Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables, and 19 other novels, and it is a heart-break of mine to ever get to the very end of all her writings, and have nothing new of hers left to read. Of course, we are so so blessed because she has left us so much more than… Continue reading Around the Hearth and After Many Years: Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories
The famous California poppy! Fields and fields of them, so magnificent and splendid, blah blah. Well, suppose you live in Los Angeles, and you haven't yet gone deranged, and you don't have a car, and you decide you want to see these poppies. You're going to look up the best places to see them, and… Continue reading Find California Poppies in Los Angeles using Public Transportation
I am in the midst of making a series of animations set to songs, here, and midway, I figured out something important. The song has a lyric about reading a book, so I made an animated book, with things coming out of the book. When the second page starts turning, the sparkly heart that came… Continue reading Storytelling tip: matching animations to lyrics
This is my first animation about Sweden in three years, almost. There's a few more I want to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZ75CWvEss&pp=0gcJCa4KAYcqIYzv
I made a couple of videos with snow in Blender (in this one below, the snow starts about 10 seconds in): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hsBUlBYBv8 To make the snow, I am using the particle systems in Blender to release the snow. I have an emitter over my scene: Blender log cabin in the snow scene. The red arrow… Continue reading Making snow in Blender
The libraries at a library system in a moderately populated county in North Carolina: you might not expect there to be lots of Swedish books there, but there are. I mean, random little books everywhere you look: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed An Elderly Lady Must… Continue reading Swedish books at a small library
I found this book "The Nansen Factor" at the library and immediately picked it up. First, because the pattern of the flowers on the front reminded me of Sweden. Second, I thought it might refer to Dr. Nansen, the Norwegian sailor who tried to get to the North Pole in 1893 (I was right about… Continue reading The Nansen Factor
I'm re-reading all eight Anne of Green Gables books, for the second time since the pandemic! And I made a list of all the food they eat, in some of the books. Remember, these books are written between 1908 and the 1930s, and they are set on a small island of Canada. So a lot… Continue reading Food in the Anne of Green Gables books
This building has recently been renovated and now it's got lots of shops in it. But it used to be a movie theatre back in the day and there's a story about that door on the far left. You guessed it: that little side door was the door Black people had to enter through. Everyone… Continue reading The old movie theatre
I am making an animation -- about Sweden! -- and New Years! -- and it starts with snow. Isn't it pretty? It's all made in Blender. Not sure which I love more. What do you think? https://youtube.com/shorts/9ph-ZQnuIpI
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