362: Tumbling Downton

via whatisaweek-end on Tumblr

Lovely late-19th century sketch of Highclere Castle, which plays the role of Downton Abbey.

The second season starts airing on PBS's Masterpiece Classic on January 8th! Huzzah!

361: Wishlist

Vintage Whirling Eye Sterling Wide Cuff Bracelet from Mindi Lyn Jewelry

The next time I have $260 lying around, this will be the first thing I think of.

360: The city of old

Random Tumblr find of the day:

via Robot Cosmonaut on Tumblr

Minneapolis has some nice-looking office towers, but the drive through downtown would be a lot more interesting if the storefronts still looked like this.

357: Festive

So we got an iPad for my grandpa to use as an ereader, so I obviously have to play with the camera.

2011.

'Tis the season.

352: Gondor needs no GPS

File this under "things that have amused me today":

1) Go to Google Maps.
2) Get walking directions from "The Shire" to Mordor"
3) Profit:

351: Macro

2010.

Super-closeup moss stitch.
(Buy these gloves here.)

348: Crossover fun

via ~Atlantistel on deviantart

This is wonderful.

346: Happy Valentine's Day, No One

I realize we're nowhere near Valentine's Day, but I just stumbled across this old 30 Rock clip, and it's still delightful:

345: Christmas at Downton

The Downton Abbey Christmas special looks awfully exciting.  Murder trials!  Punching!  Snow!  But will it ever air in this country?

344: Lights and sound

We put up the Christmas tree today.  In celebration, here's my favorite Christmas lights video:

343: Alcoho-ho-ho

If you're in Minnesota, North Dakota, or Wisconsin, consider buying yourself a Finnegans beer this month.  Why?  Let the Star Tribune tell you:

Throughout December, beer distributors will give donations that match sales of Finnegans beer, doubling the money going to food shelves. To find where it's sold near you: finnegans.org.

(During the other eleven months of the year, 100% of profits from sale of the beer goes to local charities.)  Read the full article about Finnegans at the Strib's website here.

Relevant because I'm halfway through a bottle while writing this post.  Trufax.

342: Cold outside

I haven't seen most of the Sing-Off Christmas special, but this was darned cute:

339: Harrowing

I admit it: I made an impulse buy today.

via TeeFury

 Because seriously, I can't not buy the $10 shirt featuring the only Boardwalk Empire character I still like.

Appropriate graphic:

338: Bloopers

Sometimes you just want to watch a bunch of blooper reels.

Here's one to get you started:

337: Winter

I wish I had a wintry photo of my own, but I was too busy trying to see through the snow while driving to pull out whatever camera-enabled devices I had on me.  Alas.  Here's one found on the Minneapolis tag on tumblr:

by dmd.hashw on Flickr

334: The Broken Ones

Dia Frampton was my favorite from the first season of The Voice.  I...don't really know what's going on in this video?  But I like the song, and I'm looking forward to her album.

317: Floral flashback

Ferry Building, San Francisco, 2008.

Because winter is coming, and we'll need some bright colors.

310: Nîmes

Nîmes, France, 2007.

Reinforced arches at the Roman arena in Nîmes.

306: Nothing but charm

via Flickr

Oh, don't mind me, I'm just planning for my imaginary dream house.

303: Portal

via Flickr

Photoshopped?  Sure.

Still awesome?  Obviously.