Day 3413: Potato shortage.

 

 

"Cheryl's angel" : junk mail collage.

 

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Inside the Handmade Sketchbooks of a Well-Traveled Artist

 

Naranja sells an edited compilation of his best work in an elaborate, multilingual book called The Orange Manuscript. Find out more on his website, and follow the artist on Instagram for daily updates from his sketchbooks.

Over the last 13 years, artist José Naranja has been filling pocket-sized notebooks with his own visual diary. I have been following him for the last nine years. By illustrating his daily experiences, observations, ideas, and memories, Naranja considers his ongoing project as “a love letter to notebooks, a flight of fancy and also a part of [him].” Each of Naranja’s notebook pages are packed full of his own writing, illustrations, stamps, and photos, all of which beautifully document the life of this well-traveled artist.

After discovering the 9x14cm, 192-page Moleskine notebooks in 2005, Naranja fell in love with their compact size. Today, the self-described “notebookmaker” handmakes his own, and even shares his bookbinding process on his blog, where he reveals, “The notebook made by yourself offers a higher level of satisfaction than any other. You add the passion and love for it, your favorite paper and details. You add a part of yourself in it.”

Each of Naranja’s notebook pages are packed full of his own writing, illustrations, stamps, and photos, all of which beautifully document the life of this well-traveled artist.

 

 

From color studies and botanical illustrations…

…to stories, personal ponderings, and even hand-drawn board games…

 

 

These handmade sketchbooks are an incredibly intimate view into the artist’s mind.

 

 

Betcha didn't know?

McDonald's limits french fry sales in Japan because of potato shortage

McDonald's Japan is limiting the sale of french fries from December 24 to December 30.

McDonald's Japan is temporarily limiting the sale of french fries due to delays in shipments of potatoes to the country. From December 24 to December 30 only the small size servings of french fries will be available to customers nationwide. The supply issues were caused by floods in Canada, a major transit point for shipments, as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic global distribution.

 

"We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience to all," McDonald's Japan added. Customers reacted to the news on social media, with one user tweeting, "A truly disastrous end to 2021." "Potato shortage :  a 2-word horror story," a user tweeted. 

 

 

 

 

 

A sweet 5-minute video, Wish-granter, here.

 

Just because ...

 

 

Red-crested Cardinal by Roy Diment.

 

 

Smiles for Friday ...

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

  

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