy. I updated their hair and now they look like some of those nice retirees from Carmel, CA.
Also, completely unrelated to Washington, but seems appropriate (just from that one word in the song that I understand)
Sunday, February 16, 2014
February 16 - Ernst Haeckel's birthday
From wikipedia:
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919[1]) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, stem cell, and the kingdom Protista.
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919[1]) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, stem cell, and the kingdom Protista.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
February 13 - snow day + bonus
some ideas on what to do on a snow day.
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bonus - January 9 - Play God Day (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein and Co)
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
February 5 1852 Hermitage Museum opened to public
Hermitage
Collage (photo sourced from www.asergeev.com, photo#758-10) markers, ink,colored pencils on paper. This is famous Malachite Room of Hermitage, one day I will see it myself, I hope.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3 - Happy Birthday Gaston Julia
February 3 is the birthday of french mathematician Gaston Julia, he described Julia sets which is one of the famous types of fractals. Gaston Julia was injured in WWI and as a result of those injuries he lost his nose.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
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