You Might Not Get This One

If you don't live in the U.S. and weren't brought up in a church. 

Happy Year of the Horse

 

The year of the horse represents bravery, energy and independence (all of which we are going to need in the coming 11 months).  Instructions and the pattern to download from the Canon Creative Park. 

Vintage Magazines - Western Story Magazine, October 1925

 

I hate to think what's going to happen when that cowpoke comes down.  Western Story Magazine (a weekly) from 10/31/25.

Quote of the Day

 

photo from Atlantic magazine

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. ~ Adam Serwer

Dulce et Decorum Est

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

image from Minnesota 50501

Those who genuinely follow their conscience are of my religion - as for me, I belong to the faith of everyone who is brave and true. ~ Henri of Navarre

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Jewelry - Brooches and Pins from 1949

 

left-click to enlarge

From the UK magazine Hobbies Weekly, designs for jewelry to be fashioned out of wood or sheet plastic.  Complete instructions and a downloadable issue from December 21, 1949 can be found at the Internet Archive.

"All That Marching Never Accomplishes Anything"

 

Vintage Advertising - Camels' Cigarettes, 1927

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase "The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like "The innocent have nothing to fear." ~ Sir Terry Pratchett

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Woodworking - A Folding Bookshelf from 1915

 

From The Boy Mechanic, Book II, published in 1915 and available as a free download from Project Gutenberg.  Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Magazines - Woman's Day, March 1949

 

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

Trump administration officials have told lawmakers that they plan to put the money raised from their seizure of Venezuelan oil into bank accounts outside the U.S. Treasury. Desjardins clarified that “sources said they understood these as similar [to] or decidedly ‘off-shore’ accounts.”

Yesterday, Trump announced that, as president of the United States, he would control the money from the sale of Venezuelan oil. ~  Heather Cox Richardson.

Re-read that last part.

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Sewing - A Dog Coat from 1976

 Another project from last week's Woman's Day Book of Gifts to Make.  This made-to-measure coat will ensure Fideaux stays warm this month.  The book can be borrowed at the Open Library.