The Lair of the Emerald Serpent

Time flies when you are having fun. So much so that there’s been very little serpent posting online of late. Lots of slinking but other than the occasional comment or two, very little squiggling at all.

It’s mostly due to the annual ritual of Camp Nanowrimo as well as the occasional online course. The latest is Paradoxes and Infinity. It’s getting very mathy at the moment so extra time is needed to look at videos several times to get the old green cells around all the wierdness.
There are just so many fascinating courses out there so it has required a lot of will power to indulge in just one at a time. They are much more fun that way. It took a while to get used to the idea that there are plenty of chances to get more than one bite of the cherry so there is no need to fill one’s plate to overflowing, pigging out on too many temptations and then hardly tasting anything due to being so greedy.

Then there’s been the 150th birthday of the adventures of Alice, the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and a whole bunch of crazy quirky characters. So it was just the excuse to dust off an old dead tree copy with some absolutely gorgeous illustrations. Not just the usual Tenniel but Arthur Rackham and a whole bunch of others.

( A Collection of Curious Creatures )

It’s scary to think that it’s exactly 6 months between last Christmas and the next one. At least the weather is gorgeous and there’s no chance of the mercury melting at 40 celsius at this time of year in Oz.
There’s just too much weird stuff and so little time to squiggle about it.

The fun started last Wednesday with an invitation to a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. It was a fund raising event for the Alzheimers Association. It was the perfect opportunity to dress up as Dolores Umbridge and wear one very special Cthulhu hat. It’s a tough job being the Queen of Hearts but some one has to do it.
( Curiouser and curiouser )