Vintage Holidays - Memorial Day

 copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

And in other news, I'm headed back to the Quad Cities tomorrow for this.

Caturday!

 

 

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness. ~ Mark Twain

From The Online Bookshelf - Polite Bunny

 

A children's etiquette book from 1922 with illustrations by Penny Ross.  Free download from Project Gutenberg. 

Other Crafts - a Girl's Necklace from 1910

 

From Harper's Handy-Book for Girls, free download from archive.org.  Although the instructions call for making your own chain from wire and soldering it together, a much easier version using nine medium sized beads, a statement bead or pendant, and store-bought chain and head pins could easily be fabricated.

Vintage Holidays - Happy National Maritime Day

 

"Eastern Point Light" by Winslow Homer

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

photo by Jan Lynn Voorhees

 [Friend's] first choice had been a cabin in the woods, but that's too much nature.  I don't do cabins in the woods because I have seen too many movies about cabins in the woods.  If someone wants to murder me, they are going to have to get past reception. ~ Helen Ellis

Grrrsday

 

Sewing - A Rag Baby from Ruth Wyeth Spears

 

From Home Decoration with Fabric and Thread, published 1940.  The book, with quite a few attractive projects including a stocking cat that I've posted before, can be borrowed online at the Internet Archive.

The Kids Are All Right

 

The first grade gave him an end of school present - pet wipes, doggy treats, a ball, and a handmade card with his portrait on it.

(and chocolate for me).

Happy Belated World-Wide Naked Gardening Day

 It was last Saturday and darn, I missed it.

Someone Missed Me

 Minnie hasn't let me out of her sight since I got home yesterday afternoon.

We're Number One! We're Number One!

 

According to the National Weather Service, Illinois has racked up the most tornadoes of any other state - 86 - in 2023.

Did We Clear This With OSHA?

 

My desk is just the other side of that red brick wall.

TO THE PERSON WHO LEFT THE FAKE SPIDER ON THE BREAK ROOM TABLE

 Not cool, man.

Next Time I'll Rent a Tundra

 

I have been here one week, so yesterday was my day off and I hit the antique stores.  Brian is damn' lucky the Red Cross only paid for a Kia Sport.

(If you happen to live within reasonable distance of the Davenport, Iowa Habitat Re-Store, this is a solid oak vintage Mission rocker that is only $35 because it needs to be re-upholstered).

Therapy Dogs Make Everything Better

 

Further Adventures in Volunteering

 

When the blow-dryer in your hotel room stops working.

Adventures in Volunteering

 

Never let your guard down when a Red Cross Public Affairs volunteer is around.