Tramp, Tramp, Tramp The Boys Are Marching

 

He weighs 46 lbs.  There is no logical reason him walking across a carpeted floor at 2am should sound like the 19th Michigan advancing on Missionary Ridge.

Parents Should Not Be Burying Their Children.

 

Baldur (and several others from our group) was in attendance at a student support event at Illinois Wesleyan University after the mass shooting this weekend.  

As someone once wrote (I believe Bruce Catton, but I can't find the quote now), it is a perversion of the natural order of things.

"Nothing Is So Expensive As The Right To Choose"

 Except when you compare it to the cost of not being able to.   

Grrrsday

 

I Will Hug Him And Squeeze Him And Call Him George

 

In an unexpected development, Heimdal loves Blitzen and won't stop following him around and trying to cuddle.

Best photo so far - he doesn't stay still for long.

We Have Detente

 

The other two cats have vanished but Blitzen is determined to hold his ground.

Quote of the Day

 

If you aren't at the table, you're on the menu.  Ann Richards

And In Other News

 Brian has just called - he's on his way home with a puppy.

(The cats are thrilled).

A Necessary Hiatus

 

Between now and the 3rd, I will be working early voting as a state election judge.  Posting may or may not happen!

Vintage Holidays

 

Happy Alaska Day, Suellen!

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Woodworking - A "Double-Duty" Tray from 1954

 

From William Hennessey's 1954 book Things for Boys and Girls To Make (a remarkably unsexist collection of woodworking projects, considering the year it was published). Suitable for dollhouse use if made at 1/12 scale from popsicle sticks.

Available as a loan only at the Internet Archive.

Happy Holiday

 

Caturday!

 

There's No Place Like Home

 ...even if I did have to deal with a sump pump repair team at 0800 on my first morning back.

I Couldn't Help Myself

 Other Knitter: I took a thrumming class this morning and we made a pair of slippers. Have you ever tried thrumming?

Me: Not since I gave up my banjo.

(She did not slap me, which I thought showed commendable restraint).

As Ye Knit, So Shall Ye Rip

 

This does not show how far back I had to rip it after I made humongous mistake in the grey pattern.

Famous Last Words

 

"It's an island. We can't possibly get lost."