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Quote Of The Day

There are three ways to get something done; do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it. ~ Mona Crane

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Ruining The Curve

photo from akc.org

There are ten dogs in our class at the kennel club.  Six are goldens.

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Quote of the Day

Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.~ Muriel Spark

Go Ahead. Cry.

Other Crafts - A Cat Match Scratcher

Another project from Holiday Handicraft, one with perhaps less applicability today than back when matches were often needed for things like stoves and smoking.

Left-click to enlarge. Complete the project while consuming a large glass of wine, and then try to say the name three times, very fast.

"Cutting Us Down Like Grain Before A Cradle."

 Antietam Creek.

Historians estimate that between 6am and 9am on the morning of September 17th, 1862, one man was shot down every second.

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Going The Rounds

 Blue Irish stole....

...blue Irish stole...

...who's got the blue Irish stole?

Other Crafts - A Cat String Bag

From Holiday Handicraft, by Nina R. Jordan.  This book, which is full of vintage holiday projects for children, can be borrowed from Open Library.

"The cat's head string holder hangs from a nail and holds a ball of twine.  The end of the twine comes out through the cat's mouth.

First make a pattern by drawing the cat's head on heavy paper.  Make it about 9 inches wide and 8 inches from forehead to chin.  When you have drawn a satisfactory pattern, mark it off on two pieces of yellow or white oilcloth.  One piece is the front of the cat's head, the other is the back.  

The cat's eyes should be 2 inches apart.  Paint them in with black enamel; also paint nose and mouth."

Vintage Advertising - Cadbury's Biscuits

From Woman and Home, May, 1950.

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On The Road Again (Again)

Off to the capitol for the annual state emergency management summit.  Blogging will resume on Caturday.

To All My Fellow Commie Pinko Leftists Out There

image from the graphics fairy

Happy Labor Day.

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