Mom found this on the way to getting her St Patrick’s Day door decoration out. She figures it was something done for my home ec class which puts it into the – uh – old category. The cardboard used for this booklet, held together with two blue bread twist ties, is not quite legal size and in fact was what came from the laundry, supporting my father’s freshly cleaned, starched and ironed white work shirts. It was white on one side and grey on the other. Continue reading →
I found some interesting stuff last night on my way to finding my traditional shamrock pin for today. I think every little kid should be given a rather substantial box of some kind in which to keep treasures, whether they’re rocks and feathers or all the pins and stuff that come along. Continue reading →
The cats have stayed with Mom before but not for quite a while. This time the adjustment was pretty easy because I stayed too, at least that’s the theory. And they’ve made themselves right at home. This evening Ginny was sitting in the front picture window looking primly at the next door dog Betsy, who was barking her doggie head off. Just proof: Cats rule, dogs drool. Continue reading →
I’m sending out daily haiku for the annual World Peace Poetry Postcard Festival and had received two cards followed by a pause. Got a fabulous card Saturday and today hit the jackpot with four more! Continue reading →
It’s been an exhausting week apparently. The two cats (and me) hanging out at Mom’s while waiting for new furnace to be installed. Apparently the stresses of trying to get past each and every closed door is overwhelming. I’m counting TGIF as my one good thing for today. Sleep on cats! Continue reading →
Shade trees are heroes to a lowly, overheated plein-air painter.
