Thursday, January 28, 2021

Grrrsday

 


Monday, January 25, 2021

Holidays - Robert Burns Day

 

In honor of the day, here's a dog playing the bagpipes (copyright-free, from Dover).

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Caturday!

 


Friday, January 22, 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Woodworking Crafts - An Exploding Battleship Toy, 1936

 

Published in the December, 1935 issue of Modern Mechanix, just in time for Christmas.  Readers were supposed to make and sell these things to unsuspecting parents, I suppose, but as Bill Watterson once put it, the opportunities for mayhem would have been unlimited.

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Caturday!

 


Friday, January 15, 2021

Famous Last Words Dep't

 


They can't arrest everybody! ~ Andrew Williams, (former) firefighter.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Other Crafts - A Vacation Cottage from 1936

 

 
In a simpler time, Dad could find himself a nice spot "at the beach or mountains" and build a cottage for the family.  I'm not seeing any instructions on how to address zoning or sewage. From Modern Mechanics, June 1936.

Monday, January 11, 2021

Holidays - National Milk Day

 


Copyright-free, from Dover.

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Caturday!

 


Friday, January 8, 2021

Quote Of The Day

 

There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect. ~ Bruce Catton

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Grrrsday




 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Vintage Millinery - "A Slick Look" from 1951

 


"A slick look in hats is the desired style this season," according to the Australian Home Journal of October, 1951.  Some tips when purchasing new or refurbishing old. Left click to enlarge.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Caturday!


 

There's an inch of ice on everything - I'm surprised we still have Internet.

Friday, January 1, 2021

Quote Of The Day



 Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow

The year is going, let him go;

Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson