Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

photo by Joseph Crachiola

When you erase the history/experience of one kid to "protect" another, what you're saying is that there is one type of kid worth protecting. ~ B.B. Alston

The Online Bookshelf - Winchester (Painted by Wilfrid Ball)

 

Full of lovely period paintings and available as a free download from Project Gutenberg. 

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