Over the Bounding Main

 

Leaving this morning, and if I'm smart I'll stay off the news sites for fourteen days.

Caturday!

 

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Grrrsday

 

Tatting - A Doyley from 1871

 

From The Ladies' Own Paper, June 24th, 1871.  And here are the instructions, in their entirety.

National Volunteer Week

 

Caturday!

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Vintage Holiday Crafts - Easter Designs from 1949

Some designs for Easter eggs from the April, 1949 issue of Workbasket magazine.  The entire copy can be downloaded from the Antique Pattern Library.

Vintage Holidays - Easter

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Anyone can do any amount of work, providing it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment. ~ Robert Benchley

Grrrsday

 

Yankees Go Home

We're leaving on a Scandinavian cruise in three weeks.  I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it. 

Vintage Woodcrafts - "Boogle Belts" from 1947

 

"Boogle Belts" from Easy Crafts by the magnificently-named Ellsworth Jaeger.  Left-click to enlarge or, the book is available as an online loan only from the Internet Archive.  Lots of fun stuff.

Vintage Holidays - Easter

 

Copyright-free image from Dover.

Caturday!

 

That Fucking Asshole

"President Trump will not attend the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania last week, instead sending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Dover AFB, while he remains in Florida.

...Trump will not travel back for the transfer and remain at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, where he is playing golf and will later hold a political fundraising dinner."  

EDITED TO ADD:  The President of Lithuania came out to stand in salute as the cortege passed through the streets of Vilnius.  The President of the United States played golf.

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Grrrsday

 

"On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance.  The Heard and McDonald Islands, known for their populations of penguins and seabirds, can only be reached by sea.

Trump announced the countries now subject to tariffs in a Wednesday press conference, using a poster as a prop.  Additional countries - including the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are, incidentally, not countries - were listed on sheets of paper distributed to reprters.

One of the sheets claims that the Heard and McDonald Islands currently charge a "Tariff to the U.S.A." of 10 percent, clarifying in tiny letters that this includes "currency manipulation and trade barriers."  In return the sheet says that the US will charge "Discounted reciprocal tariffs" on the islands at a rate of 10 percent."

Un Petit Chat en Boules de Laine

 

Continuing with our National Pet Month theme (perhaps my French isn't what it used to be, but I didn't find instructions for the tail).