Monday, March 18, 2024

Eastward Ho!

 


Off to our Danube cruise. Blogging may or may not occur for a while.

(and the lovely young couple that usually does our pet-sitting f is going to be living in the house, in case you were worried about the dogs.  I have no idea what we're going to do if they ever decide to start having kids).

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Caturday!

 


Friday, March 15, 2024

Quote of the Day

 

"Spring," by Dame Laura Knight

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Grrrsday


 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Vintage Woodworking - Art Deco Doghouses, 1943

 


From The Young Craftsman, 1943, a collection of projects designed for young woodworkers, from the pages of Popular Mechanics magazine.  Free download from the Internet Archive.

Monday, March 11, 2024

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Caturday!


 

Friday, March 8, 2024

Quote of the Day

 

Les Bouquinistes by Irek Szelag

There is no bond like the bond of having read the same books. ~ Edith Nesbit

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Grrrsday

 


Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Scrap Crafts - Cardboard Hampers, "Easily Made" from 1930

 



From Popular Mechanics, May 1930, "Many useful and serviceable articles can be made from discarded corrugated-board cartons, which most merchants are glad to give away."  Allowing the thrifty housewife to create a clothes or scrap hamper for next to nothing.  Left-click to enlarge.



Monday, March 4, 2024

Vintage Advertising - Argo Cornstarch

 


From McCall's magazine, March 1919, an advertisement for Argo Cornstarch that includes a couple of recipes if you can enlarge it enough to still be legible.  Food advertisements in the days before color photography came into widespread use are uniformly bright and pretty.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Caturday!

 


Friday, March 1, 2024

Quote Of The Day

 


Under the constitutional laws of the United States, there has never been an argument that a former president is immune from prosecution for crimes that he committed while in office. ~ Judge Michael Luttig

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Every Four Years

 


Grrrsday



Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Vintage Workbasket Magazine - November, 1946


Some very nice projects in this one, including a knitted rag rug, edging and baby socks, a crocheted table runner, and a quilted afghan.  Free download from the Antique Pattern Library.

Monday, February 26, 2024

National Library Lovers Month

 


My kind of holiday.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Caturday!

 





Friday, February 23, 2024

Quote Of The Day

 


As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world.  We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did. ~ Shane Claiborne

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Grrrsday