{"id":412,"date":"2008-02-19T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=412"},"modified":"2008-02-19T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T14:50:00","slug":"wild-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/wild-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally finished and photographed the owl pendant that I mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/wise-move.html\">four months ago<\/a>. The pendant is rock crystal and onyx, set in 18K yellow gold.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R7rt-Mv5WwI\/AAAAAAAACE8\/ftVSf0FCkzI\/s320\/owl_dark_background.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168705175190854402\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The prongs at the bottom are designed to look like claws<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Owl Necklace \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photography by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaremoose.com\/\">SquareMoose<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R7rt3cv5WvI\/AAAAAAAACE0\/0hLdCuZrFao\/s320\/owl_back_view.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168705059226737394\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The back view of the beautiful handmade setting<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Owl Necklace \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photography by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squaremoose.com\/\">SquareMoose<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In other animal news, I was fascinated by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/19\/science\/19camo.html?ex=1361163600&amp;en=5b22d9a621bc4963&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink\">New York Times story<\/a> about cuttlefish and their amazing camouflage skills. Apparently, chameleons wish they could change colors like cuttlefish do. Chameleons obviously hired a good PR firm though, because they get all the color-changing credit that should be going to the cuttlefish. Don&#8217;t you get sick of true artists not being recognized? Anyway, there is some great cuttlefish footage starting at the two-minute mark here. My favorite is the two-faced male cuttlefish who shows only his nice side to his lady friend.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Xar8RwbM0eY&amp;rel=1\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Xar8RwbM0eY&amp;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I would like to introduce a cuttlefish to this Versace dress of mine.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R7rzAsv5WxI\/AAAAAAAACFE\/9EETFuPUlXM\/s1600-h\/neon+versace.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R7rzAsv5WxI\/AAAAAAAACFE\/9EETFuPUlXM\/s320\/neon+versace.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168710715698666258\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>UPDATED TO ADD: In keeping with my sudden interest in color and camouflage, I enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/fashion\/08\/spring\/44210\/\">this piece<\/a> on New Yorkers who only wear one color by Joanna of <a href=\"http:\/\/joannagoddard.blogspot.com\/\">A Cup of Jo<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally finished and photographed the owl pendant that I mentioned four months ago. The pendant is rock crystal and onyx, set in 18K yellow gold. The prongs at the bottom are designed to look like clawsOwl Necklace \u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008Photography by SquareMoose The back view of the beautiful handmade settingOwl Necklace \u00a9 Wendy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/wild-kingdom\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,43,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dresses","7":"category-my-designs","8":"category-necklaces","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}