Act now, while you can still decide how your own money is spent.
The very sweet Megan Casto, who loves dogs and even cats, links to a charity auction for Saving Shelter Pets, which I can totally get behind. Here’s a link straight to the auction.
I wish I could save every single shelter pet in the world. If I were rich, I’d buy huge tracts of land and turn them into free-run ranges for dogs. Fully stocked with possums. Seriously though, even talking about shelters makes me want to go adopt about 20 dogs. God I love ‘em. Anyway, if you’re of a mind to help out, here’s a link straight to the auction. You’re good people, Megan.
And this reminds me, Rachel Pereira, a braver and more athletic woman than I, is still training and raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society marathon. Looks like she’s only about $800 short of her $2400 goal.
Which further reminds me, the lovely Maya, one of my own favorite commenters, is an excellent photographer and is donating all the proceeds from sales of her photos to Rachel P. I’ve had my eye on this one for months and I think I shall make it mine today.
Maya, I hope you don’t mind if I post it here. I’ll email you after the fact like the lazy person that I am, but dang girl, it’s just so pretty:
Is that a photo of a Chihuly exhibit? Just went to one a couple of weeks ago and it looks just like it.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:49 pmTHANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 3:50 pmjbc15:
not exhibit, his very own glass museum in Tacoma, WA. There’s a bridge over some train tracks up to the museum, and on it is a wall of glass pieces and then this ceiling. It was a grey day, so I haven’t seen it with sunshine sparkling through.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pmoh, yeah, forgot the say it in the email:
Thank you Rachl Lukis!
October 27th, 2008 at 4:09 pmmaya…the bridge goes over the freeway (and the railroad tracks) actually. It’s kind of obnoxious (distracting) and the glass museum itself is lame. But the glass blowing area is awesome and it’s a blast to watch them make things there.
I work at a company where the former owners/founders are personal friends of Chihuley. They helped fund the opening of the museum and we have some of his work in our building. It is Un-Freaking-believable and gorgeous.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:27 pmI first saw Chihuly’s work at a traveling exhibit in Dallas, circa 1991.
The main gripe I have is that Chilhuly hasn’t actually produced any work with his own hands in two decades, so that the work should actually be attributed to “from the studio of Dale Chihuly”.
That and he tried to sue a guy because his work resembled Chihulys. Christ on Tumbler! I’ve got glass from the 70’s that “resembles” Chihulys.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:49 pmLove that picture.
Was born and raised in Tacoma.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:08 pmTolbert:
that may be, but I can still pick out a “Chihuly” from a mile away. It’s like Apple copyrighting a “style” instead of an actual tangible piece of hardware.
casto:
you betcha on the studio part. I could sit there for hours watching them. I actually almost took a summer glass blowing class, but chickened out. The class ended up being canceled due to lack of interest.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:29 pmthank you Rachel! And Maya! I’m only $815 from my goal. And, I ran 13.1 miles over the weekend. That’s a half marathon. Who knew I had it in me?
October 27th, 2008 at 5:47 pmI’ve been married for over fifteen years. I haven’t decided how “my” money is spent since 1992.
Ba-dum.
Try the veal.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:21 pmMaya:
Yes, I knew he had a museum in Washington. He recently designed a custom exhibit for the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was a student and founder of their glass program. The exhibit entrance features a “ceiling” very similar to the photo you’ve taken. I’m going out to Seattle next month, but I’m not traveling with company that would appreciate a glass art museum, unfortunately!
October 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pmNice Glass! At first, I thought it was the venetian glass flowers from the Bellagio in Vegas.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pmGreat shot Maya, I just couldn’t figure out what it was - I got as far as seashells on LSD.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:13 pmChihuli? Meh, we pick that stuff up off the sidewalks here in Seattle. It’s everywhere.
He has a school on Pilchick Mountain north of town; big open house and exhibit every August. Very worth going to.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pmWell done, The Other Rachel! And I bet you didn’t even have to have anyone chasing you, unlike Sherlock!
I think I might bid on that Native American flute. My fiance is part Cherokee, so she’s bound to know how to play it.
Mind you, she’s also part German, but I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know how to drive a Panzer…
October 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pmI bid on the Celtic harp. I just don’t know how my dogs are going to learn to play it, lacking opposable thumbs as they do.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:05 pmThat’s probably the thing I most love about you, Rachel. You’re as big a pushover for doggies as I am. Like you, I’ve made the remark that I would love to buy a farm and just adopt more and more dogs. I still might.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:00 amShoothouse; The Bellagio ceiling is Chihuli’s “Fiori di Como” another of his strange and wonderful visions.
Were I Queen for a Day, or win the lottery, I would commission a Chihuli chandelier.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pm…sorry, I was having a Monty Python flashback moment there…
October 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pmMuch love to the Rachels and maya.
More soonest.
My fave shot is “pawprint in snow.”
October 31st, 2008 at 10:25 pm