25 January 26

Happy Birthday, Melanie Givan! We met around 1995 as coworkers in "technology" at Eastern Kentucky University. At that time Melanie had a storage-closet office in the back of a computer lab classroom in the Memorial Sciences Building and I was working from a cubicle in the Academic Computing Services offices in Combs Classroom Building. We were both responsible for faculty computer support, in different realms of EKU. Our old work environments have been completely repurposed (several times). 

We are now retired, but Melanie and I and others still meet regularly for Friday morning donuts, mostly in person but by Zoom when necessary. She asked me to wear my dragonflies tie (based on a stained-glass design by Louis Comfort Tiffany) because she has always loved dragonflies!

17-18 February 23

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was born on 18 February. He became famous for his artistic creations in stained glass, such as beautiful lampshades featuring dragonflies as shown on my tie!

18 February 22

Today I'm wearing my Tiffany dragonflies tie to recognize the birthday of stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). Tiffany used the dragonflies motif on many lampshades.

18 February 21

Today I'm honoring the birthday of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), creator of wonderful stained-glass lamps, windows and more. My tie's design is based on Tiffany's presentation of dragonflies. Louis Comfort Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company (jewelers).

18 February 19

Honoring the birthday of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), creator of wonderful stained-glass lamps, windows and more. My tie's design is based on Tiffany's presentation of dragonflies.

18 February 18

Today marks the birthday of stained glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848-1933. This design featuring dragonflies is from one of his spectacular lampshades.

16 February 17

Today's dragonflies help to celebrate Saturday's anniversary of the birth of stained-glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). This design comes from one of his famous lampshades.

18 February 16

Louis Comfort Tiffany, stained glass artist, was born on 18 February 1848. My tie's design is based on his famous dragonfly lampshade (see https://goo.gl/jKGipL).

15 September 14

Today in 1835, Charles Darwin arrived in the Galápagos Islands. (Look carefully on the map, off the coast of Ecuador.) He found some dragonflies, but I'm not sure how closely he investigated their diversity. This tie is based on a lampshade design by glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany.

18 February 13

Today marks the 165th birthday of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), famous designer of stained glass windows and lamps. My tie's design celebrates his work with dragonflies. Louis Comfort Tiffany was the son of Charles Lewis Tiffany, founder of Tiffany and Company (jewelers).

17 February 11

This tie is created from the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, born on February 18, 1848.

18 February 10

Birthday of artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848. I've worn this tie on his birthday for several years, but next year it falls on a Friday!

23 August 09

To commemorate late summertime . . . dragonflies . . .

18 February 09

Birthday of artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848. This tie is based on one of his paintings.

14 January 09

Learning a new word:

Last Saturday I was listening to the radio game show "Says You." One segment involved guessing the correct definition of the word oding. It turned out to be "observing dragonflies," derived from the Latin species name odonata. When the answer was revealed, one of the contestants joked that those who watched dragonflies closely were, of course, odors. (The tie design is based on a painting by Louis Comfort Tiffany.)

17 July 08

This is one of our hottest days so far this summer, so here are some summertime dragonflies. The tie is also appropriate to mark the half-birthday (tomorrow) of Louis Comfort Tiffany, who originally painted these dragonflies.