Quote Of The Day

 

In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. ~ Mark Twain

Tatting - A Lampshade Trim from 1923

 

I meant to post this yesterday - from Benes-Addict, that marvelous French blog with dozens of vintage dressmaking and needlework magazines.  It's worked from the bottom-up and I have posted a transcription on my Flickr account - it's really a very simple 3-1-3 chain and ring repeat.

Vintage Images - National Audubon Day

 

copyright-free images from Dover.

Well...We Tried

 

I believe I have mentioned before that we have a pair of really dumb robins that wedge their nest rather precariously atop our porch pillars every year.

So this year Brian decided to build them a safer birdhouse and hang it from the garage overhang.  They moved in almost right away.

SMH.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

image from Pinterest

Rushwater House was a large, rather Gothic house built by Mr Leslie's grandfather.  Its only outward merit was that it might have been worse than it was. ~ Angela Thirkell

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

 

"April Showers " - Ha!

 

Taken from my front porch yesterday afternoon.

Vintage Images - What April Showers May Bring

 

copyright free, from Dover

So Worth It

 

Of course I've felt awful all day today.

This Is What 28 Years' Worth Of Dog Hair Looks Like

 

One of the guys who worked on our furnace this winter suggested that regular duct cleaning is a good idea.

Recycled Furniture - A Play Table From 1950

 

From Popular Mechanics, July 1950.  A clever idea, particularly if you sewed tie-ties to the oilcloth to keep it from sliding off the table.  You'd just have to find an old table with wooden legs.

Vintage Images - Something for National Grilled Cheese Day

 

Image from the Graphics Fairy

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Edwardian image from the Graphics Fairy

I stuck my head out the window this morning, and spring kissed me bang in the face ~ Langston Hughes

Vintage Images - Gold Star Spouse Day

 

Admiral McRaven Has Never Owned A German Shepherd

If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.  It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.  By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed.  Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter.  If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.  And, if by chance, you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made - that you made - and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.  If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. ~ William H McRaven

Grrrsday