Had fun at the Birmingham Museum of Art today.

Had fun at the Birmingham Museum of Art today.  There is an artist from Alabama named Frank Fleming that we looked at in class who I really liked, and much to my delight, they had a bunch of his work on display.  It is there until August 9th, so I'm planning to go back before it leaves.  I'm SUPER hoping that Emily and Laurel can go with me.  Maybe Jennifer would even like his work.  It's animals mixed with people!  The "Alligator with Purse" is one of my favorite pieces.  I said "I hope her bag is made of human skin."  Got a couple of weird looks, but hey, fair is fair.  🙂  Her cane is topped with a human hand, so I just assume I'm right.  😃

He's got sculptures scattered about Alabama, so you've probably seen his work before.  He's got the sculpture titled "Turtle Stack" at the zoo, and also the "Goat Storyteller" at Five Points South.

Anyway.  Check out his work on the museum site if you can't actually make it by there.  It's super neat!

https://www.artsbma.org/alligator-with-purse

Hanging over our lunch table.

Hanging over our lunch table. Can you tell what it's made of? It's HUGE.

Field Trip Day!

Field Trip Day! On my way to the Birmingham Museum of Art. 😃

Humans drain my life force.

Humans drain my life force. I have to go to bed.

Waiting on the Shaun.

Waiting on the Shaun. Watching some birds.

Heading to bed.

Heading to bed.  Six am comes early.  🙁  Boo for schedules.  🙁 🙁 🙁  BUT on the bright side I have a field trip on Thursday to the Birmingham Museum of Art.  I've never been so I'm looking forward to it.  🙂  Also digging my Art Appreciation class.  Learning a lot of interesting stuff.  😃

Also, super thank you to my most favorite person ever:  Shaun.  My brakes are broken so he's taking me to class this week - even though he, too, is not a morning person.  I'll have some coffee chilled for you, love.  If I'm honest I've missed riding around with you, anyway.  ❤

I have un-followed many of my well-meaning animal peeps due to this very thing.

I have un-followed many of my well-meaning animal peeps due to this very thing.  This rescue said it perfectly so I'm copying that message here to make sure it is seen.  There are a few people who I wouldn't mind knowing have read this.

Without further adieu, the VERY on-point words of Big Fluffy Dog Rescue:

"Fans, let us talk about how rescue works for a minute. We post dogs for foster or adoption all the time on this page and you all are gracious enough to read and respond and we appreciate all you do*. However, there is a segment of the audience that consistently doesn't get it, and I feel compelled to point out a few things to those people.

Sharing and crossposting animals on Facebook (or email for that matter) indiscriminately annoys the bejeezus out of people and it doesn't really help the animal. If you bombard people with pleas for animals in places that someone can't possibly help, you are essentially creating existentially-painful spam. I can't help the dog in Calfornia by 2 pm because I'm not there and I don't know anyone there so all you've done is ensure I know there's another one I can't help. "But if you just share it, maybe someone will see it" I can hear these people say. No dice. I have lots of friends in lots of places, but if I posted every dog that needed help on my page, I would quickly have zero friends because the "this dog dies tomorrow" approach turns people off, particularly when they can't help. Making people feel powerless to stop suffering is not helpful. Also, cluttering their inbox/feed puts you on par with the people who want me to meet sexy Russian girls or think I need Viagra. I am still waiting on my Nigerian prince to send that check for my share.

Second, reading comprehension is not just for the SATs. Actually read before you share. A kind and astute reader on our site called out someone for not reading one of our posts and I posted that here for your perusal. Just because there's a dog pictured doesn't mean it's in danger and similarly, just because the dog is in a shelter, doesn't mean the people that work there are evil, indiscriminate dog killers and the dog is definitely going to die. Hyperbole is what kills.

Finally, I'm all for sharing things and I hope you all do share as you see fit, but "sharing" an animal in need in which you demand that someone go save an animal right now while you sit in your chair in front of the laptop is not supremely helpful. If you want to save an animal, call a local rescue in your area or the local shelter and offer to foster. That's saving a life.

Thanks kids and carry on. That is all.

*Some of you I probably love.