BANANAS

Hand painted by myself I might add.  Yes I did watch Kill Bill and also got some fancy cheese knifes for my birthday.  What did you think was in them?

Those killer bananas are amazing! Got my own banana bread recipe and this from Louise today.And the thing is I always have some black bananas waiting on the table...

And I keep meaning to say that a few years ago i was working in a school and the head of textiles was facilitating an A2 student to make platform shoes out of banana skins...  I wish I'd paid more attention.

Only Dean knows how to handle those Killer Bananas :-)

Me, too, my bananas too yellow.

Banana MailArt part 1 here -> http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/banana-mailart-from-de...

Sunday (ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ), February 24:

Happy Birthday, Anna Banana! xxx

thanks Louise for your BBR. It's going in my foodie folder.

This cracks me up. A little boekie near and dear to my heart. Just read it. Thanks Angie.

I like the Angie card, very funny, and yes I did look like that when I was younger.

WILLKOMMEN BACK to Erni.  As many of know, Erni lost his way and got into some serious art.  Happy to see that he is back on the banana track.  Don't forget to take your banana pills twice a day!

MomKat slipes one in there by the skin of her banana.  Another Banana card from MomKat which was sent with some other things, which we will in on the main blog.

Funny but it is very rare to find Chiquita bananas in France.  Thank you Katerina

Just opened my package from Suus. A Banana boat with a charming Banana Boat Monster! Wow, thank you Suus!

Today I also got my Lucky Banana Foot from Alicia, no slipping on the ice anymore :)) Thank you, Alicia! Love your printing... on tracing paper?

Lots of cardboard Chiquita banana crates here in Greece.

But the bananas do NOT have those cute banana stickers like in the USA :-(

Had to use the cut up piece as a "backing" in the envelope

for all those security envelopes, Dean! 

Kat, the global stamps are forever stamps. So when the price of international postage goes up, these will work, forever. 

I wish you could feel the banana grin and explain how Alicia made it! Everything about this makes me smile. I am saving the envelope for the blog.  Also great! Thank you Alicia.  Delighted.

Aha! thanks Alicia for telling about the "Forever" stamps...and I though it meant "America forever"...but it is forever Postage :-) 

Dear Banana Band,

now that the Banana Mania February is coming to a close,

can i "egg" you on to make banana eggs,

or bananas in eggs or bananas around eggs? Or an EGG anyway?

Check out mail art event:

EGG - Gallery of Colors Thessaloniki

February 23, 2013 to April 23, 2013 – Thessaloniki and Aitoliko, GREECE

Banana mania still arriving in Greece :-)

Four (4!) "banana bots" from the Haptic Werewolf! 

Thank you, Erni xxxxKate

(and fantastic collages on the flip sides, too....wait for blog :-)

Banana Boots! (not banana boats)

That's a fun twist.  Booty Bananas.  I like it.

See..like boot shapes with great collages by Erni:

Erni is going bananas:

blogged here:

Going Bananas from Erni!

What did you have for supper last night, Val?

A boiled egg.

Why on earth are you telling us this, Val?

Beacuse it was a splendid egg and wore Suus' Banana Egg Warmer!

Here it is with the Le Coq egg holder (in the background is an Aboriginal-type canvas  in progress):

And here it is on an egg about to be soft-boiled (3 1/2 minutes) and eaten with 'soldiers':

Here's the timer -- also egg shaped -- it's called Andy -- that wanted to get in on the act, and asked if it could wear the Egg Warmer for it's 3 1/2 minutes of fame? How could I possibly refuse this humble request!

And, last, here is the Banana Egg Warmer on an egg in a vintage egg coddler that I decided to use as an egg cup:

Thank you, Suus! That was one of the best boiled egg experiences I have ever had!

PS The soldiers asked if you could make something for them, too. I told them that they were pushing their luck.

'Love the eggs...and Suus' egg warmer :-)

I EGG you on to make 2-D eggs , max. size A4 because the exhibits 

will be traveling around Greece, art needs to fit-in-a-suitcase :-)

OH is that what that was.  I thought it was a banana hat.  Silly me, but now how am I going to explain this to the happy banana?

Yes, those bloody barcodes are in the background. Work in progress, still. Thank you again Suus. A multi useful item for sure.

   Fun blog Val.

From Mim, the Washington Hilton with an incredible view of the Banana Monument!  Very funny, thank you Mim!

Angie's Banana  Dr. Hilbert piece arrived.  Detail shown here:

What a lovely Banana couple.

That is a great blog, Val. And the egg warmer looks even happier in Sigean than in Amsterdam. Dean, I'm think you choose the right purpose for the banana-monster-thingy or maybe they have extra small eggs in Paris? Greets to Andy, he's the real star of the day. Suus

I noticed that no one blogged Angie's banana backside.  I thought it was rather nice and should be seen.

From Mim, a very deep question.  Is art art if we put a banana sticker on it?

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mim-golub-scalin-does-...

Angie's Banana came today, and yes, postmarked Banana Day,

 21 Feb from Milwaukee! Yay!

Nice banana stamp and also this on the envelope:

Ahem...this is an excellent documentation for the "Meetings" group :-)

MomKat and Ruud:

Val and Carina and Snooky:

Alicia, Dean and Suus...and Mim:

Eggsighting bananas from Suus!

Upbeat banana philosophy and a smattering of Dutch to keep me translating.  the owl is from the Bostheater which I think means the theatre in the woods. What a hoot! Thank  you!

Really chuffed with these banana calling cards from Dame Mailarta! SO wacky and fun.  I am smiling.

I've received bananas from : Alicia, Dean, Katerina, Rebecca, Angie, Carina, and Jen. Sorry I haven't scanned them as I received them. My scanner stopped functioning, now I'm using a scanner printer that I share and isn't in my studio. A teeny bit less convenient. My bad. I love all of the bananas I've received. Gracias, grazie, thanks , merci, σας ευχαριστώ, kiitos  - Mim

Banana boekie from Angie!!

From Canada and Dame mailarta!!

Dame Mailarta is quite clever.  Carina received ACME supplies, and I received this:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dame-mailarta-yellow-p...

Janitorial Services and ...Japanese Restaurant in the 

Yellow (banana) Pages from Dame Mailarta! Fun!

Apparently Anna Banana got two of my cards... including the one addressed to Dame Mailarta!  she sent me some samples of 2012 stamp edition (I've put one here and will put more in the big banana blog, coming soon!)  Anna also sent me the banana rag and her self portrait at work - for Ed Varney's annual Mayworks 2013. Fab! THANK YOU Anna, and for forwarding on the errant mail!

This arrived from Mike Leigh (UK) today.  I don't think he's in the banana group but I spy some bananas...

How lovely you got banana mail from Anna, Rebecca. I remember seeing a video of her doing her laying out of the bananas in some venue. I think Val sent me the link. Val was there and I was hoping to catch a glimpse of him in that video.

Great drawing of Anna Banana at work!

I got also a bunch of artist stamps and the Banana Rag from Anna B, thank you Anna!

Clever Ad Erni,  So am I correct by saying.

It reads: Fully Bananas

There are more rules for the trade in bananas than there are for weapons.

   It's true, nowhere in the USA second amendment does it say; "the right to bare bananas".   Something should be done about this soon.

Anna Banana is having a call for Color Test Patterns.  She has something up her sleave, and needs a lot of them.  Help her out if you can.

Sorry for those of you who do not know, a "sleave" is a type of skirt worn in Northern Canada to keep the bears away. 

It is also a good excuse for spelling sleeve wrong.