Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

Medical Tree  made from  surgical gloves  and  surgical materials  Advent Blog  Day 21 - Defying Description  At the beginning of the month, I did describe this year's theme as "crazy Christmas trees" but as I have researched I have found some trees go beyond this description. These are not in a category - I think they are truly unique. I don't think I can do them justice by wordy descriptions, so I have kept text to a minimum in this post, too - these trees speak for themselves!    A squadron of pelicans has landed as a Christmas tree.  Pandas in a pile  Who  said cats can't be herded ?  - Black Cat Christmas Tree -  Ginseng is good for you, but does it make a good Christmas tree?  Where else but in Italy - a spaghetti tree.  How many varieties of potatoes make up this tree?   This might be the weirdest - Sushi Christmas tree.  How many omelet...

Have you ever thought how strange a creature the octopus is?  This week's fascination started when I asked the question, "What colour is an octopus when it's underwater?"  The answer is  "any colour it wants to be " -  An octopus' coloration depends upon its surroundings.  An octopus possesses the ability to alter its coloration depending on its immediate environment. This defensive technique protects the animal from predators and entices prey to come close to the animal . ((from  https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/color-octopus-be94f74fcdc74ebe)    . Why did I want to know the colour of an octopus? Because I wanted to draw octopus tentacles as mermaid hair for my art journal! Then, I began to think it might be considered a little too weird and even perverse to give a mermaid octopus hair.... Facebook friends assured me that this was not so, citing Medusa and her snake hair as a precedent, and even one friend said that she thought it was l...