Week 52: Wolves of The Mountain

I am ending the year with this awesome t-shirt. This one was probably another gift from folks who knew I was in my black t-shirt mode and thought that I like wolves, perhaps after seeing me in my wolf shirt or the I like lightnings, after seeing me in my Grand Canyon Lightning shirt.

I do not remember who gave me this shirt, but this one is quite artistic. If you notice the mountains are also wolf heads and the “rock” that the most visible wolf is standing on is also a wolf. My husband said it’s like one of those 80’s 3D optical illusion posters where there is a hidden image (is it called a stereogram?). Because of that, he decided that this is really a cool shirt (and we should definitely keep it).

This actually reminds me of one of the T-shirts from The Mountain. I saw one of these shirts in our trip to Old Sacramento this week, and my husband and I had a ball finding the hidden animals. It was serendipitous that I was writing about this shirt this week. (BTW, you can also find grumpy cat t-shirts in The Mountain).

I am really not sure when I can wear this shirt. Perhaps over the summer, when we spend more time outdoors.

As long as I don’t see a wolf up-close.

Week 51: Shirts that were gifts - The Eagle and the Moon

I found more shirts that I did not know I had. They were probably presents from folks who knew I was in my black t-shirt mode and that I love animals. Since it is the season of giving, I thought this week would be a good time to write about these T-shirts that I received as gifts.

  

I am not sure who I gave me this shirt or when it was given to me, but these are gorgeous and quite artistic. The eagle in front is quite majestic – with its wings fully spread out and ready to attack. The one in the back is at rest, but still with fiery ferocity.

I probably only wore this shirt once or twice, since I really cannot find the appropriate time to wear this shirt. However, this shirt seems appropriate this week since we just had a full moon (December 17) and it is the weekend of the winter solstice.

Happy solstice, everyone.

Week 50: Shirts I did not know I had - Wolf!

I was very surprised when I found the shirt that I am featuring this week. This is not even from the secondary site, but in the special site where I keep my black special t-shirts (Yes, I have one). There was a phase when my outfit was mostly black t-shirts and jeans and that stack explains it.

 

This shirt is probably one of the few travel shirts that I have in that spot. I do love the wolf design in this shirt. It is a beautiful wolf and also honors the Indian tribes in Canada. I do wonder if I bought this in honor of the lone wolf that we saw from a distance (See my post on Paws). We saw a lot of animals in our trip, and that wolf was definitely one of the more unforgettable ones.

I did have several posts chronicling my trip to Canada, from Banff to Jasper, so I figured that I do  need not too writing in this post. Just enjoy this beautiful and very artistic T-shirt.

Week 49: Shirts I did not know I had - More on the Mayans

I guess the trip to Cancun and my encounter of the Mayan culture had a significant impact on me. In trying to find more t-shirts to blog about, I found a shirt that has a Mayan calendar. I had forgotten that I had this one and found it at my secondary site looking for unusual T-shirts.

Although I am not able to understand it, I love the symbols around the calendar (I am a sucker for symbols and calligraphy). The Mayans were excellent astronomers and mathematicians. To understand the Mayan calendar, you need to understand Mayan math. In researching the calendar, I found that the Mayans had the concept of zero and counted in Base 20 (For math geeks, that is how I will now say my age. It's better than hexadecimal or Base 16... but I digress). Also, I was surprised to learn that the Mayan calendar is very similar to the Gregorian calendar that we use today. Fascinating!

For more info on the Mayan calendar, I found this article on the Mayan calendar on HowStuffWorks.com very useful.