Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

image from the Associated Press, 2020

I vote because, if you aren't at the table, you're on the menu. ~ Ann Richards

Sometimes, They Just Hand It To You On A Silver Platter

 

Grrrsday

 

Other Crafts - Ribbon Trimmings from 1925

Instructions on how to make frills, plaits, roses, rosebuds, daisies, and any number of other trimmings beloved by early 20th century seamstresses.  Free download from the Internet Archive. 

Happy International Women's Equality Day

 

Caturday!

 

Fitting, Somehow

 photo by Maine artist Peter Ralston

Quote Of The Day

 

If we must die, let it not be like hogs

Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making their mock at our accursed lot.

If we must die, O let us nobly die,

So that our precious blood may not be shed 

in vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall be constrained to honor us, though dead! ~ Claude McKay

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Grrrsday

 

Vintage Sewing - A Beach Bag from 1950

To make and enjoy during these last few weeks of summer, from Crafts for Everyone, by Louis V. Newkirk; a waterproof beach bag to sew from Koroseal, alas no longer available.  Oilcloth or a recycled shower curtain would work, though.

Newkirk was a highly prolific arts and craft author during and right after WWII.  This book is available as a one-hour loan from the Open Library (free but you will need to open an account).

"Asinine" Pretty Well Covers It

VFW Commander Admonishes Trump for MOH Remarks.

Vintage Advertising - Coca Cola, Still "The Pause that Refreshes" After 50 Years

 From The American Magazine, June, 1936.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy.

Bright, bright, restless bright, through the sun-burnt meads

Wavers the butterfly.
Ever across its path a pilot invisible leads
A Sylphid fleet of the thistle's light nd feathery seeds
And August passeth by. Edith Matilda Thomas

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Tatting - a Rosette from 1871

From the Ladies' Own Paper, March 4th, 1871, a tatted rosette.  Left-click to enlarge and good luck.

 

Vintage Advertising - Swimsuits

 1930's maillots, from Patricia's (aka agence eureka) Flickr page.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Of course I have played outdoor sports.  I once played dominoes in an open-air cafe in Paris. ~ Oscar Wilde

My Second-Favorite Holiday

 

Online Bookshelf: Millions of Cats

Millions of Cats, by Wanda Ga'g, published 1928.  Available as a free download from Project Gutenberg.

Vintage Crochet - an Edging from 1948

 

From the September, 1948 issue of Workbasket magazine, a free download from the Antique Pattrern Library.  Left-click to enlarge.

August is National Immunization Month

 

Let's not go back.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.

A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between write and wrong.  And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies.

With such a people, you can do whatever you want. ~ Hannah Arendt