Wednesday, October 28, 2020

If Only It Were This Easy

 


I will be working one of the early voting sites for the county for the next two days.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Toy Crafting in Wartime - An Anti-Aircraft Gun from 1940

 



From Popular Science, December 1940 - a toy that launches and then shoots down a glider. Left-click to enlarge or go to Google Books. 

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A Brief Hiatus

 Off to climb Sleeping Bear Dunes with my sisters and sister-in-law (masked and at six foot intervals).  Blogging will resume next Tuesday.

UPDATE:  As a result of Sister#1's habit of referring to us as "Sister Two," "Sister Three," and "Sister (in-law) Four," the owner of our Air BnB came to the pardonable conclusion that she had rented her house to a bunch of nuns.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Paper Crafts - A Sleepy Pumpkin


 I spot the hills

 With yellow balls in autumn

I light the prairie cornfields

Orange and tawny gold clusters

And I am called pumpkins. ~ Carl Sandburg

Monday, October 19, 2020

Vintage Images - Juniper Branch

 


Happy International Gin & Tonic Day - as Election Day gets closer, the more I need one of these.

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020

Quote Of The Day


 Photo from Wikipedia

According to the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, our prelates are hanged, not shot.  Please respect our traditions. ~ Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens, after the SS threatened him with a firing squad.

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Friday, October 9, 2020

Quote Of The Day

 

Image from Zedge

A touch of cold in the Autumn night 

I walked abroad,

And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge

Like a red-faced farmer.

I did not stop to speak, but nodded,

And round about were the wistful stars

With white faces like town children. ~ T. E. Hulme

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Aunt Martha's Workbasket, January 1938

 


Time for another Workbasket magazine - this one has two quilt patterns, a crocheted collar that is straight out of Flash Gordon, knitted gloves, and some interesting household hints ("When boiling custards or sauces, place a clean marble in the bottom of the vessel.  This will avoid the necessity of stirring, and save much time.  The marble will roll around in the custard and prevent burning.")

The entire issue may be downloaded at the Antique Patterns Library site.

Monday, October 5, 2020

Sunday, October 4, 2020


 

(I have no idea what has happened to the last three days, but they got away from me and I'm not even deployed anymore. Sorry).