For your idea-sparking pleasure:

• For the snail lovers.
• Official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama.
• Watercolor project to try.
• Interesting sculptures.
• A new book about Madeleine L’Engle written by her granddaughters.
• Stolen Vermeer. If you’ve seen it, please contact authorities.
• In related news, VanGogh found.
• A ladder placed on a ledge in Jerusalem has been there for at least 190 years.
• How to dance like James Brown.
• Two pretty quilts, but the real treasures are the words.
• I never understood how to make a color mix chart for watercolor until I read this. Good to bookmark.
• This award-winning story brought tears to my eyes.