sunday discovery: popeye the sailor man

image from Popeye Wiki

Today I discovered a very interesting article about Popeye The Sailorman. 

 13 Interesting Popeye the Sailorman Facts

How he originated, the cool words that the comic gave the English language. Did you know his first appearance was in a Betty Boop film? Or that Mr. Mercer was not the first voice of the sailor? Or that he originally got his strength from rubbing the head of a Whiffle Hen? (what the hell is a whiffle hen?)  Lots of interesting story behind the spinach eating, too! 

Popeye is the only character not in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 

In the original cartoons, Olive Oyl is really kind of a trollop?

So there you have it. Your Sunday Discovery from an animation nerd.

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And finished up today, Violet's Kitties, the newest in the Whiskerkins Collection. 

Now off to start Gingham Buds, still hoping to make it out to the woods today, too.

sunday discovery: purple carrots

"Carrots used to be purple before the 17th century, almost all carrots cultivated were purple. The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot, including yellow and white carrots and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today. "  (From Today I Found Out )

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Last corner of Kaleidoscope left to stitch. Ran out of DMC 3052 and with the ice out there today, I'm not venturing out to pick up one color as much as I really, really want to! So I'll get as far as I can, set it aside and get started on the next Whiskerkins, or maybe I'll design today. A whole lotta new things running around in my head. Need to get them down to free up some space!