Other Crafts - A Canadian "Slab" Chair from 1941

 

From Mechanics Illustrated, July 1941.  A project for those of you with an unlimited supply of waste log slabs and a drawknife handy.

April is National Garden Month

  image from patricia at agence eureka.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

DeSantis wants Disney to return to celebrating traditional family units - one woman and seven dwarves, as God intended. ~ Stephen Colbert

And Many More, 2d Subaltern Windsor

 Happy Birthday to the only current head of state who is also a WWII veteran.

Grrrsday

 

Paper Crafts - a Lucky Cat from Japan

 

Only a week too late for National Pet Day, but six months' in advance for National Cat Day - from those gifted and generous people at the Canon Creative Park.  Free download.

Vintage Holidays - Another Easter Image

 

copyright-free, from the Graphics Fairy

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 Once a belief becomes important to the way we think about ourselves or important to the group we identify with, changing it becomes very costly. ~ Jonathan Rauch

Chivalry Is Not Dead in the American Midwest: A Story In Two Parts

 On my FB feed this morning:

Followed by our local weather guy's response:

Grrrsday

 

Crochet - Belts from 1941

 

A trio of braided and/or crocheted belts to brighten your spring frock, from the April, 1941 issue of Workbasket magazine.  Available as a free download from the Antique Pattern Library.

Holidays - A Vintage Easter Card

 

copyright-free image from The Graphics Fairy

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

photo by Bill Peterson

Let us be like that unafraid bird
Lighted upon a twig that swings
Feeling it yield but singing on -
For knowing that he has wings! ~ Victor Hugo

Grrrsday

 

Easter Projects from 1902

 

From What a Girl Can Make And Do, by the indefatigable Lina and Adelia Beard (they wrote half a dozen books on crafts and sports for girls around the turn of the last century).  Here they provide ideas for Easter projects using, of course, eggs - although I personally have never heard of an Easter penguin.

Chapters II and III with can be found online at Project Gutenberg.

National Public Health Week

 

If you can read this, thank the person who administered your MMR.

Caturday!

 

I am slowly - very slowly - adjusting to life without a 24-hour concierge, room service and a chef/waitstaff.