cyst inflexible louse

Happy Fourth

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.      Theodore Rubin

Wrong.  There IS a problem.  I have lost all my news feeds, thank yew Feedly.  I have clicked around and around and cannot get anything but a feedly blank page.  At one point I found that there were directions for downloading a new App, which I don't want.  Then there were directions for going in and messing with the code, which I cannot do.  I am so bummed.  Going to go find timeline and see if I can get it back to at the very least, copy off my sites.  Meanwhile I don't even have squirrels to show ya.  I am so sorry I recommended it to everybody-  but it was a seamless migration from Google until yesterday when the removal of Google Reader was done.  Gonna go find a NEW reader, hope somebody has a suggestion.  Meanwhile it will take me years to gather up all my sources if I cant find it in my timeline.  I hate this...  Does that explain my silence?  Without my feeds I don't know nuthin'.

LATER:  I whined to the Powers That Be Feedly and they told me what to do, I did it and it worked.  My Feeds are back, Long Live My Feeds.

Sorry I gave you the finger, Feedly.

I did manage to find this rough draft of the Declaration of Independence-  Happy Fourth of July!  If the weather holds we are going to a BBQ, then off to the local stadium to watch a baseball game between two farm teams, followed by a fireworks display. How's that for an ICONIC Fourth?  (It kinda makes up for spending last evening with a bunch of Canadians still celebrating Canada Day!)  

Jasper John's 1970 flags, and another flag:

In 2005, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) presented a monumental and uniquely American sculptural installation by Dave Cole. Cole’s project The Knitting Machine comprised two excavators specially fitted with massive 20′ knitting needles which produced an oversized American flag, which can be seen as both a celebratory gesture of pride and a commentary on America’s role in world affairs."

 Today at Mass MoCA, some very cool, and extremely large, CHICKENS. 
Oh sorry, they are PHOENIX.  Whatevah, they are made with accumulated 'stuff'.  

Inspired by the contemporary realities of his fast-changing country, Chinese artist Xu Bing spent two years creating his newest work titled "Phoenix". The installation currently on exhibit at MassMoCA features two massive birds fabricated entirely from materials harvested from construction sites in urban China, including demolition debris, steel beams, tools, and remnants of the daily lives of migrant laborers.

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Today I am going to go see if a yarn shop near here is open, though I doubt it.  Still on the quest for fingering purple, just One More Skein!  And I hope to at the very least unload my car at the studio with all my purchases yesterday.  There were some good sales and I (shoot me now) stocked up at the art store.  Somehow I ended up with a back seat full of stuff and I need to go through it to separate out the things I got for the house.  Called first, it's not open.  Tomorrow is another day

I lost my list of stuff to post but this was in a different place and feedly hasn't found it yet to screw with-  I got this ad from Blurb with three costume books for sale-  one of them I thought was great and am going to put in an order.  Here:

NYC Costume Trip by Dale Tidy | Make Your Own Book
Take a minute and imagine the fun these guys are having, PLUS somebody is a good photographer!  

Then I have this shrimp video waiting to post and I guess today is as good as any: