Saturday, November 19, 2022, 3:27 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … what’s up with all these gizmos … like this cell phone? … Have to always check if its battery is charged … Still use the “old fashioned” paper and pen for Finnish language study notes … Duolingo, Unit 8 …
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Peaceful Scene Cat
Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 5:56 pm — Perkins … natural light’s a favorite …
Sizzle ‘n’ Walk Cat
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”
… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …
Thermal Redux Cats
Monday, May 16, 2022, 2:22 am — Teeny Tuxedo … asleep on the job … guarding the UK travel photos and notebook …
Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:38 am … Perkins … changing of the guard on the self-heating thermal mat …
Thanks, Santa Cats
Sunday, December 26, 2021, 9:42 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … Thanks for stopping by, Santa … See you next year! …
Evening Book Cat
Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 7:11 pm — Perkins … staying warm under the lamp … and ready to read … Essays, Short Stories, and Poems, 1881, by Mary Snell … born in 1841 … blinded at seven years old … daughter of lighthouse keeper, John B. Snell … “She carried the beauty of Campobello with her always” … Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada … photo of the lighthouse, June 2003 cross-country trip …
Which Paper? Cat
Sunday, November 7, 2021, 10:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … All this paper … I don’t know which to sit on first! … the Finnish discussion group notes (“Mitä kuuluu?”) … the list of photos for My Photo a Day Adventure … the 2021 calendar … or … I’m getting tired …
Red Dot Resurgence Cat
Sunday, October 31, 2021, 1:30 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … Look who’s back and still working … the silver laser pointer mouse! …
… Teeny’s right paw up … not just a paw trick … real communication … “I know it has a red dot … please make it play with me!” …
… At last! … the red dot! …
Enticing Closet Cat
Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 5:28 pm — Perkins … magical closet … as soon as the door opened, she was there …
Cinematic Dreams Cats
Sunday, August 15, 2021, 8:03 am — Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo … love dreaming about movies … If they could read, they’d love these books … Even better is the DVD, Lassie: Best of Jeff’s Collie, 1954-1957 … the original tv series, with Tommy Rettig as Jeff … really the BEST … before the cast changed and annoying little Timmy took over …
Dances with Books Cat
[from My Photo a Day Adventure blog]
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 8:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo says … “I’ve been practicing my dance moves … How ’bout it, West Side guys? … Can I join the gang??” …
History and movies, all in one … Nice to have a stash at hand … The switch this past year, with libraries closed to in-person browsing, led to these purchases …
- Saw Glenn Frankel discuss his books:
- The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend, 2013 … one of my favorite John Ford films … set me on the trail to Monument Valley, Navajo Nation … 6 times!
- High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic, 2017 … High Noon’s not a favorite, but intrigued to see the Hollywood Blacklist connection
- Saw Peter Fitzgerald’s documentary, West Side Stories, 1996 … great behind-the-scenes footage, interviews (both stage and film) … sadly, has been removed from you-know-where. This led me to:
- West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic, 2020, Richard Barrios, Turner Classic Movies … LOVE the soundtrack … first heard in high school English Lit class, vinyl LP record album (what a terrific teacher, Mr. Somebody, just out of college) … the only weakness of the 1961 film (10 Oscars!), Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer (Maria and Tony)
Child Star Cat
Friday, June 4, 2021, 8:18 am — Teeny Tuxedo … sitting next to Shirley Temple’s autobiography, Child Star (left corner) … If she could read it, she would! …
… a 1988 Christmas gift from Russ … who knows I’ve been a fan since Pluto was a pup … Must be fate, since Mom was outside the Los Angeles Wilshire Methodist Church where 17-year-old Shirley was marrying John Agar, Sept. 19, 1945 … details on my movie blog! ...
Calendar Cat
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 1:49 pm — Perkins … after trip to Feline Medical Clinic Saturday afternoon (anti-nausea injection, subcutaneous fluids) … keeping track of how she’s feeling … so far, so good … tv remote at the ready …
May 18, Tuesday
7:00 am – Large, long rabbit – far left of bedroom window – same a few days ago, into back trees – probably male saw last year
– 12:30 pm – rain!!
– Perk – top of china cabinet – still feeling good! – eating throughout day/night – no upchucks of fluid
Prince Philip’s Fell Ponies
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 5:42 am — Perkins … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip … funeral today … live streaming, BBC … he’d planned all the details, including participation of his two Fell ponies and carriage, which have been left to his granddaughter, Lady Louise, 17 … Camera on top of scratching post and High Noon book … to film Fell ponies on tv screen (see below) …
… Prince Philip’s Fells … Balmoral Nevis, Notlaw Storm … heading toward and at Windsor Castle …
… Prince Philip … Windsor grounds … 2019 …
… Granddaughter, Lady Louise, 14 … her mother, Sophie, Countess of Wessex (father, Prince Edward) … Royal Windsor Horse Show, 2018 … Philip taught them both to drive …
… Lowther Horse Driving Trials and County Fair, 2005 … 3-day combined driving event … Cumbria, England … (I was there all 3 days, 1999! … Queen Elizabeth was, also, thinking it might be Philip’s last year to compete … not quite!) …
… Competition Carriage Driving … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh … 1994 … have both this and his 2005 book, 30 Years On and Off the Box Seat …
… Windsor … 2017 …
“A red-topped plastic container was placed on the box seat of his driving carriage. He used it to store the sugar lumps he gave to his Fell ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, both present along with the carriage in the castle quadrangle. Next to this lay his driving cap, whip, blanket and brown gloves.“
Doob … my Fell pony … Orange Hay Net Cats, Oct. 24, 2016 …
Got the Shots Cat
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 8:12 pm — Perkins says … “Meow-velous! Got your 2nd vaccination, April 2 … an easy drive-up jab by a cheery young National Guard guy … at the fairgrounds only a mile away … no side effects … touché!” …
Finally February Cat
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 12:57 pm — Perkins … reflected in the Hollywood Glamour framed print … welcomes the February sun …
2.5 years ago … clear view of Hollywood Glamour … Dreaming Cats, Sept. 21, 2018 … silent film star, Gloria Swanson … with tiger … poster received as gift, 1987 … Buffalo Bill Museum poster from trip with Glynnis, Way Out West with Johnny Depp, August 2001 … it’s now back in Cody, Wyoming with Kitty M. … a happy library retirement gift when she moved, March 2019 …
- Hollywood Glamour, 1924-1956: Selected Portraits from the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (1987) … book accompanying the exhibition, Aug. 29-Oct. 25, 1987
Kate’s Brownies Cat
Sunday, November 22, 2020, 12:15 am — Katharine Hepburn … in her kitchen at the family home on the water at Fenwick, Old Saybrook, Connecticut … where she whipped up many a batch of brownies … Lights! Camera! Action! … Brownies! … followed her recipe … scrumptious! … (see full post … Kate’s Brownies – At Last) …
… a photo that was left on the cutting room floor … Teeny Tuxedo! … what are you doing?! … you don’t like brownies … even if they’re Katharine Hepburn’s! …
[Book … The Private World of Katharine Hepburn, 1990, pp. 34-35]
Party Flowers Cats
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 5:17 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … after today’s 2:00-4:00 online Zoom party with the library gang for my Big R … last day was June 22 … we’ve been remoting since March 17 … Laura N. brought the flowers and two cupcakes over at 12:30, socially distanced outside the front door, of course … Perk and Teeny sent their photos in an email thank you for the fun, fun, fun party …
… Perk’s famous fluffy tail …
… Thursday, November 19, 3:29 pm … Perkins decided to rearrange the flowers …
… Hey, Perky … you’ve got floral talent! … (that’s Doobie’s wolf tooth on the base of the Fell pony sculpture) …
Well-Traveled Mondo Cat
Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 8:55 pm — Perkins … if it’s a bag, she’s there … one of several identical Mondo’s … the first went on my 2-month 1999 home exchange in Kirkintilloch, Scotland and Durham, England, with a week in between to Mikkeli, Finland … (photos in red album) … blue & white Finnish Marimekko Fokus sheet, dining table …
A Content Cat
Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 8:55 am — Perkins … surrounded by some of life’s good things … Finnishness … cat toys … family memorabilia … and a horse book …
- Vintage Made in Finland … Didas Deken 100% Zuiver Wol (Dutch) … Didas blanket 100% pure wool … (2017 Christmas present from L) …
- Blue candle holder, from Russ, mid-1990s glass conference, Tampere, Finland … Finnish Blue and White, more photos, my blog, The Road Gives Back
- Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown, Jennifer S. Kelly, 2019 … Sir Barton, 1916-1937, chestnut Thoroughbred, first winner of the American Triple Crown
- Grandma Lillian Ahola’s plate … green Depression glass footed cake plate … Cherry Blossom pattern … 1930s … discovered it’s by the Jeannette Glass Co.! …Mom’s name, even spelled correctly! … from my blog, My 365 Photos …
Flashback Chair Kittens
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 5:39 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … stops playing on the chair …
… to stretch her back paw …
… and scratch her ear …
Flashback! … August 4, 2007… 13 years ago! … baby Teeny and baby Perkins … a few weeks after I got them from the SW Washington Humane Society … same chair …
Ignore the Paper Cat
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 2:30 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … she decided it’s a no sitting on paper day …
… 8:25 pm … she’s serious … NO SITTING ON PAPER DAY! …
Antiques Roadshow Cat
Thursday, December 19, 2019, 4:08 am — Perk’s version of Antiques Roadshow … appraising 1980-ish Trimline TouchTone phone …
… Grandpa Ahola’s coffee cup …
… beveled mirror dresser … retro wind up clock … Glinda, Wizard of Oz ornament … Wallace and Gromit “walkies” talking alarm clock …
One Year Tunnel Cat
Saturday, November 23, 2019, 11:53 pm — Perkins … first anniversary with the Camo Cat Tunnel … still a great place to hang out in the jungle grasses …
- Perk and Teeny’s first day … Tunnel Cats, Nov. 12, 2018
- 10 days later, enough of this sharing stuff … cat spats! … Thanksgiving Games Cats, Nov. 22, 2018
- Timeshare was an option, but not totally accepted … Tunnel Timeshare Cats, Nov. 23, 2018
- Peace at last … TWO tunnels! … Peaceful Gift Cats, Dec. 3, 2018
Centrist Cat
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 6:31 pm — Sorting papers at the table … Teeny Tuxedo wanted to be the center of it all …
… on vintage Made in Finland … Didas Deken 100% Zuiver Wol (Dutch) … Didas blanket 100% pure wool … (2017 Christmas present from L) … In background, photo of Ramon Novarro, by Hurrell, Son of India, 1931 …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 