A Cosmic Calendar for a brand New Year!

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In trying to update all my blogs today before leaving town for the holiday weekend, I've landed here at Two Hours with a little art news for you: the first-ever Secret Moon Art Calendar 2011 is now available for your perusal!

The above image is a snippet from my drawing Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green whose full portrait dons the merry month of March 2011.

So multi-tasker that you undoubtedly are, feel free to check out all of the calendar's 12 cosmic, fairy, and botanical images by following the link above, consider scoring for yourself an art-filled wall calendar of my designs, and...have yourself a very Happy New Year!

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And for a more modest financial outlay, see Pattillo starring on his own one-page 2011 calendar in my Blue Tiger Art Shop at Cafe Press - scroll down to 'Cards, Prints, Calendars' where you'll find Pattillo peering out from his own festive Greeting Card, too.

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My latest blog now under construction: Cosmic Lilith Art; plus, you may wish to visit the up-and-running Woolly Mammoth Chronicles for Science, Genetics, and Cloning news and videos, along with my fretful Odes to a Woolly Mammoth. jc

How to Wrap a Cat for Christmas, the video!

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Now here's a useful lesson caught on video for your holiday gift-wrapping needs.

Rrraowrr-r-r-r! (It helps if your kitty cat is willing.)

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

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WikiLeaks and the Diplomacy of Secrecy (video)

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If you're like most people, the ongoing, impossible-to-miss WikiLeaks-Julian Assange controversy is a source of some interest so you may wish to check out this video on the topic of the Diplomacy of Secrecy.

You may also wish to read today's Stars Over Washington post which concerns Mr. Assange's natal chart (his birth time has been discovered!) and certain related topics for this double Scorpio with Sun in the self-protective sidewinder sign of Cancer.

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Of Comets Green and Art Unscene

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Whew! It's been since October 20 that I posted here on Two Hours and my how the year has flown by. For instance, you might be interested in the revelation of first images of Comet Hartley (the 'green comet') today at 4:00 pm edt as presented by NASA:

COMET HARTLEY UPDATE: NASA's Deep Impact (EPOXI) probe is closing in on Comet Hartley 2 for a daring flyby on Nov. 4th. The small but active comet is full of surprises, with spinning jets, geysers of cyanide gas, and a strangely pickle-shaped core. Mission scientists expect to reveal first images from the flyby during a press conference on Thursday afternoon, around 4 pm EDT.

Tune into NASA TV to follow events live, and meanwhile read this story for a preview.

Drawing: Comet Skies from my Unscene World series.

Happy Comet Viewing!

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Always get your bubbles from a 5-year-old!

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October is Happy Birthday time in my family for my granddaughter turns a very big 5 tomorrow. Here you see her engaging in one of her very favorite activities in the world: blowing beautiful bountiful bubbles!

Pop!

Yes, Violet has been practicing her bubble skills for years now. Perhaps you saw this blog's helpful Bubble Blowing Tutorial from when she was only 3 years old. It's quite basic yet handy for those whose skills may need a smidgeon of sharpening.

With Violet, it's always Bubble Season!

Photo snapped by Maya Henderson, photographer, fiberista, and mother of a growing-fast Violet.
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Been busy w blogs, cats, and Art - howbowchu?

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Whew! Today I have updated my political limerick blog Lim's Limericks with Mr. A. Cat's new ditty concerning the November 2010 elections. You may notice that Lim's Limericks is proud to have two Followers - well, it says three but one is me. And if I can figure out how to repair that mistake, it will properly reflect two extremely discerning readers.

Not that I'm no fan of Mr. A. Cat, or of my roomie Lim, the famous feline chef who prepares all my fishy din dins unless and until he's in a snit of miffdom to get his way about something. Then I can starve for all Lim cares! Are all cats despots such as Lim? Most are, I think. Libby Kitty has certainly been on a tear lately: her behavior has turned quite unexpected. As I type she's snoozin' in her newest favorite location: behind the microwave. Odd, if you ask me.

Also updated today is my Political-Mundane Astrology blog Stars Over Washington with a post linking you to a list of campaign donors to our special-interest-promoting congressional candidates compliments of the excellent Mother Jones along with info on the upcoming and difficult transit of Pluto opposing US natal Sun (Sun = the leader in Mundane charts.)

As for Two Hours today, the list of Mythology of Astrology's smaller bodies has been expanded by one: the very interesting and hauntingly musical Orpheus. Simply scroll down the sidebar for the list (it's just after Astrology Faves.)

Plus, the detail/image you see above is from one of my newer drawings, Aubergine, who is actually one of the glamorous pin-up girls in a new Cosmic Lilith Art Calendar 2011 so check our her full portrait if you wish!

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Many thanks to readers who have taken time to tick the reaction boxes below my posts...even without leaving Comments, your surreptitious encouragement does not go unnoticed by yours truly! jc

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Portrait of a Three-Spotted Rabbitfish

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Hello There! Here's a personable little Three-Spotted Rabbitfish (drawn with pencil on paper) floating in from the environs of Western Australia and cordially inviting you to visit my Dreamyfish Art collection of tropical fish portraits, marine news, fishy videos, and links to underwater worlds and topics!

So put on your best fins and glub on over when you may...

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What do Greta Garbo and Yasser Arafat have in common?

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Two Worlds Collide: A Place Where Hollywood and Palestine Meet!

To answer my own question, and besides the fact that both Garbo and Arafat have passed into the Great Beyond, I was amused to find that today's Sun-Moon combination is shared natally by Greta Garbo and Yasser Arafat. Who knew?

This means that some facets of their personalities were the same or very similar in relation to their Sun (male principle) and Moon (feminine principle), a combo of energies relating to relationships on the conscious (Sun) and unconscious (Moon) levels. Relationships go better when these realms are integrated within the personality - another good reason to Know Thyself by having a natal chart consultation!

The Sun Virgo-Moon Taurus blend is also shared natally by Mother Teresa and Peter Sellers, also Great Beyonders!

But today, August 30, 2010, is sufficient unto itself and is quite alive with relationships and such, so let's take a peek at its energies:

Sun Vir-Moon Tau is a double Earth combo indicating its natives possess a down-to-earth quality of practicality; its shadow side gives deep fears of chaos and a loss of control. (Is this part of why Garbo decided she vahnted to be alone? She became quite a 'nun' during her lifetime which easily reminds me of Mother Teresa and the Image below!)

Sun Vir-Moon Tau gives one an excellent reasoning ability, common sense, resourcefulness, and a capacity for hard work. However, there is a tendency to be too rational and to have a wide materialistic streak with a 'black and white' type of thinking. There may be an addiction to routine and great stubbornness which appears when hierarchical relationships are ignored by others. How imperious!

"Actions speak louder than words" is a good motto for this sensible combo.

'Images for Integration: A nun finishes up in the refectory, and then takes the keys to her Bentley and drives off to see the new art exhibition...A sculpture of still life.' (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Charles & Suzi Harvey.)

Happy Practical Monday, dear reader!

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