August from Rachael - square root + puzzle

 

This is in my stack of inspirational ideas to appropriate in the coming months. As I write this I am consumed with the ofrenda. My apologies to those who are weary of that topic. 

I so wish that Rachael, as well as any other makers-of-stuff, were local so they could make nichos. The image below would be perfect for a nicho. Have we talked about nichos? They are a *niche* - somewhat like a shadowbox - sometimes with doors. The ofrenda will have 24 of them - one for each of the past ofrendas - because this is the 25th ofrenda.

 

Here is an example of one that is heart shaped. I'm hoping Patty or Janet will want to do a heat shaped one.....

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Here's another add-on for the math aficionados. It's extra special if you were born in 1980 or if you have offspring born in 1980. That's my daughter's year - so she turns 45 in November. Forty-five is the square root of 1980. That's mildly interesting. The big deal is when we look at 45. It's a very special number because if you start squaring the numbers - 1, 2, 3, etc - and you get the numbers 1, 4, 9, etc -- and then you add 1 + 4 + 9 etc  you get 2025. Once again - that's just numbers - what's the big deal --- 

well - you have to watch the video - fast forward to the part where they make a puzzle with literally hundreds of thousands of solutions - but only 17 people have been able to do it just by using their hands/eyes/brains. I really want to make one of the puzzles - and see if I can be number 18.

LINK to the puzzle and I am warning you - the first 6 minutes is tedious - but then it gets wildly exciting to those of us who love numbers.

If you are not friends with numbers - that's OK - life would be boring if we all liked numbers. I'm happy that you like other things.