Monday, February 26, 2018

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Caturday!


Friday, February 23, 2018

Quote Of The Day

map from discovermagazine.com

Maps are a way of organizing wonder. ~ Peter Steinhart

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Grrrsday


Who says cops don't have a sense of humor.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Knitting - A Patterned "Blouse" from 1951

to heck with the top, I want that hat

A knitted dressy top from Smart Knitting, Vol 8 (1951). The photo and two pages of instructions are on my Flickr account.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Vintage Posters - Home Front

Some vintage poster patriotism in honor of President's Day.  Copyright-free, from Dover.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Caturday!


Friday, February 16, 2018

Quote Of The Day

image from Wikipedia

I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger. ~ LtCol Tammy Duckworth

Thursday, February 15, 2018

In My Day It Was Called Home Economics

Peasant Woman Threading a Needle by
Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton

Grrrsday


Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Paper Crafts - A Pooch for the Year of the Dog


Xinnian Keui Lo! And Canon again comes up with a cute paper project to celebrate.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Vintage Holidays - Valentine's Day


Some vintage Valentine clipart from Dover Publications.

Friday, February 9, 2018

Quote Of The Day


Last Absolution of the Munsters, by Fortunino Matania

In 1930, John Brophy and Eric Partridge published a collection of British songs and slang from the war.  They claimed that soldiers used the word 'fucking' so often that it was merely a warning 'that a noun is coming.' In a normal situation, swear words are used for emphasis, but Brophy and Partridge found that obscenity was so over-used among the military in the Great War that if a soldier wanted to express emotion he wouldn't swear.  'Thus, if a sergeant said, "Get your --ing rifles!" it was understood as a matter of routine.  But if he said "Get your rifles!" there was an immediate implication of urgency and danger.' ~ Bee Wilson

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Grrrsday



This has been all over the Internet - to me, the best part is listening to his wife trying not to laugh as she films it.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

What's Five Inches Of Snow Among Friends?

Batdog's class tonight at the kennel club was cancelled.

Monday, February 5, 2018

Vintage Advertising - Argo Cornstarch

And...another one I didn't record the magazine title/date.  I'm guessing Woman's Home Companion, one of the issues that has been digitized and can be found on Google Books.

Pretty desserts.

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Caturday!


Friday, February 2, 2018

Quote Of The Day

image from Pinterest

You may perhaps be brought to acknowledge that it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it. ~ Jane Austen

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Grrrsday