Little Grey Bungalow
Friday, March 31, 2023
Quote Of The Day
Thursday, March 30, 2023
CLEAN-UP ON AISLE THREE
A local thrift store just posted this on their Facebook page: "To the grandmother & granddaughter who came in on Wednesday and bought the sewing machine, we have your owl that was accidentally left behind."
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Vintage Knitting - A Lacy Leaf Insertion from 1966
From Workbasket magazine, May 1966, an "elegant insertion (to) add a touch of luxury to your linens." Left-click to enlarge.
Monday, March 27, 2023
Happy National Reading Month
I have a feeling my reading time is going to be limited shortly - the Red Cross has sent out a heads up that we will probably be responding to three simultaneous Level 5 (the highest) weather events by the weekend.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Friday, March 24, 2023
Quote Of The Day
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Thursday, March 23, 2023
They Also Serve Who Stay Home and Watch This On The Internet
His third trip to the Bataan Memorial Death March in White Sands, NM. There were 983 starters in the category Civilian-Males, Light and 801 finished. Average time, all age groups was 8:6:26, he finished in 7:56:22, in 351st place overall.
He says this is his last year. We'll see.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Happy World Poetry Day
Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendents
Outnumber your friends. Ogden Nash
Vintage Tatting - An Insertion from 1916
An insertion in "Modern Tatting" from American Woman, June 1916. It is presumably modern because of the lack of frilly picots, but who knows. Left-click to enlarge.
Monday, March 20, 2023
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Quote Of The Day
Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people. ~ John Keegan.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Children's Crafts - A Wooden String Holder from 1943
From the early 1940's Hobbycraft series, this is a string holder in the shape of a cat's head, not unlike the cloth one from a few years ago.
Woodcraft, by William H. Johnson and Louis V. Newkirk. This is from my personal copy, as I have not been able to find this anywhere online.
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Friday, March 10, 2023
Quote of the Day
Mirrors are not more silent
Nor the creeping dawn more secretive;
in the moonlight, you are that panther
we catch sight of from afar. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
Thursday, March 9, 2023
The Online Bookshelf - Our Old Nursery Rhymes
A lovely old book with charming, Kate Greenaway-esque illustrations. Free download from Project Gutenberg.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Vintage Tatting - Edgings from Workbasket Magazine, 1946
Four edgings from Workbasket magazine, June 1946. The instructions can be downloaded (along with the rest of it) for free, at the Antique Pattern Library.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Happy Casimir Pulaski Day
Established as a holiday in Illinois in 1986, and originally everything including banks and schools closed. The mean-spirited point out that this was only 3 years after MLK day was designated, and claim it happened so the white residents of Chicago could have their own holiday (eye-roll).
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Friday, March 3, 2023
Quote Of The Day
And in other, perhaps not very surprising news, Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of only 2 members of Congress to vote against a Republican-sponsored declaration mourning the loss of life in the earthquakes earlier this month.
