Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

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Every road leads somewhere ~ Filipino saying.

(This photo was taken by a neighbor, on the day of the Autumn Equinox when the sun rises and sets along our east/west rural road grid).

One More Reason I Love Living In the Midwest

 

A local high school had a "Take Your Tractor To Work Day" today.

Grrrsday

 

Hallowe'en Crafts - The Costume Book, By Joseph Leeming

 

With October 31st just over a month away, here is a book from 1939 that offers a number of costume ideas - although they may be of limited use today, as making Elizabethan knee breeches from golf knickers does rather depend on a ready supply of golf knickers. However, there are hundreds of line drawing and some very basic patterns to help out.

The Costume Book can be borrowed in one-hour increments from archive.org.

Holidays - National Cooking Day

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

 

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

chart from the NYT

Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. ~ Sir John Harrington

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Woodworking - A Portable Bed Desk from 1954

 

From Things for Boys and Girls to Make, by William Hennessey. Available as a one-hour borrow from the Internet Archive.

Vintage Advertising - Royal Fruit Gelatin

 

An advertising booklet for Royal Fruit Gelatin, from 1926.  Available as a free download from Project Gutenberg. 

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. ~ Mark Twain

Grrrsday

 

Children's Crafts - "The Old Woman and her Pig" from 1919

The stage set and characters for a play to cut out and perform from the Delineator, November 1919.  Left-click to enlarge - the original page size of this would have been larger than today's magazines.
 

Holidays - Patriot Day

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Grrrsday

 

True Dat

 

Vintage Tatting - Edgings and Motifs from 1919

 

Some motifs and an edging to decorate "centerpieces and doilies," from Needlecraft Magazine, September 1919.  If left-clicking to enlarge doesn't make it big enough, the Antique Pattern Library has it as a free download.

Holidays - Labor Day

 

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Image from the Graphics Fairy.

Now summer is in flower and nature's hum

Is never silent round her sultry bloom

Insects as small as dust are never done

Wi' glittering dance and reeling in the sun

And green wood fly and blossom haunting bee

Are never weary of their melody. ~ John Clare