One year!

I realized last night while watching Stephen Colbert rehash his show from one year ago when the shut-down began. Of course, Fred Hutch moved to working from home on March 12 ... which means I had been home for 1 year 3 months, and unemployed for almost a year! It almost feels like a lifetime.

Tony Abeyta

Tony Abeyta is considered one of the finest young contemporary painters today. Abeyta explores a variety of mediums including oil, charcoal, and sand. Because he experiments with techniques and images so much, his creativity transcends any label that may be used to identify his work. Abeyta was commissioned to create the signature image of the National Museum of the American Indian's ground-breaking opening in Washington, DC. Many of Abeyta's highly original works are depictions of complex Navajo beliefs; they evoke the notion that there is power in everyone and everything. Avid collectors will consider their Abeyta piece to be a gift from a higher power.

Reaction-Diffusion

Reaction-Diffusion Playground and here is the app

Show your Gay Pride

A BRAND GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND USING THE PRIDE FLAGS AND COLORS IN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mason asked me the other day what the what was the flag with all the colors was about and I explained it to her. She knows most of my gay friends and understands they are gay. I have been noticing lots of rainbow products lately.

Camouflaged!

I watched this hysterical video about guns by Jordon Klepper this morning and started thinking where would one buy one of these camouflage suits. 

This hunting camouflage is much more affordable that I thought it would be. Sibosen Ghillie Suit, 3D Leafy Ghille Suit for Youth Boys, Hooded Hunting Airsoft Camouflage Ghilly Suit

This one is pretty elaborate! PELLOR Ghillie Suits 6 in 1 Camo 3D Woodland Camouflage Suits Forest Hunting

This is fun, bold statement! The Hunt Good Times - Orange Camo Suit. NOTE: matching tie.

A tuxedo alternative for wedding option? This goes so well, with your AK-47. Realtree Camo Wedding Tuxedos Farm Wedding Camouflage Suit Custom Made Slim Fit Mens Blazers Fashion Groom Tuxedos Wear(Jacket+Pant). AND afforadable!

Men's Two Piece Suit with Tie Camouflage Print. Even MORE affordable than I could have ever guessed.

2019 Men's Fashion Hoodies Suits Camouflage Clothing Popular Style Jacket Outdoor Tracksuit Sportswear

Lazy One Adult Flapjack Onesie by LazyOne Matching Christmas Family Pajamas Adult, Kid, and Infant Sizes

On the higher end! Givenchy camouflage print blazer.

And if camouflage isn't your scene ... maybe this would be a more fun option.

A big fan of fans

It is that time of the year again to cool off. Here are some elegant ways of doing just that. A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, may be any broad, flat surface that is waved back-and-forth to create an airflow. Generally, purpose-made handheld fans are folding fans, which are shaped like a sector of a circle and made of a thin material (such as paper or feathers) mounted on slats which revolve around a pivot so that it can be closed when not in use. On human skin, the airflow from handfans increases evaporation which has a cooling effect due to the latent heat of evaporation of water. It also increases heat convection by displacing the warmer air produced by body heat that surrounds the skin, which has an additional cooling effect, provided that the ambient air temperature is lower than the skin temperature – which is typically about 33 °C (91 °F). Fans are convenient to carry around, especially folding fans. Next to the folding fan, the rigid hand screen fan was also a highly decorative and desired object among the higher classes. Its purpose is different since they are more cumbersome to carry around. They were mostly used to shield a lady's face against the glare of the sun or the fire.

Museum of the city fan collection in New York.

The Fan Museum in London

Found some beauties on Pinterest

Arthur Challess joined the Suffolk Regiment in 1924 and saw service with the 1st and 2nd Battalions in Malta, Gibraltar and India. He became an instructor at Sandhurst in 1939 returning to the Depot in 1941. He went to the Far East with the 4th Battalion in 1941, was wounded and captured at Singapore in February 1942 and spent the rest of the war as a Japanese Prisoner of War. He left the Army in 1949 but took up an appointment as an Instructor with the Army Cadet Force. While he was a Prisoner of War Challess kept a record of his movements, with comments, on the leaves of a fan.

Make your own summer fan

I bought Mason and I one of these do-it-yourself fan kits.